What pisses me off about this is in my opinion it would've better had the product never reached the market. Inaccurate BAC levels aren't some little niche party game they are used to deter people from driving under the influence. I hope no lives were ruined because of an inaccurate readings because of a shoddy product and greedy owner.
the problem is, that people don't see it this way. and depending on the country, if they have a very strict limit, it could be that they aren't sure if 1 beer is enough to be above the limit. @@ofallnames
@@ofallnames Idk man. I use breathalyzer after a heavy drinking night and sleeping several hours on a bench to be sure I slept it off. I have to go to the closest police station to ask for a test but if I had a pocket one it'd be much easier.
why are we even allowing any amount of alcohol? it seems insane to me. like would you be ok with someone driving if they smoked a little bit of a spliff, injected a little heroin or only sniffed a little bit of that line? handing them out isn't keeping anyone safe either, its allowing people to sit on the line of drink driving, while being perfectly legal. this product was thought of as a great idea because the west is a drunken mess and has been for decades.
the appeal of this product is dangerous. its a party game. everyone takes turns for high score aka race to alcohol poisoning. it simply should not be allowed. its a medical device it should not be on the market for the general public. if you need one, you should have to get one thru a local doctor or hospital via prescription.
The rational person knows that. The irrational person will spend money on this just to FEEL like they are being responsible to hide the fact that they aren’t 😂
Yeah but drunk people are stupid and might need a machine to tell them that they're over the limit, 0.75% is fucking nothing to an average drinker, they might feel perfectly able to drive but then they do a breathe and oh, 0.78%, better not risk it, how is this not a worthwhile product for the average Friday/Saturday night drinker? You can't stop people drinking (we've tried that, didn't work) but you can give tools to make better decisions and that's all this is.
They have been getting worse and worse at spotting drop shipped garbage, scams and overhyped garbage. Watch the episode where a chick sells her stylish basketball company. Everyone was indifferent about it but then Mark and Kevin went nuts when she mentioned NFTs and she left with a fat stack. They haven’t had any crypto or NFT trash since then
At some point they probably got desperate for pitches just for the sake of TV drama to keep the show's ratings up so decided it's worth it to throw money at a few scams every now and then because those losses are offset by the marketing potential of the show when they get a real solid pitch. It's honestly amazing how many Shark Tank products are staples at your big box stores now and that's thanks to the power of the show to market them and connect consumers with the founders' vision, and the Sharks get in on the ground floor of these deals with incredibly favorable terms. I also read somewhere that they don't have to honor the deals they make on camera, so they may also make fake deals for the show that then fall through afterwards.
What they accept on TV just means they will do due diligence and investigate if the claims are true before committing. They basically agree to an audit that might lead to an investment, but they can still back out. They are also sometimes really slow about it. I remember one woman they agreed to invest in say she's been waiting two years since her episode aired and they still didn't finish their decision. They keep telling her to wait. (I think it was Sienna Sauce)
It's because they're all out of touch geezers who don't have any real understanding of tech. I guarantee you can go on this show and walk away with a stack if you showcase any kind of remotely complicated tech and know how to sound smart. These guys have extensive knowledge of investment and money but they're collective tech knowledge is probably trapped in the early 1990s
@@Vincent_Beers probs a case of other more stand out products and pitchs they want to look into first kept coming there way with the amount of episodes they do and deals its tobe expected that they at some point look into the most likely to be a good out come ones faster.
Mark makes a thing between 'proper' scams, and 'following the hype. He HATES 'proper' scams. Now, following the hype? He's okay with. NFTs are 'hype'. Yeah, they're useless, but following the bubble was a good way to get a business going, and as long as they aren't the SOLE source of the company, they could make a bundle. Kevin loves scams. As long as he's the scamER not the scamEE. (He made his bones scamming people, actually. When he sold TLC, it was worthless)
@@vladimirrybnicek9416don't forget to calibrated. Would hate it if you or your loved ones got behind the wheel because of not having them properly calibrated. Good to hear you're being safe.
In theory it can be smaller, but when I saw the pitch (and then went to their website), there was no mention of renewed calibration. This is the sole reason I didn't buy. Any device like a breathalyzer needs to be periodically calibrated, the leading consumer BACtrack, recommends yearly calibration (you mail it back to them). They're a bit tyrannical about it, in that when my couldn't be calibrated, they refused to send it back and offered a discount on the next purchase.
Elizabeth is still a psychopath vicious human. She never stopped even after Theranos fell. And her boyfriend got a longer sentence than her which is unfair
There is no law, at least in my state, that says you can't have a drink and get into your car. Just make sure you're not over the legall limit. That depends on myriad conditions: Did you eat? How much do you weigh? Are you male or female? It's not black and white. It's actually responsible, especially if you're on a motorcycle. Don't get me wrong. I have zero sympathy for drunk drivers. I personally don't drive even after one drink, but not everyone is the same. The point is that the thing doesn't work. It's dangerous.
@@TheImprovised there's huge a difference between genuinely having 1 or 2 standard drinks and going out drinking to the point where you're not sure if you're under a legal limit. If you're not sure just don't drive. Best not to drink after any alcohol, legal limits only exist to give some leeway for people with a lingering BAC for example from drinking the night before.
Yeah but it seems he could of made money with law enforcement if it actually worked which would of brought in the big bucks. Also it would be one less heavy thing a cop has to carry on him. But obviously this doesnt work. I can definitely see this product working. I mean we have phone accessories that test blood sugar levels for diabetes. Anyhow, its a scam but I think the invention is still plausible.
@@BlisaBLisa What we need is entertainment which shows legitimate ways to de-escalate conflict. But instead we get new movies like _Civil War_ at a time of heightened political and social tensions. It's funny because it's ironic that what people want, which entertains them, is not that entertaining when they personally receive it. Imagine a movie or game about world peace and forgiveness and overcoming hate - it doesn't work unless 99% of the thing is bloodshed and the happy part is just a bit of text before the credits roll.
@@section7173in stories there needs to be something to overcome otherwise it's pretty pointless. The whole draw of fiction is that it can't happen irl
@@tacitblack4732 it never hurts my heart when billionaires lose money. I’m only sad for the people who lost their money to these billionaire leaches in the first place.
The only thing he's "supremely talented" at is getting his foot in the door (without a plan afterwards). He literally gave a textbook demonstration this useless skill during his Shark Tank pitch and he rolled every single one of them, then he just he moved on to his next victims afterwards!! 🤣🤣🤣
The "Sharks" really aren't that sharp. Which is good because I hope they get scammed. The deals these "Sharks" offer are SSSOOOOO BAD, that they are scamming inventors, so it's great when their arrogance and greed gets them scammed.
It's kind of sad though, he could have actually built a good working product. Never understood scammers, all thinking that it won't come to light eventually. smh
@BillAnt It's better that he tricked the "sharks". The Sharks are a bunch of scammers themselves. They literally are stealing from the poor to give to the rich.
Networking, eh? You have to actually do something with those contacts once you make them, otherwise you're just a tourist. EG: "I met Richard Branson!" "And then what?" "Er...."
But networking isn't getting something out of someone right away. Lets say, Richard Branson now knows you. When he would need someone like you, he may contact you or mention you to someone. My point is about the "do something with those contacts", not this guy.
Meh, I'm not excusing his vacations but that's not quite accurate. You have to meet a lot of people to find the right ones to give you an opportunity, and it's more likely to be someone rich, throwing money around, than some random Joe Schmo at the local walmart. :)
@@megamind6721 My wife says that the expression, “It’s not what you know, it’s who you know”, is wrong. It should be, “It’s not what you know, it’s who knows you”. As usual, she’s right.
