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ABC's 'Shark Tank' Member Holds Entrepreneur Event In King Of Prussia

Kevin Harrington, the "Original Shark" from ABC's Shark Tank, held an entrepreneurship event in King of Prussia on Thursday.

KING OF PRUSSIA, PA — Kevin Harrington, the "Original Shark" from ABC's Shark Tank, held an entrepreneurship event in King of Prussia on Thursday.

Harrington was joined at the "entrepreneurship and empowerment" event at the Sheraton Valley Forge by Temp-tations founder Tara McConnell Tesher.

According to organizers, the pair discussed how to stay on top of customer trends, digital and technological enhancements, the evolution of sales channels, and more.

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Tesher addressed how she was able to launch Temp-tations, a wildly successful brand of cookware, entirely electronically. She now runs Tara at Home, a social sharing company that aims to unite entrepreneurs.

Harrington addressed Tesher's success:

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“Every single consultant that signs up with Tara at Home has what it takes because the ground work has been done—they just need to put it into action. I’ve rarely seen a company that launches with it all: a lucrative compensation plan, amazing varied products that people love, virtual business tools and training designed for on-the-go, digital marking assets, a trained customer care team, Tara has worked out business process kinks over the years, and most of all, she is the real deal. Someone who always puts people first and does what is right. This combination works for social selling and is working for Tara at Home.”

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