Gaurav Taneja, a popular YouTuber and daily vlogger, appeared on Shark Tank India season 4 to introduce his fitness brand, BeastLife. His social media following completely shook the sharks, and during the show, the sharks doubted whether he could manage his brand while handling the channel. So, Sharks Commented Taneja to shut down his YouTube channel and hold his focus only on business.
How does Gaurav Taneja respond to Sharks’ remark? Will he shut down his YouTube career? What did Sharks say actually? Let’s find out in this detailed article.
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Sharks: Shut Down Your YouTube Channel!
Gaurav Taneja, recently appeared in Shark Tank India season 4, where he pitched his supplementary brand, Beast Life. His follower base and his claim about his company BeastLife reached a point where they were able to generate 1 crore in just one-hour time spam, on which sharks commented ‘It’s a dream for all the startup founders’. However, sharks were skeptical of his dual focus strategy (One YouTube and Second Startup), raising concerns about his long-term sustainability and potential for growth.
With these concerns and doubts, Sharks advised Gaurav Taneja “Shut down your YouTube and go all in one business”, and even one shark questioned whether he would be making videos for his YouTube channel more or not. Let’s know what Gaurav Taneja replies in his post on LinkedIn.
Gaurav Taneja’s Dedicated Reply.
Gaurav Taneja shared his experience of Shark Tank India in a dedicated post after he came out of it. Gaurav Taneja was asked to shut down his YouTube channel, and one shark questioned whether he would be creating videos on YouTube more or not, responding to this Gaurav Taneja broke out to speak with full confidence “YES”.
With this, it’s obvious that Gaurav Taneja respects the resource that made him the ‘FlyingBeast’ of YouTube, and he hardly will leave YouTube. Although, he writes in his post about the experience and fears when he confidently replied Yes, “He didn’t seem too happy with my response and remarked, ”𝘈𝘢𝘱 𝘬𝘢 𝘧𝘰𝘤𝘶𝘴 𝘯𝘢𝘩𝘪 𝘩𝘰𝘨𝘢, 𝘢𝘢𝘱 𝘸𝘢𝘩𝘢 se paisa bana loge, ” He stated. But to me, that felt like a risky move – one that could heart more than help, ” Gaurav Taneja added.
Gaurav Taneja’s Concerns about Shark Tank India.
Gaurav Tanaja raises concerns about Shark Tank India to be losing its impact on businesses. He wrote, “We recently took BeastLife to Shark Tank India and it was and it was a fantastic experience! Many tout the show as a tremendous branding tool—even if you don’t secure a deal, the exposure is priceless.
Naturally, we anticipated a huge spike in website traffic, given the strong brand value and massive audience Shark Tank has built over four seasons. But here’s what the number revealed:
- Traffic on Rosier Foods launch day: 𝟰𝟬𝟴𝗞
- Traffic on BeastLife launch day: 𝟮𝟯𝟴𝗞
- Traffic on and after hashtag#SharkTank release day: 𝟮𝟮K
Surprisingly, the traffic from Shark Tank was even lower than the push from our own Instagram Stories!
This raises an important question: Has the impact of Shark: Has the impact of Shark Tank diminished? Here are some possible reasons we considered:
- Shark Tank India might be losing popularity.
- The show may gain traction once episodes are uploaded to YouTube (making it free to watch for a larger audience)
- Skipping a TV broadcast for Season 4 was a strategic misstep
According to the Times of India report.
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