Does anyone else find the lack of vetting for these people & inventions kinda odd? I would actually believe that this is all a work. They want the show to look real and it most certainly isn’t 100% real.
Apparently after the show, they go through a more thorough look at the investment and then decide if they want to invest. The pitches themselves also are apparently much longer, but cut for television.
Same reason talent shows (Got Talent, Idol, So You think you can dance) let some clear duds through...for the entertainment of seeing the judges tear them appart.
@@phabiorules Some of the "successful" pitches fell apart after the deal, either because the sharks pulled out (especially because the people couldn't/wouldn't produce financial data) or the pitchers themselves reneged. The pitches are basically just the sharks' introduction to the product/business
If you watch the first 1/2 seasons of Dragon's Den (the UK version, which is in turn based of a Japanese show), they had a more vetted sort of presentation. You can even see in the numbers of 'successful' pitches (where the dragons said they'd go forward in the episode or the pitchers themselves bowing out) being fairly high. It made for boring TV though. Later seasons they threw in deliberately shitty pitches and cranked up the studio lighting, because ultimately it makes for better television, and the US followed that model.
He didn't scam the sharks (exactly, maybe. He did at least bring something to market), but he did lie to consumers, so yes. He was the seller of a scam product, ergo a scammer.
He had a good product idea, he had funding, but he didn't want to go further with it. Getting funding was the goal it seems, and after he did that he just didn't care anymore. "I did my part, now I'll let the company run itself while I network".
Paid himself a nice salary and walked away. As long as you show a paper trail of making a vague attempt before failing, it's not even illegal. Standard investment scam, show just enough effort to be legal before giving up, admitting you failed and walk away with your inflated salary until the money runs out.
@@rebelsoup1947 Sharks can be pretty chill, actually, like there's videos of divers giving them rubs, upon the shark's own insistence. Also if a shark thinks you're food you can just touch their head and redirect them to show that you're actually a big powerful being.
The weirdest part to me is that the Breathometer device would actually be very easy to make, it’s not that complicated. It’s a sensor that measures resistance on catalytic plates or wires. Everything about this could’ve been perfect, but scamming is quicker I guess.
There's a big difference between technically working and being accurate and reliable. A device this lightweight should really be nothing more than pass/fail with a high safety tolerance but then it becomes increasingly less useful.
Here's the problem with Shark Tank - a quick investigation of what happens to deals once the cameras are off shows the vast majority of them don't go anywhere...a few are successful, and in worst case scenarios - see Al Baker's BBQ fiasco with Daymond - they end up with the family worse off than had they never been on the show. There have been more successful deals from people with money watching the show and then hunting down the contestants on their own than there have been successful deals from the "sharks" themselves.
@@meritholdingllc123 Agreed and everything I've seen backs that up. There's a reason they are so adamant about individual investors not trying to contact ST participants...
yeah, I liked the show until I read that about 70% of the "deals" made on the show and shown to viewers never go through. Like they make a huge deal out of giving some little kid 50k to make themselves look good, but then when the cameras stop rolling they tell the kid to go take a hike. Now that's incredibly mean and deceitful.
The weird thing is that there are plenty of small breathalysers. That HAVE been tested. You’d just need to Bluetooth the data to a phone and make a quick results app - which seems like the easy step if you license a decent starting tech…
Sensors are required for automation; that is making machines work without humans controlling them. Every physical industry is moving towards automation. Manufacturing, agriculture, transport, etc. But in order to automate anything physical you need to feed your software reliable information about the environment it is in. Hence sensors. More automation means more sensors. Considering that clip was likely from over a decade ago and market for automation is huge and continuing to grow, I'd say he's been proven correct.
Sensors are used in a lot of technology and industries. Sensors are very important in robotics and automation mostly used in Factories. Like those factory-made bread are using sensors as well longer than you thought.
@@jaymathew i don't think people are disputing the importance of sensors, so much as they find that importance obvious like, imagine someone in the modern day saying, "im tellin' ya, man, the transistor is gonna be real big over the next few years." your predictions gotta be a little more specific about the technology to be meaningful
If you look for breathalizers you find well rated products starting at somewhat $10. You take the battery out, put a USBc or lightning port or whatever on it and made an invention that is worth $50 M. The world went to a level of stupidity I don't understand.
I wouldn't rely on a $10 breathalyzer either. The sensor modules themselves can be bought for around $5-6 but to get a somewhat accurate reading from them you need to make sure the internal ceramic element is at a certain temperature and you also have to make sure enough air has been blown over it to actually give you a valid result. Even then you still need to calibrate out some manufacturing differences. Making it a module for a smartphone eliminates nothing of value you still need the sensors, you still need testing and calibration, you still need a processor that connects to the smartphone and probably also a certification depending on local laws and marketing. Eliminating the battery and display is only a tiny amount and wouldn't really save much. If it's a bluetooth breathalyzer you don't even get to eliminate the battery and on top of that you now also have to get testing and certification done for a wireless product, not really a good thing if your aim is to make it more affordable and still have people rely on it. EDIT: Fixed a small typo in the first part that messed with the grammar.
Right youd think it would plug into the charging port beyond that you'd think itd be something fairly easy to make your just using the phones processor instead of having a dedicated one built into the device
You have so many videos of pastors and other "trusted" people screwing over vulnerable people. This guy went to super rich investors and financially pulled their pants down for laughs. Honestly he'd be kinda of a hero if he didn't actually sell a faulty breathalyzer. That's a dick move.
There's alot of things he could've faked that honestly most folks wouldn't have cared, when you scam a grandmother you are a worthless criminal, when you scam the rich, you are Robin hood, like you said, he could've been respected despite his actions, if only he didn't do something that had the potential to hurt so many
The problem is though, this fake product could have ended up thanks to the sharks influence in the hands of people who buy it thinking it will keep them from going over the limit or breaking the law if over the limit. Yeah he ripped of some rich folks but he also would have likely harmed the everyday person too.
Imagine thinking $129 to prevent a DUI is "expensive". Get a DUI, and you'll discover what "expensive" really is. The guy was definitely a great salesman.
@@cykrya5156being an alcoholic is the biggest act of being a bum u can get. At least mfs on drugs go out they way to get hook d. U literally have no self control if u get hooked on alcohol cus it taste like shyt anyway
When you grow up and enter the real world you’ll know why this could be useful. And no I’m not encouraging driving drunk. The whole point of it is so you don’t do that
Great video, once again! This story reminded so much of Elizabeth Holmes. A driven entrepreneurial spirit is generating massive traction, they gain publicity, find investors, business relations and even potential buyers. All because of a very promising product. They see all the attention they receive as proof that they are visionaries and getting the product to work is just a practical inconvenience to them. But they only receive praise and investments because of the belief there is a working product. Their vision is worth nothing. Any one can come up with the idea of selling a product that's much better than what is currently available.
Reminds me of the flipped saying "the early worm gets the bird." Ie, if you have some amazing innovation like this, the big companies in the sector will come along and do it better, all you're going to be paying for is the privilege of showing them whether or not it's a good idea to pursue their own better version.
I'm sure they were talking blood sugar testing not through breath but with a blood drop tester that plugs into the phone like breathometer... Trying to test Blood Sugar with a breath would be like trying to test your weight the same way, impossible
You could pretty easily find undiagnosed diabetics at like 15+ mmol/L with a breath test. They don't have to be in DKA for the breath smell to be noticeable by a human. My cat is pretty reliably like "sniff sniff yo, you need insulin"
@@gamersplaygroundliquidm3th526 At that point there would be a bunch of signs if you knew what you're looking for, but a shocking number of people get diagnosed quite late because of lack of access to medical care. A $2 test could possibly help that, but doesn't fix the lack of medical care bit.
