{"id":3702,"date":"2016-04-05T11:59:14","date_gmt":"2016-04-05T16:59:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bizwomenrock.com\/?p=3702"},"modified":"2016-04-05T11:59:29","modified_gmt":"2016-04-05T16:59:29","slug":"3702-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/bizwomenrock.com\/beta\/3702-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Shark Tank&#8217;s Mr. Wonderful to men: Run your companies more like women"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>by Poppy Harlow<\/p>\n<h2>On the ABC hit show <i>Shark Tank,<\/i> Kevin O&#8217;Leary (also known as Mr. Wonderful) is as blunt as can be, and focused on one thing only: returns.<\/h2>\n<p>And where does he find most of that coming from these days? Women. Specifically, businesses run by women.<\/p>\n<div id=\"ie_column\"><\/div>\n<p>Of the 32 companies in his private portfolio &#8212; with sales of between $5 million and $300 million annually &#8212; he says 52% are run by women.<\/p>\n<p>When O&#8217;Leary&#8217;s team did a year-end audit of the second half of 2014, he noticed a pattern:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Not some of my returns, all of my returns were coming from companies either owned or run by women,&#8221; he told CNNMoney in a recent interview. &#8220;That was extremely interesting for me, because I&#8217;m not into, you know, gender warfare. I don&#8217;t care. I would give a goat money if I could make money with a goat.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Turns out goats aren&#8217;t as savvy, though.<\/p>\n<p>His companies with women at the helm include O&#8217;Leary Fine Wines, Wicked Good Cupcakes, GrooveBook, Bottle Breacher, Surprise Ride and Easy Daysies.<\/p>\n<p>O&#8217;Leary boils the success of women-run companies down to this: &#8220;Women set goals that are achievable in business. They don&#8217;t take inordinate risk and set goals that nobody can achieve. When you set goals for your employees you can achieve, that generally builds morale. It gets better results.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>And he&#8217;s not the only one seeing those results.<\/p>\n<p>VC firm First Round Capital found their investments in companies with at least one female founder performed 63% better than their investments in all-male teams, according to <a href=\"http:\/\/10years.firstround.com\/#method\" target=\"_blank\">a report released last year<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/money.cnn.com\/2016\/04\/01\/smallbusiness\/shark-tank-kevin-oleary-women-businesses\/\" target=\"_blank\">&gt;&gt;&gt;READ MORE&lt;&lt;&lt;<\/a><\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/BWRConnect\/\" target=\"_blank\">Join our PRIVATE Facebook Group and connected with likeminded women!\u00a0<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Poppy Harlow On the ABC hit show Shark Tank, Kevin O&#8217;Leary (also known as Mr. Wonderful) is as blunt as can be, and focused on one thing only: returns. 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