House of Beauty founder Vibhuti Arora revealed that her experience on Shark Tank India Season 3 left her overwhelmed, nearly causing her to blackout. Despite anticipating support from Judge Namita Thapar, Executive Director of Emcure Pharmaceuticals, Arora expressed feeling rushed by the judges. During a recent podcast, she shared her disappointment with Namita Thapar and Vineeta Singh, CEO of Sugar Cosmetics, for their perceived lack of kindness during her pitch.
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In a podcast Vibhuti Arora said, “What was shown was still very nice, what actually happened was a lot worse. I could feel angst, Vineeta kept repeating the same thing 10 times, and she kept criticizing my packaging, but they did not let me speak”.
She added, “I was there to get their help, as a bootstrapped entrepreneur. If I had had everything sorted already, why would I go to them for help? It was very difficult for me to control myself from crying at one point. I just wanted to run away from Shark Tank India. I didn’t want to cry on national television. Vineeta kept asking me what the differentiator in my products is.”
Vibhuti further revealed that she had a blackout after the episode, she said “initially, I thought I would manage to get funding from there. But later, I figured that I was not going to get anything out of this, I only had to keep defending myself. After the pitch, I had a blackout. I got anxious that time.”
Reacting to her recent revelations in the podcast, many netizens agreed with Vibhuti and slammed Vineeta Singh for being too harsh on the pitchers. One user wrote, “She’s absolutely right and as an audience I did watch that episode and it was very clear that Vineeta was getting jealous of her. I did also comment briefly in that episode.”
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