A "supreme networker" is code for "master manipulator". Dude can look into his friend groups, see the people they know, and then plan a trajectory to get to strangers that has something he wants.
Here's the thing cops will almost never tell you. All breathalyzers are inaccurate. They're not admissible as evidence in court actually. So no, I would absolutely NEVER rely on one to tell me if I'm okay to drive. If you drank enough to use this to teat yourself, you're probably drunk enough to get arrested at least. You don't have to be past the legal limit to get arrested, the officer only has to demonstrate that you were not able to drive. To claim that it could help someone who's already drunk and is probably going to do what they feel like anyway, that is irresponsible on their part on a fundamental level.
Not a very good comment, sounds like you don't know what you're talking about and love the simplistic idea that rich=bad. Several of these sharks, notably John and Cuban, were not born rich, worked harder than you or I to get where they are, and help many more people out than we could ever hope to do.
When I was 5yr back in Philadelphia my mom rear ended a Tasty Cake truck. Driver felt bad for my drunk mother and gave us a tray of about 100 assorted Tasty Cakes!
Anyone familiar with ethanol vapor gradients and sensors will know you need a full mouthpiece seal to get accurate measurements. I believe the surfaces of such sensors need to be cleaned and calibrated at least once every couple years, and they can degrade if exposed to certain kinds of particulates including ordinary cooking smoke.
it was pretty clear that was setup was BS once I saw the device, the whole thing was very cringe just looking at it a small place to breath into, plugged into the headphone jack etc
I've never understood the need for people other than the police to have breathalyzers. If you're having a drink, then you don't drive. Also the "minified medical device" market seems to a absolute minefield.
some people have sensitivities to alcohol so i could see a niche use for it, that and ik alcoholics who are recovering who go through like black outs and drink during that period so this could be a great tool for addicts to keep track of their sobriety during any periods where their brain is fucky (because alcohol fucks with the brain bad)
Some of us like to know where we're at after a glass of wine without immediately jumping to order a $30+ Uber ride, chief. Placebo effect also does crazy things to people's judgement.
I think people use them to catch family members in lies... whether or not that's good for your own peace of mind or will actually help the addict is a whole other can of worms sadly
Mark Cuban gets this rep as a genius tech guy, but he can't even code. Cuban is close to this guy in substance- his main motivation is wealth accumulation, and therefore he had a blindspot. Makes total sense if you truly know the Cuban DNA
Coders are assembly workers. He is just good at understanding what tech people will want. Thats why he is called a genius, he makes money when he sleeps.
@@SorenHume I mean? I guess it is to him. And those who are calling him that. We are all different, my goal as of late is to be a better father than I was yesterday; Everyday! This appears to me as the worthiest of goals, but others may think its cliche or have different opinions. None of them affect me, or how I decide things. If someone can be a shrewd businessman and sleep at night believing they were fair, of joyous that they ruined a person, I can never know the truth to judge them, and even though they are real, they exist to me on the other side of my monitor and have no effect on my day to day. It's like when people say the pawn stars are ripping people off. The people went to a pawn shop. These people went to shark tank.
@@Thesaurcery4U2C I appreciate your empathy, I can feel your sincerity in your words. However, our species is spinning on a rock in the middle of we-know-not-where and there is a clock ticking down to zero on how long until we must set up a genetic insurance policy on another planet….. and I’m supposed to be impressed by people who make a shrewd business deal or think so small that they can only think about their own kids? We need a species-wide plan that optimizes for human flourishing into the future and people with the wealth think they deserve praise for stacking piles of gold higher than the next guy. We’re past this baby-stage, and if you can’t see what’s required, you’re part of the problem (dead weight that we must carry across the finish line)
@@SorenHume I think about those things too, I am leaving 5 children of mine here when I am gone one day, I must focus on hope or else I would be just sick to my stomach with worry, but there is no need for you to carry the weight of the world on your shoulders at all; unless you are a superhero and have the power to change it. The "timeline" that you speak of is so beyond your lifetime that the only part you will ever play is that of concern, dread and spreading that dread, basically dead weight. If ideas are your skillset don't let yourself indulging hubris assume things of those you do not know. A 20-year aerospace machinist may be of more value than a thinker of dread. He can actually do the physical manufacturing and making of the machines required for an interplanetary voyage, and any repairs as you know, colonization requires the making of things from materials with the engineer's designs, or maybe the fearful can be given the resources and just go off planet and make a go of it. It was said a long time ago that, " when you are young, if you are not a progressive liberal then you have no heart! When you are older if you have not gained some more conservative ideas, then you have no mind!" You will mature and see that your once thought selfless thoughts of liberal arts majors being the savior of humanity was such a selfish focus that your "big picture" never left your zip code of acquaintances. You brought the negative arrogance into the conversation, but I have no negative thoughts towards you, and if the day ever comes, I will remember this conversation with you (or a like mind) and I will carry your dead weight across the finish line. Because I am strong enough too; and for now, you are just not there yet. Who knows, maybe something you come across one day will enlighten you. HOPE is the only thought worth drawing a plan from. DREAD is a cesspool of control around man's neck in the deep end of the pool. I'm hoping the best for you. Take care of yourself, and Goodbye.
I am starting to come to the conclusion that someone saying that they are a "professional networker" just is a fancy way to say that they are a con artist that is good at talking people into giving them money without anything real to back them up.
I have a friend who's a tattoo artist, who's amazing but he not good at networking and it's so upsetting to see people he's clearly better than getting more business just cuz they can Network.
I don't watch the show, conflict on TV is a sure fire skip for me. Now, having used PBTs and administered them, this thing didn't even have a straw on it...which would lower the accuracy significantly. Additionally, the size downgrade is SO significant, it screams Theranos. 😂
This guy reminds me of another guy I used to work for back in 2013 or so, that considered himself an "inventor" and employed me with the idea to "I want to make my dreams come true, but more so I want to make my employees dreams come true" and paid me little to nothing and even stopped paying me a couple of months after. Even if I was still developing for him. Of course I jumped of the boat. I have him on social media and I see he jumps from one project to another claiming that every single project is going to revolutionize the industry, being VR, Crypto, or whatever he jumps on next. I just think that these people are good talkers and can talk their way to get money from others.
@@YoGibranIt's because reality shows like this are considered garbage tv for low class folks, so they play to idiots. Over across the pond shows like this are considered "fine acceptable normal shows" so they play to the average person.
The sharks are extremely tech illiterate. I'm not saying that I am tech literate, but why would there be a need for the phone? Why can't there just be an LCD screen on it?
Headphone jack doesn't analyze the data lol it's just the data transfer point. either the accessory would do it onboard and send just the result to the app, or send the stream of raw data to the app to analyze. But anyways the headphone jack is a legitimate option for data transfer, especially if you wanted to be cross platform back when this was pitched (iOS and Android used different charging\data ports but they ALL had a headphone jack back then) There is an old square card reader that uses the headphone jack too. They aren't just for audio, you can send data through them too. It's not as fast, you won't be sending a bunch of files through it, but its perfectly enough for these kinds of accessories. That's far from the least believable part of the pitch. The product wasn't a scam, it was the guys intensions. He made a cheap, half baked proof of concept, pitched it, then ran away with the money. And made no effort to improve it. "Networking" in Dubai to probably meet investors for his next big startup flip is much more important to him.
So dude is basically dude Elizabeth Holmes and using a breath analyzer instead of a blood analyzer. Quick, someone invest in my company where you pee on your phone and an app gives you a thorough health analysis.
unironically i think someone might have a case w this, idk much about drunk driving laws but i feel like if someone was genuinely mislead by the product and thought they were fine to drive it could at least lessen the punishment. like ik if you have auto-brewery syndrome you wont be charged for drunk driving so clearly how you are treated is not entirely dependent on just your blood alcohol content
What was the purpose of the smartphone? Did the internet connection add extra features? Was it to save a screen? Was it to force a subscription down the throat of the user? Or is it just a way to hide a scam?
