"Resilience"- Shark Tank's Barbara Corcoran opens up about her "biggest success" with entrepreneurs

Shark Tank's Barbara Corcoran joined the Lebanese Canadian YouTuber and founder of Sprouht, William Rossy in an interview on December 15, 2024, to drizzle her 2 cents on varied topics. The 75-year-old millionaire had so much to wind up, the interview appeared to be a whirlpool of knowledge. She candidly spoke about her journey from an entrepreneur to a millionaire.

Corcoran did not shy away from talking about being 75 years old. She presented the personal aspects of her life and talked about betrayal, learnings, and failures. With her grit and smirky humor, Corcoran made her struggling days sound so empowering that the interview felt like slipping away. With more than a decade of experience in Shark Tank and otherwise, Corcoran had developed a laser-sharp eye to carve out good entrepreneurs from bad.

In the interview, Corcoran shared who checks her list as a "good entrepreneur" and what it takes to be successful. She said:

"A good entrepreneur is like a Jack In The Box. That's what I'm always looking for. I'm looking for someone I think could be smashed on the head over and over and still pop back up because with every investment that I've made they didn't have the ability to get back up, boy they never made it."

"So I really think resilience is the number one trait in probably 90% of it. They don't even have to be smart. Some of my biggest successes are not very smart" added Shark Tank's Corcoran.

Shark Tank's Barbara Corcoran feels being too "self-involved" can be detrimental to success

Shark Tank's Barbara Corcoran, the founder of the prestigious Corcoran Group, an esteemed real estate firm in New York, and millionaire does not entertain self-pity, negativity, or victimhood when it comes to screening the entrepreneur and their pitches. In the show or otherwise, Corcoran resorts to looking at a larger picture and pushing the load harder.

In an interview with William Rossy, she mentioned that often than not, working for the other's cause, and shifting the focus from oneself to the 'other guy", helps in achieving the goal. When Rossy asked Corcoran about lending some advice to those who feel lost in their current scenario in life, Corcoran remarked:

"If somebody's really lost, I think the best solution for that is to find people who are less advantageous than you are or find someone who has less advantages than you have and dedicate yourself to giving."

"I don't think you could be wrapped up in yourself and feeling sorry for yourself and not getting ahead in life if you're giving" added Corcoran.

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Barbara Corcoran is one of the lead sharks on Shark Tank.

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