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Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez

Ring is one of the largest companies ever to come out of Shark Tank. Its CEO says he prepared for his pitch like an Olympic athlete

Jamie Siminoff Ring Kevin OLeary

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Luck may have been what got Ring founder Jamie Siminoff cast for Shark Tank, but preparing for the pitch that supercharged his company required nothing short of Olympic-level preparation.

It had barely been a year since his company, DoorBot, had released its first iteration of a video-enabled doorbell, but that didn’t stop Siminoff from taking a leap of faith and applying to be featured on Shark Tank.

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