Mark Cuban is an especially good example of a smug person who thinks they know enough to spot scams, yet regularly has got caught out in bad investments and scams. The problem is he ain't good at critical thinking because he applies it in areas he knows and has experience, but when it goes outside of that he's all too keen to fall for it. Case in point - business scams, health scams, fine. But an electronic device with an app? Out of his wheelhouse so he just believed.
Was it a scam? In the end it was. But breathalyzing existed. At the very end Kira showed another product that did work. Nothing about it was a scam until after investing the founder just gave up. If I bet on the fastest running horse and tomorrow he decided he didn't want to run anymore. Is that really foreseeable?
@@kaynkayn9870 What has breathalyzing existing got to do with anything? We've had them here in Britain since the late 1970s. That's not the point. It's that he presented a product that didn't work and spent the money given for investment on personal stuff. That's a clear example of a scam.
Or 500k isn’t 💩 to him and he got emotionally attached to it? Sometimes the most simple explanation is the answer. Hmm think I’ve heard something like that before.
Thing is, Maneesh Sethi's product isn't a scam. It legitimately breaks (or makes breaking easier) bad habit loops, especially smoking and eating bad foods like chips. One CAN use another's studies to prove one's product/service works!
What pisses me off about this is in my opinion it would've better had the product never reached the market. Inaccurate BAC levels aren't some little niche party game they are used to deter people from driving under the influence. I hope no lives were ruined because of an inaccurate readings because of a shoddy product and greedy owner.
To be fair if you need to check with a breathalyzer if you can drive……you can’t drive.
the problem is, that people don't see it this way.
and depending on the country, if they have a very strict limit, it could be that they aren't sure if 1 beer is enough to be above the limit.
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@@ofallnames Idk man. I use breathalyzer after a heavy drinking night and sleeping several hours on a bench to be sure I slept it off. I have to go to the closest police station to ask for a test but if I had a pocket one it'd be much easier.
why are we even allowing any amount of alcohol? it seems insane to me. like would you be ok with someone driving if they smoked a little bit of a spliff, injected a little heroin or only sniffed a little bit of that line? handing them out isn't keeping anyone safe either, its allowing people to sit on the line of drink driving, while being perfectly legal. this product was thought of as a great idea because the west is a drunken mess and has been for decades.
Exactly, crappy products that just inconvenience people are one thing but when lives are at stake? That's just unforgivable.
If you need to check a breathalyzer to tell if you can drive, you probably shouldn't drive.
Exactly idk how they even thought this was a good product. At the very least if u used it I would laugh if the min blow was .075
the appeal of this product is dangerous.
its a party game. everyone takes turns for high score aka race to alcohol poisoning.
it simply should not be allowed. its a medical device it should not be on the market for the general public. if you need one, you should have to get one thru a local doctor or hospital via prescription.
The rational person knows that. The irrational person will spend money on this just to FEEL like they are being responsible to hide the fact that they aren’t 😂
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Yeah but drunk people are stupid and might need a machine to tell them that they're over the limit, 0.75% is fucking nothing to an average drinker, they might feel perfectly able to drive but then they do a breathe and oh, 0.78%, better not risk it, how is this not a worthwhile product for the average Friday/Saturday night drinker? You can't stop people drinking (we've tried that, didn't work) but you can give tools to make better decisions and that's all this is.
They have been getting worse and worse at spotting drop shipped garbage, scams and overhyped garbage. Watch the episode where a chick sells her stylish basketball company. Everyone was indifferent about it but then Mark and Kevin went nuts when she mentioned NFTs and she left with a fat stack.
They haven’t had any crypto or NFT trash since then
At some point they probably got desperate for pitches just for the sake of TV drama to keep the show's ratings up so decided it's worth it to throw money at a few scams every now and then because those losses are offset by the marketing potential of the show when they get a real solid pitch. It's honestly amazing how many Shark Tank products are staples at your big box stores now and that's thanks to the power of the show to market them and connect consumers with the founders' vision, and the Sharks get in on the ground floor of these deals with incredibly favorable terms.
I also read somewhere that they don't have to honor the deals they make on camera, so they may also make fake deals for the show that then fall through afterwards.
What they accept on TV just means they will do due diligence and investigate if the claims are true before committing.
They basically agree to an audit that might lead to an investment, but they can still back out.
They are also sometimes really slow about it. I remember one woman they agreed to invest in say she's been waiting two years since her episode aired and they still didn't finish their decision. They keep telling her to wait. (I think it was Sienna Sauce)
It's because they're all out of touch geezers who don't have any real understanding of tech.
I guarantee you can go on this show and walk away with a stack if you showcase any kind of remotely complicated tech and know how to sound smart.
These guys have extensive knowledge of investment and money but they're collective tech knowledge is probably trapped in the early 1990s
@@Vincent_Beers probs a case of other more stand out products and pitchs they want to look into first kept coming there way with the amount of episodes they do and deals its tobe expected that they at some point look into the most likely to be a good out come ones faster.
Mark makes a thing between 'proper' scams, and 'following the hype. He HATES 'proper' scams. Now, following the hype? He's okay with.
NFTs are 'hype'. Yeah, they're useless, but following the bubble was a good way to get a business going, and as long as they aren't the SOLE source of the company, they could make a bundle.
Kevin loves scams. As long as he's the scamER not the scamEE. (He made his bones scamming people, actually. When he sold TLC, it was worthless)
Breathalysers have been the size of walki talkis for at least 20 years now.
Exactly, have one for like 15 years. Still works and dont need a stupid phone to work. Under 10 dollars.
@@vladimirrybnicek9416don't forget to calibrated. Would hate it if you or your loved ones got behind the wheel because of not having them properly calibrated. Good to hear you're being safe.
In theory it can be smaller, but when I saw the pitch (and then went to their website), there was no mention of renewed calibration. This is the sole reason I didn't buy. Any device like a breathalyzer needs to be periodically calibrated, the leading consumer BACtrack, recommends yearly calibration (you mail it back to them). They're a bit tyrannical about it, in that when my couldn't be calibrated, they refused to send it back and offered a discount on the next purchase.
@@Joomluh12, I understood their point - which was why I didn't make a big fuss about it.
I don't know about walkie talkie, at least in Europe there's a brand called "Dräger" that has models down to like 2" x 5". No phone needed.
Why rob a bank when you can easily get away with business scams?
honor or stupidity
or you're just better at robbing
Or make Cumshot videos
I swear i just commented, He done what they all done…Steal! 😂😂😂😂 👏 👏 👏 finessed his ass!
still gotta find backing
The breathometer gives me serious Theranos vibes ...
Elizabeth is still a psychopath vicious human. She never stopped even after Theranos fell.
And her boyfriend got a longer sentence than her which is unfair
Yea. Pitching tech that either doesn't exist, or isn't anywhere near the advertised quality.
@@dragerien2It's a scam. (Simplified)
yeah speacially the claiming to diagnose lung cancer with a breath test, super Theranos
Except it is actually doable.
If you need to carry a personal breathalyzer, you probably really shouldn't be driving.
LOL! You nailed that one. 👍😂
There is no law, at least in my state, that says you can't have a drink and get into your car. Just make sure you're not over the legall limit. That depends on myriad conditions: Did you eat? How much do you weigh? Are you male or female? It's not black and white. It's actually responsible, especially if you're on a motorcycle. Don't get me wrong. I have zero sympathy for drunk drivers. I personally don't drive even after one drink, but not everyone is the same. The point is that the thing doesn't work. It's dangerous.
