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The Ed Mylett Show · June 30, 2026 · 44m

Robert Herjavec on The Truth About Success, Shark Tank, & Entrepreneurship

Robert Herjavec

Robert Herjavec shares his story of arriving from communist Yugoslavia with one suitcase and building a $500 million cybersecurity empire. He reflects on 22 years as a Shark on Shark Tank, giving the most candid answer Ed has ever heard on whether the show damaged a generation of entrepreneurs. The conversation covers why Herjavec has never raised outside funding, specific predictions for AI disruption and the growing exodus from white-collar jobs to skilled trades, and a personal discussion on faith, fathers, and whether the relentless grind is worth it.

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Highlights

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One Inch at a Time
Herjavec explains his personal philosophy of taking on the hardest days 'one inch at a time,' a mindset he's held since he was 22 and that Ed connects to his own 'Power of One More' framework.
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What Shark Tank Did to Entrepreneurship
Ed asks whether Shark Tank has done damage to a generation of entrepreneurs—a question he's posed to other Sharks without a satisfying answer—and Herjavec delivers what Ed describes as the most honest response he's ever heard from a cast member.
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Hold Your Equity
Herjavec has self-funded every business he's ever built and warns that raising outside capital too early dilutes ownership and creates pressure to spend before proving the model.
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Where AI and the Trades Are Heading
Herjavec offers a specific read on which industries AI is set to disrupt and points to a growing trend of workers leaving white-collar jobs for skilled trades that are harder to automate.
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Editorial

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Is the Grind Worth It?
Ed and Robert get personal about faith, the influence of their fathers, and whether the relentless pace of entrepreneurship is ultimately worth it.
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Misc

✧Arrived in North America at age 8 from communist Yugoslavia with one suitcase and no connections.
✧Ed challenged him on whether Shark Tank has damaged a generation of entrepreneurs, a question he has also put to Daymond John and Barbara Corcoran, and Herjavec answered more candidly than any Shark before him.
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