For what it's worth (since we're in Europe and we believe in recognizing the progeny of our IP), the US program "Shark Tank" is derived from a British programme "Dragons' Den", which was derived from a Japanese show "Money Tigers".
Julian On Wed, Sep 30, 2015 at 6:12 AM, Roman Shaposhnik <r...@apache.org> wrote: > Hi! > > if you plan to be at ApacheCON CORE > for the next two days, make sure to check > out this year's newest addition to our awesome > agenda: Podling Shark Tank > http://s.apache.org/gWO > > What is Podling Shark Tank I hear you asking? > It is as though Lightning Talks and US TV > show Shark Tank fell in love and had a beautiful > baby. It is a show filled with deep technical insight, > off the wall questions and it goes something like this: > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=opNiKBP7hQo > > Our exclusive cast of sharks is second to none: > * Greg Chase (starring as Barbara Corcoran) > * Andrew Bayer (starring as Daymond John) > and > * Shane Curcuru (starring as Mark Cuban) > > and the podling pitches will include: > * Corinthia (presented by Roman Shaposhnik) > * Tamaya (presented by Anatole Tresch) > * Trafodion (presented by Rohit Jain) > * Ranger (presented by Owen O'Malley) > * Brooklyn (presented by Richard Downer) > > Join us to have some good time and win prizes. > > And remember: last minute entries are super > welcome but may not end up on the show. Still > if you want to pitch -- ping me ASAP. > > Thanks, > Roman. > > P.S. If you're pitching -- make sure to watch the clip. > No, really -- go watch the clip. I'll wait... > > Ok, that's how your presentation need to be structured. > Any other questions? > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org