@@TheImprovised there's huge a difference between genuinely having 1 or 2 standard drinks and going out drinking to the point where you're not sure if you're under a legal limit.
If you're not sure just don't drive. Best not to drink after any alcohol, legal limits only exist to give some leeway for people with a lingering BAC for example from drinking the night before.
These devices also gave the opposite effect on drink driving to what people expect.
It ends up encouraging more drinking and competitive drinking.
Yeah but it seems he could of made money with law enforcement if it actually worked which would of brought in the big bucks. Also it would be one less heavy thing a cop has to carry on him. But obviously this doesnt work. I can definitely see this product working. I mean we have phone accessories that test blood sugar levels for diabetes. Anyhow, its a scam but I think the invention is still plausible.
People love conflict until it happens to them - that's why it's twice as funny.
obviously🤨a lot of entertainment requires conflict. stories generally need conflict, games and sports need conflict, etc
@@BlisaBLisa What we need is entertainment which shows legitimate ways to de-escalate conflict. But instead we get new movies like _Civil War_ at a time of heightened political and social tensions. It's funny because it's ironic that what people want, which entertains them, is not that entertaining when they personally receive it. Imagine a movie or game about world peace and forgiveness and overcoming hate - it doesn't work unless 99% of the thing is bloodshed and the happy part is just a bit of text before the credits roll.
That's stupid.
@@section7173in stories there needs to be something to overcome otherwise it's pretty pointless. The whole draw of fiction is that it can't happen irl
Poetic justice.
these sharks often scam inventors as well, hurts to be on the other side of the wall huh ?
lets face it. they scam people every day. and its no real loss to them. tax rightoff.... thats it.
@@FastDuDeJiunnwhat do you mean by that?
@@ryancialone3045 he doesn't know, just people envious of others
That's how they became so wealthy.
Damn, y'all sound broke
The old guy was scammed by FTX, it’s not a hard lift.
It always puts a smile on my face when Kevin O'Leary takes an L. Sucks for Mark Cuban and rest of them, though.
@@tacitblack4732 it's great to see Cuban take another L too,He's a scammer too haha idk why you kids worship him
@@tacitblack4732 still has all that money to make it back. all of them should take that L
@@tacitblack4732 it never hurts my heart when billionaires lose money. I’m only sad for the people who lost their money to these billionaire leaches in the first place.
@@tacitblack4732 billionaires losing some chump change isn't anything to feel bad for
it's kinda crazy how nobody is talking about the book whispers of manifestation on borlest
Because its a scam and you are a bot with bot likes
My tinfoil hat theory is that he’s doing that mentorship thing to steal ideas from the people he mentors.
He has said that is exactly why he mentors
@@Girlysamuraiesq it's literally networking, but with a grift.
@@chimyshark I see no lies detected! 😉✊🏽
Most likely, but I bet he also charges them money directly 😂
@@Girlysamuraiesq my Mint© lie-ometer says its all true.
The only thing he's "supremely talented" at is getting his foot in the door (without a plan afterwards). He literally gave a textbook demonstration this useless skill during his Shark Tank pitch and he rolled every single one of them, then he just he moved on to his next victims afterwards!! 🤣🤣🤣
If you lie just long enough to get paid you still got paid
The "Sharks" really aren't that sharp. Which is good because I hope they get scammed. The deals these "Sharks" offer are SSSOOOOO BAD, that they are scamming inventors, so it's great when their arrogance and greed gets them scammed.
It's kind of sad though, he could have actually built a good working product. Never understood scammers, all thinking that it won't come to light eventually. smh
@BillAnt It's better that he tricked the "sharks". The Sharks are a bunch of scammers themselves. They literally are stealing from the poor to give to the rich.
Elon musk is the most successful example of this tactic
Networking, eh? You have to actually do something with those contacts once you make them, otherwise you're just a tourist. EG:
"I met Richard Branson!"
"And then what?"
"Er...."
But networking isn't getting something out of someone right away. Lets say, Richard Branson now knows you. When he would need someone like you, he may contact you or mention you to someone.
My point is about the "do something with those contacts", not this guy.
Meh, I'm not excusing his vacations but that's not quite accurate. You have to meet a lot of people to find the right ones to give you an opportunity, and it's more likely to be someone rich, throwing money around, than some random Joe Schmo at the local walmart. :)
@@megamind6721 My wife says that the expression, “It’s not what you know, it’s who you know”, is wrong. It should be, “It’s not what you know, it’s who knows you”. As usual, she’s right.
Does anyone else find the lack of vetting for these people & inventions kinda odd? I would actually believe that this is all a work. They want the show to look real and it most certainly isn’t 100% real.
Apparently after the show, they go through a more thorough look at the investment and then decide if they want to invest.
The pitches themselves also are apparently much longer, but cut for television.
Same reason talent shows (Got Talent, Idol, So You think you can dance) let some clear duds through...for the entertainment of seeing the judges tear them appart.
Whats this mean
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@@phabiorules Some of the "successful" pitches fell apart after the deal, either because the sharks pulled out (especially because the people couldn't/wouldn't produce financial data) or the pitchers themselves reneged.
The pitches are basically just the sharks' introduction to the product/business
If you watch the first 1/2 seasons of Dragon's Den (the UK version, which is in turn based of a Japanese show), they had a more vetted sort of presentation. You can even see in the numbers of 'successful' pitches (where the dragons said they'd go forward in the episode or the pitchers themselves bowing out) being fairly high.
It made for boring TV though. Later seasons they threw in deliberately shitty pitches and cranked up the studio lighting, because ultimately it makes for better television, and the US followed that model.
Wheres the money Lebowski?!
Where's the fuckin money shiitheeaddd
It's down there somewhere, lemme take another look ...
Look, Walter - Walter, the Chinaman who peed on my rug, I can't go give him a bill, so what the f*** are you talking about?
Unfunny movie for mouth breathers
@@TheMasterpiecePD unfunny comment by 15 year old edgelord
"IS he a scammer?" You said he was numerous times.
😂
Allegedly. ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
Just a great salesman and supreme networker, IMO.
Awful writing
He didn't scam the sharks (exactly, maybe. He did at least bring something to market), but he did lie to consumers, so yes. He was the seller of a scam product, ergo a scammer.
He had a good product idea, he had funding, but he didn't want to go further with it. Getting funding was the goal it seems, and after he did that he just didn't care anymore. "I did my part, now I'll let the company run itself while I network".
Agreed
Paid himself a nice salary and walked away. As long as you show a paper trail of making a vague attempt before failing, it's not even illegal.
Standard investment scam, show just enough effort to be legal before giving up, admitting you failed and walk away with your inflated salary until the money runs out.
"We had much bigger aspirations for Breathometer" - good pun, Mark.
Kevin
Where’s the pun?
@@JeffWarren47somehow I think this person has confused aspirations with respiration 😂😂💀
@@donovanfaust3227 and 329 people liked his comment for some reason.
Crazy.
@@donovanfaust3227hahaha. yup. so many stupid people
When I got the notification I throught it said "The guy who successfully tickled a shark" and was ready to accept that XD
Wanna watch that video too. Hell, I want to BE the guy who successfully tickled a shark. Huck me in the ocean!
"guy successfully tickled a shark:" Me: Ok, I'm in 😂
😂😂😂 that sounds interesting af ngl
@@rebelsoup1947
Sharks can be pretty chill, actually, like there's videos of divers giving them rubs, upon the shark's own insistence. Also if a shark thinks you're food you can just touch their head and redirect them to show that you're actually a big powerful being.
You smokin good za
Shark Tank is just a different version of a kickstarter scam
"Sensors are the future" - Mark Cuban 😂
🤦♂️ 😂
"I am the incompetent aristocrat class."
