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Kevin O’Leary Went All-In on This Harvard Student’s Startup Idea Within 15 Minutes

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10.02.2026

Here’s how Shark Tank’s Mr. Wonderful spots winners.

BY BRIAN CONTRERAS, STAFF WRITER @_B_CONTRERAS_

Kevin O’Leary. Illustration: Inc.; Photo: Getty Images

Shark Tank celebrity investor Kevin O’Leary has never been shy about calling balls and strikes where he sees them.

Still, it was a bold bet even by his standards when, at a Harvard Business School pitch competition last Friday, he declared that he could tell which of six student startups would be the........

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