It's just the first episode, but it wasn't the least bit inspiring. The advice is all over the place, and too much repeating. The guests disagree and cut each other off. I really wanted to hear the story about Krispy Creme...but some duck interrupted. Really hate when people aren't allowed to finish their stories...It's like watching certain talk show hosts in action.
I want to start an online business making doll clothes for Barbie-sized fashion dolls. I'm on welfare, so it would be nice to have advice about how to start an Arts and Crafts business from home when there's very little capital to start with. How do I beg up investors? How do I find mentors (at 49 yrs. of age, mind you)? How can I get around needing a retail resale license--even get started selling online--when subsidized housing and neighborhood zoning laws says NO, you can't start a business here? How do consignment shops work? Where do I go to have my own fashion doll created? Where do I get/how do I make my own fabric? etc. I'd love to watch a show that can provide answers to pertinent questions like these. Then it will be a show worth watching, something that's useful to the truly average person IMO.
This show IS like an infomercial in its format and appearance. The guests spout out advice that isn't very detail-oriented. To say to do something is one thing...to take a person step by step behind the scenes of the "how" is a total other and useful thing.
The audience members are wearing Ralph Lauren and have Gucci bags--these aren't people who have compelling issues like folk in my situation who want to do what we're good at.
These millionaires should try reaching out to those who are far worse off than the middle class. The rest of us need help--alternative help, because the U.S. Gov's so-called programs to get people started in business don't see Arts and Crafts as a viable entrepreneurial adventure--despite that I am capable of designing sellable outfits for doll collectors, maybe even pitch a clothing line to Mattel. Last time I checked my local Small Business Administration (SBA) chapter, they had NO literature on making and selling Crafts from home.
So, yes, I found this episode annoyingly useless. They should focus on one type of business or market or technique and deal with it throughout an episode. Better yet, bring Shark Tank back and enhance it to show one entrepreneur getting their business on track from start to finish with a follow-up months later to see how the person's business if going.
I'll probably watch the rest of the season in hopes that someone will ask a question that will be of use to me. Sometimes one really can find a needle in a haystack.
Penny