-Mark Cuban
Yeah based charles for scamming multi millionaires out of their non-earned money
Sensors are big business, but his statement is overly broad.
He's wrong.
Sensors aren't the future.
Tomorrow is.
He took advantage of their ego's and their greed.
The weirdest part to me is that the Breathometer device would actually be very easy to make, it’s not that complicated. It’s a sensor that measures resistance on catalytic plates or wires. Everything about this could’ve been perfect, but scamming is quicker I guess.
sure mate, it is easy!!
It is a avb sensor is about 3$ online so a PCB with USB c port and some software not that hard
There's a big difference between technically working and being accurate and reliable. A device this lightweight should really be nothing more than pass/fail with a high safety tolerance but then it becomes increasingly less useful.
It's been a while since I last saw your content pop up on my feed.
Glad it did. 😊
as someone with a breathalyzer in my car, in the first 5 seconds of the ad showing them lightly blowing on the device i know its bs
lol you drunk
"Grandma can you do me a favor and blow in this so we can go"
yea you shouldnt need one in your car to begin with
Weird flex bro
Another video featuring the great Breathometer project lol, a classic.
Here's the problem with Shark Tank - a quick investigation of what happens to deals once the cameras are off shows the vast majority of them don't go anywhere...a few are successful, and in worst case scenarios - see Al Baker's BBQ fiasco with Daymond - they end up with the family worse off than had they never been on the show. There have been more successful deals from people with money watching the show and then hunting down the contestants on their own than there have been successful deals from the "sharks" themselves.
I've heard that the benefit is the exposure, not necessarily in getting a deal.
@@meritholdingllc123 Agreed and everything I've seen backs that up. There's a reason they are so adamant about individual investors not trying to contact ST participants...
yeah, I liked the show until I read that about 70% of the "deals" made on the show and shown to viewers never go through. Like they make a huge deal out of giving some little kid 50k to make themselves look good, but then when the cameras stop rolling they tell the kid to go take a hike. Now that's incredibly mean and deceitful.
The weird thing is that there are plenty of small breathalysers. That HAVE been tested. You’d just need to Bluetooth the data to a phone and make a quick results app - which seems like the easy step if you license a decent starting tech…
Didn't beat the Elizabeth Holmes (Theranos) high score!
That's a world record.
So far the yet unrecognised world record is held by elon musk
In the medical field Theranos is the high scores ...
@@jackknall9966 hate all you want at least he did sold the damn car
@@KPX01 Why is it hateful to criticize that particular guy for his products and not other product owners?
"Sensors are the future of technology" wut 🤣 what does that even mean Mark? How vague and meaningless lol
seriously sensors have been a part of tech for like, 100 years my man. alot longer honestly, what is a gauge if not just an analog sensor?
Take it from the guy that made his fortune selling radio on the Internet to Yahoo, in what's considered one of the worst deals in history.
Sensors are required for automation; that is making machines work without humans controlling them. Every physical industry is moving towards automation. Manufacturing, agriculture, transport, etc. But in order to automate anything physical you need to feed your software reliable information about the environment it is in. Hence sensors. More automation means more sensors. Considering that clip was likely from over a decade ago and market for automation is huge and continuing to grow, I'd say he's been proven correct.
Sensors are used in a lot of technology and industries. Sensors are very important in robotics and automation mostly used in Factories. Like those factory-made bread are using sensors as well longer than you thought.
@@jaymathew i don't think people are disputing the importance of sensors, so much as they find that importance obvious
like, imagine someone in the modern day saying, "im tellin' ya, man, the transistor is gonna be real big over the next few years." your predictions gotta be a little more specific about the technology to be meaningful
If you look for breathalizers you find well rated products starting at somewhat $10. You take the battery out, put a USBc or lightning port or whatever on it and made an invention that is worth $50 M. The world went to a level of stupidity I don't understand.
There are no breathalyzers that work for $10
I wouldn't rely on a $10 breathalyzer either. The sensor modules themselves can be bought for around $5-6 but to get a somewhat accurate reading from them you need to make sure the internal ceramic element is at a certain temperature and you also have to make sure enough air has been blown over it to actually give you a valid result. Even then you still need to calibrate out some manufacturing differences.
Making it a module for a smartphone eliminates nothing of value you still need the sensors, you still need testing and calibration, you still need a processor that connects to the smartphone and probably also a certification depending on local laws and marketing. Eliminating the battery and display is only a tiny amount and wouldn't really save much.
If it's a bluetooth breathalyzer you don't even get to eliminate the battery and on top of that you now also have to get testing and certification done for a wireless product, not really a good thing if your aim is to make it more affordable and still have people rely on it.
EDIT: Fixed a small typo in the first part that messed with the grammar.
It plugged into the headphone jack, not the usb. It was an obvious scam from the beginning.
Right youd think it would plug into the charging port beyond that you'd think itd be something fairly easy to make your just using the phones processor instead of having a dedicated one built into the device
Well, the original square smartphone credit card reader plugged into the headphone jack, you can send information through it.
This thing could easily be made, that’s the irony of it all. Headphone jack and all.
Modems use sounds to transmit data ...
and iphone up to X has no USB port, it used a different port from Apple and only transfered to USB-C because EU is pointing the torch to their bud
Huh? My first thought is... Why do you need a smart phone for this? It's just a portable breathalyser.
Elizabeth Holmes of Theranos still the unbeaten champion of medical device scams
Idk those people that convinced actual doctors to use the mesh that got recalled made a lot of money by ruining people’s lives..
Pretty sure she's getting beaten daily now
oh im sure she is thinking up new ones while doing time
And silly voices.
You have so many videos of pastors and other "trusted" people screwing over vulnerable people. This guy went to super rich investors and financially pulled their pants down for laughs. Honestly he'd be kinda of a hero if he didn't actually sell a faulty breathalyzer. That's a dick move.
There's alot of things he could've faked that honestly most folks wouldn't have cared, when you scam a grandmother you are a worthless criminal, when you scam the rich, you are Robin hood, like you said, he could've been respected despite his actions, if only he didn't do something that had the potential to hurt so many
The problem is though, this fake product could have ended up thanks to the sharks influence in the hands of people who buy it thinking it will keep them from going over the limit or breaking the law if over the limit. Yeah he ripped of some rich folks but he also would have likely harmed the everyday person too.
This dude is giving Theranos vibes
When it's a sexy tech company, investors go nuts. As long as they can flip it to a bigger fool I guess.
This is the truth but as long as they don't lose from it they see it as a come up
What a great video, love to see the views for you Kira!
Imagine thinking $129 to prevent a DUI is "expensive". Get a DUI, and you'll discover what "expensive" really is.
The guy was definitely a great salesman.
But it's free to not drink anything if you are planning to drive
Kevin’s wife must have had one of these devices on their boat
ouch
not cool
@@alexkenjeev3725 It was very cool water.
@@zxph Didn’t feel a thing.
@@alexkenjeev3725 Yeah, poor little rich billionaire 😢
Or just like, don't drink and drive.
Welcome to the real world Mr. Cole
After reading this comment, my alcoholism is cured
@@cykrya5156being an alcoholic is the biggest act of being a bum u can get. At least mfs on drugs go out they way to get hook d. U literally have no self control if u get hooked on alcohol cus it taste like shyt anyway
When you grow up and enter the real world you’ll know why this could be useful. And no I’m not encouraging driving drunk. The whole point of it is so you don’t do that
Yeah people who think drinking and driving even a little may pay the ultimate price or force someone else to. Its not worth it.
I still think Moss's idea for a bra would have worked.
The Abra Cada-Bra 🔥
Shame he could never crack the overheating problem.
Great video, once again!
