What I learned from analysing 1st-2nd generation African diaspora Founders on Shark Tank

I believe by now I’ve watched every episode of Shark Tank, an American business reality television series where Founders get to pitch in front of investors called ‘Sharks’ on the show. Across its 15 seasons (with Season 16 having just started last month), I’ve been captivated since episode one — drawn in by the inspiring founders who […]

Interactive visualization of the Shark Tank deals: a Shiny App

In one of my earlier post, I analyzed the Shark Tank data to gain some insights on the  distribution of deals among industries and presenters’ genders. In this post, I want to present a more visual exploration of the data as a way to also gain more practice using R’s Shiny package. There is nothing sophisticated […]

More women who pitch on Shark Tank get the deal – Shark Tank Analysis Part I

Ever since Shark Tank aired in 2009, I have been a fan of the show – from the varied business ideas that get pitched, the background stories of the presenters, to the deals that get made or not made. After several seasons of watching the show, I became curious about certain statistics such as the […]