Winter TCA: ‘Shark Tank’ star calls corporate ladder ‘all crap’

Are you working for the man? “Shark Tank� star Kevin O’Leary thinks your career plan is “all crap.�

“The path today is becoming an entrepreneur,� the outspoken venture capitalist told reporters Thursday at the TV press tour in Pasadena.

“That’s what made this country great in the first place and will make it great again,� he added. O’Leary scoffed at workers who plod at companies in an effort to work their way up: “That’s all crap,� he said.

What isn’t crap? Recent ratings for “Shark Tank,� the reality show in which aspiring entrepreneurs pitch ideas to O’Leary and other potential investors. The show -- which struggled to find an audience its first couple of seasons -- has finally settled into a solid spot for ABC on Friday nights.

“There is no question this year that something tipped,� O’Leary said.

Maybe viewers are tuning in to get more of O’Leary’s sunny personality? When co-star and fellow panelist Robert Herjavec questioned O’Leary’s I-want-results-now investment approach, saying that “sometimes you have to take a short-term pain to make a long-term gain,� O’Leary shot back: “And sometimes you go out of business doing that.�

What do you think of “Shark Tank� and O’Leary?

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