This story reminded so much of Elizabeth Holmes. A driven entrepreneurial spirit is generating massive traction, they gain publicity, find investors, business relations and even potential buyers. All because of a very promising product. They see all the attention they receive as proof that they are visionaries and getting the product to work is just a practical inconvenience to them. But they only receive praise and investments because of the belief there is a working product. Their vision is worth nothing. Any one can come up with the idea of selling a product that's much better than what is currently available.
Reminds me of the flipped saying "the early worm gets the bird." Ie, if you have some amazing innovation like this, the big companies in the sector will come along and do it better, all you're going to be paying for is the privilege of showing them whether or not it's a good idea to pursue their own better version.
These sharks are all hammerheads.
Hammerhead sharks are cool tho
lmao
It's more like hammeredhead sharks.
More like Guppies.
Detecting diabetes eventually with something akin to a breathalyzer? The alarm bells are ringing like crazy
I'm sure they were talking blood sugar testing not through breath but with a blood drop tester that plugs into the phone like breathometer... Trying to test Blood Sugar with a breath would be like trying to test your weight the same way, impossible
You could pretty easily find undiagnosed diabetics at like 15+ mmol/L with a breath test.
They don't have to be in DKA for the breath smell to be noticeable by a human. My cat is pretty reliably like "sniff sniff yo, you need insulin"
@@TheCatherineCC I assume by that point it would be pretty low wouldn't it? Like past the point you would like to know what's up?
There’s an easier way to test for diabetes. Warm lemonade, anyone?
@@gamersplaygroundliquidm3th526 At that point there would be a bunch of signs if you knew what you're looking for, but a shocking number of people get diagnosed quite late because of lack of access to medical care. A $2 test could possibly help that, but doesn't fix the lack of medical care bit.
Having a promising product and confident pitch isn't always enough, but rather how it's executed and managed matters the most.
A "supreme networker" is code for "master manipulator". Dude can look into his friend groups, see the people they know, and then plan a trajectory to get to strangers that has something he wants.
supreme networker can also mean you're a great cable or IT guy
Here's the thing cops will almost never tell you. All breathalyzers are inaccurate. They're not admissible as evidence in court actually. So no, I would absolutely NEVER rely on one to tell me if I'm okay to drive. If you drank enough to use this to teat yourself, you're probably drunk enough to get arrested at least. You don't have to be past the legal limit to get arrested, the officer only has to demonstrate that you were not able to drive. To claim that it could help someone who's already drunk and is probably going to do what they feel like anyway, that is irresponsible on their part on a fundamental level.
It wasn't a "great product that didn't reach its potential". It was an idea. Ideas are cheap. Without quality execution, it isn't worth anything.
Very educational!! You know when overboard❤❤❤❤❤❤❤ thank you guys for putting this all together.
@ 9:59 "Unfortunately this story, story takes a disappointing turn." Rainer et al. (2011) study describes this.
The research put into these videos is very thorough.
I'm all for scamming the sharks but yeah might be pretty dangerous to give inaccurate information to people about to drive potentially drunk
Really interesting video. Great job as always Kira, your voice is my personal Morgan Freeman experience :D
None of these sharks have “shrewd minds”. They’re just greedy sociopaths that have money to burn for a risk.
And how did they get that "money to burn"?
Not a very good comment, sounds like you don't know what you're talking about and love the simplistic idea that rich=bad. Several of these sharks, notably John and Cuban, were not born rich, worked harder than you or I to get where they are, and help many more people out than we could ever hope to do.
@@brian4019lick then 👢
Sort-of. Collectively, teaming up the way that they do, can make them shrewd, and ultimately, make them a lot more money than they lose.
Dude made an entire fake system and pitch just to scam Mark and play off his emotions. That's not just a reverse shark, that's an absolute monster. 😢
Half a million subs, you love to see it. Glad to see you flourish brother.
Kira always uploads when I want to draw! Perfect combo
How random.
Good for you.
When I was 5yr back in Philadelphia my mom rear ended a Tasty Cake truck. Driver felt bad for my drunk mother and gave us a tray of about 100 assorted Tasty Cakes!
/giggles
'It is easier for a thief to con a thief than it is for an honest man to convince an honest man'....
Anyone familiar with ethanol vapor gradients and sensors will know you need a full mouthpiece seal to get accurate measurements. I believe the surfaces of such sensors need to be cleaned and calibrated at least once every couple years, and they can degrade if exposed to certain kinds of particulates including ordinary cooking smoke.
it was pretty clear that was setup was BS once I saw the device, the whole thing was very cringe just looking at it a small place to breath into, plugged into the headphone jack etc
People don't fail uphill... they typically con others into it and then dip asap.
I've never understood the need for people other than the police to have breathalyzers. If you're having a drink, then you don't drive.
Also the "minified medical device" market seems to a absolute minefield.
some people have sensitivities to alcohol so i could see a niche use for it, that and ik alcoholics who are recovering who go through like black outs and drink during that period so this could be a great tool for addicts to keep track of their sobriety during any periods where their brain is fucky (because alcohol fucks with the brain bad)
@@nicholasbrown668Wtf? 😂 you're either sober or not...what world do you live in?
Some of us like to know where we're at after a glass of wine without immediately jumping to order a $30+ Uber ride, chief. Placebo effect also does crazy things to people's judgement.
@Youre-Welcome "you're either sober or not" looks like we've got a number of mensa grads in the comments today
I think people use them to catch family members in lies... whether or not that's good for your own peace of mind or will actually help the addict is a whole other can of worms sadly
This was an eye-opener. I gave Sharks a lot more credit than they deserved. I won't be watching any more.
Mark Cuban gets this rep as a genius tech guy, but he can't even code. Cuban is close to this guy in substance- his main motivation is wealth accumulation, and therefore he had a blindspot. Makes total sense if you truly know the Cuban DNA
Coders are assembly workers.
He is just good at understanding what tech people will want.
Thats why he is called a genius, he makes money when he sleeps.
@@Thesaurcery4U2C as if that were a worthy goal
@@SorenHume
I mean? I guess it is to him.
And those who are calling him that.
We are all different, my goal as of late is to be a better father than I was yesterday; Everyday!
This appears to me as the worthiest of goals, but others may think its cliche or have different opinions.
None of them affect me, or how I decide things.
If someone can be a shrewd businessman and sleep at night believing they were fair, of joyous that they ruined a person, I can never know the truth to judge them, and even though they are real, they exist to me on the other side of my monitor and have no effect on my day to day.
It's like when people say the pawn stars are ripping people off. The people went to a pawn shop. These people went to shark tank.
@@Thesaurcery4U2C I appreciate your empathy, I can feel your sincerity in your words.
However, our species is spinning on a rock in the middle of we-know-not-where and there is a clock ticking down to zero on how long until we must set up a genetic insurance policy on another planet….. and I’m supposed to be impressed by people who make a shrewd business deal or think so small that they can only think about their own kids? We need a species-wide plan that optimizes for human flourishing into the future and people with the wealth think they deserve praise for stacking piles of gold higher than the next guy.
We’re past this baby-stage, and if you can’t see what’s required, you’re part of the problem (dead weight that we must carry across the finish line)
@@SorenHume I think about those things too, I am leaving 5 children of mine here when I am gone one day, I must focus on hope or else I would be just sick to my stomach with worry, but there is no need for you to carry the weight of the world on your shoulders at all; unless you are a superhero and have the power to change it. The "timeline" that you speak of is so beyond your lifetime that the only part you will ever play is that of concern, dread and spreading that dread, basically dead weight. If ideas are your skillset don't let yourself indulging hubris assume things of those you do not know. A 20-year aerospace machinist may be of more value than a thinker of dread. He can actually do the physical manufacturing and making of the machines required for an interplanetary voyage, and any repairs as you know, colonization requires the making of things from materials with the engineer's designs, or maybe the fearful can be given the resources and just go off planet and make a go of it. It was said a long time ago that, " when you are young, if you are not a progressive liberal then you have no heart! When you are older if you have not gained some more conservative ideas, then you have no mind!" You will mature and see that your once thought selfless thoughts of liberal arts majors being the savior of humanity was such a selfish focus that your "big picture" never left your zip code of acquaintances. You brought the negative arrogance into the conversation, but I have no negative thoughts towards you, and if the day ever comes, I will remember this conversation with you (or a like mind) and I will carry your dead weight across the finish line. Because I am strong enough too; and for now, you are just not there yet. Who knows, maybe something you come across one day will enlighten you.
HOPE is the only thought worth drawing a plan from.
DREAD is a cesspool of control around man's neck in the deep end of the pool.
I'm hoping the best for you. Take care of yourself, and Goodbye.
Charles is The Megalodon in The Room full of Great Whites.
I am starting to come to the conclusion that someone saying that they are a "professional networker" just is a fancy way to say that they are a con artist that is good at talking people into giving them money without anything real to back them up.
I have a friend who's a tattoo artist, who's amazing but he not good at networking and it's so upsetting to see people he's clearly better than getting more business just cuz they can Network.
"Professional Networking" is, in plain English, a CON(fidence) MAN.
Great video as always,
been watching your work for some time now and always interesting!
I don't watch the show, conflict on TV is a sure fire skip for me.
Now, having used PBTs and administered them, this thing didn't even have a straw on it...which would lower the accuracy significantly.
Additionally, the size downgrade is SO significant, it screams Theranos. 😂
If you think Shark Tank is too much conflict, you've got an overly sensitive disposition
Love your videos man, genuinely gets a bit giddy when you release a new mini-doc.
I thought Trap Lore Ross was talking about shark tank for a second lol identical voices 😂
My bros if shark tank wants to make sure all the products are legit they have to test them after the show , if it doesnt work the deal ends there !!!
Hahahahahaha! Mark being like i love sensors!
Pattern recognition is telling me to not be surprised by this scammer.
Kira saves my Friday!
This guy reminds me of another guy I used to work for back in 2013 or so, that considered himself an "inventor" and employed me with the idea to "I want to make my dreams come true, but more so I want to make my employees dreams come true" and paid me little to nothing and even stopped paying me a couple of months after. Even if I was still developing for him. Of course I jumped of the boat. I have him on social media and I see he jumps from one project to another claiming that every single project is going to revolutionize the industry, being VR, Crypto, or whatever he jumps on next. I just think that these people are good talkers and can talk their way to get money from others.
i thought you had already made like 3 videos about this breathometer guy
me tooo
It's crazy how different this format is in different counties
The German equivalent of this show barely has any arguments
This stuff happens in business and entrepreneurship all the time, around 90% of the sales pitches out there are all bullshit.
Good thing the guy was held fully accountable for it all. This is why things will continue to get worse.
It's awful compared to Dragon's Den imo
I agree,dragon's den is soo good.
Shark tank is just a mess
Yeah because it’s American lmao
I haven't seen DD for a very long time, but I'm pleased when I did watch it our Dragons were civil!
@@YoGibranIt's because reality shows like this are considered garbage tv for low class folks, so they play to idiots.
Over across the pond shows like this are considered "fine acceptable normal shows" so they play to the average person.
I prefer spider's nest.
The sharks fail to do their due diligence.
Charles was the orca among the sharks.
Great Vid! That Guy is a Criminal who only cares about himself. He Should Be Locked Up🤔🇨🇦
The sharks are extremely tech illiterate. I'm not saying that I am tech literate, but why would there be a need for the phone? Why can't there just be an LCD screen on it?
@squibbelsmcjohnson a small lcd is cheap.
@squibbelsmcjohnson they already charge $50 for this rubbish lol a screen would be a few dollars
Not just a screen but a screen and CPU and software now to be added
@@nicholas4839 the software already exists.
@@nicholas4839 basically, everything is in the machine. It just needs an LCD.
When greed and greed coincide
This show loses a lot of its interest when you realize that all sharks, except for Lauren, were caught in one or more scams already.
How can a headphone jack be used to analyze that kind of data…scam
If you need this on the regular…something’s up
Headphone jack doesn't analyze the data lol it's just the data transfer point. either the accessory would do it onboard and send just the result to the app, or send the stream of raw data to the app to analyze. But anyways the headphone jack is a legitimate option for data transfer, especially if you wanted to be cross platform back when this was pitched (iOS and Android used different charging\data ports but they ALL had a headphone jack back then) There is an old square card reader that uses the headphone jack too. They aren't just for audio, you can send data through them too. It's not as fast, you won't be sending a bunch of files through it, but its perfectly enough for these kinds of accessories. That's far from the least believable part of the pitch.
The product wasn't a scam, it was the guys intensions. He made a cheap, half baked proof of concept, pitched it, then ran away with the money. And made no effort to improve it. "Networking" in Dubai to probably meet investors for his next big startup flip is much more important to him.
So dude is basically dude Elizabeth Holmes and using a breath analyzer instead of a blood analyzer.
Quick, someone invest in my company where you pee on your phone and an app gives you a thorough health analysis.
Your customers don't have a phone because they think iWave is a real thing but they're doing it wrong.
@@actually5004 you don't need to cheat customers man, that's too slow. you cheat investors. that's the big and fast money.
This guy got the playbook from Elizabeth and Theranos... LITERALLY!!!
"But officer/Your Honor, the breathometer showed I was fine to drive..."
unironically i think someone might have a case w this, idk much about drunk driving laws but i feel like if someone was genuinely mislead by the product and thought they were fine to drive it could at least lessen the punishment. like ik if you have auto-brewery syndrome you wont be charged for drunk driving so clearly how you are treated is not entirely dependent on just your blood alcohol content
@@BlisaBLisaThat's not a defense for DUI. Its a potential fraud case however.
I really enjoyed this video thanks man
This person has a lot of connections on linkedin 😂
What was the purpose of the smartphone? Did the internet connection add extra features? Was it to save a screen? Was it to force a subscription down the throat of the user? Or is it just a way to hide a scam?
Ahhhh, so these guys are just the 21st century Snake Oil Salesmen.
They never fucking change.
So you're telling me this guy got away with ruining people's lives???!
Mark Cuban is an especially good example of a smug person who thinks they know enough to spot scams, yet regularly has got caught out in bad investments and scams.
The problem is he ain't good at critical thinking because he applies it in areas he knows and has experience, but when it goes outside of that he's all too keen to fall for it.
Case in point - business scams, health scams, fine. But an electronic device with an app? Out of his wheelhouse so he just believed.
Was it a scam? In the end it was. But breathalyzing existed. At the very end Kira showed another product that did work. Nothing about it was a scam until after investing the founder just gave up. If I bet on the fastest running horse and tomorrow he decided he didn't want to run anymore. Is that really foreseeable?
@@kaynkayn9870 What has breathalyzing existing got to do with anything? We've had them here in Britain since the late 1970s. That's not the point. It's that he presented a product that didn't work and spent the money given for investment on personal stuff. That's a clear example of a scam.
Or 500k isn’t 💩 to him and he got emotionally attached to it? Sometimes the most simple explanation is the answer. Hmm think I’ve heard something like that before.
Thing is, Maneesh Sethi's product isn't a scam. It legitimately breaks (or makes breaking easier) bad habit loops, especially smoking and eating bad foods like chips. One CAN use another's studies to prove one's product/service works!
Shark Tank scammers got scammed 😂😂😂😂😂.
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Why are they scammers?
@@hectorg5809 That's just what they do.