Get ready for a huge night at Got Invention Radio. Infomercial pioneer and Shark Tank investor/panelist Kevin Harrington is in the house.
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Harrington has served as chairman of and chief executive officer of TV Goods Inc. since its inception.
Widely acknowledged as a pioneer and principal architect of the “infomercial” industry, Harrington produced his first 30 minute infomercials in 1984. Harrington has been involved with more than 500 product launches resulting in sales of over $4 billion worldwide and 20 products reaching individual sales of over $100 million.
Harrington founded Quantum International Ltd. in 1988, which merged into National Media Corporation in 1991. Under Harrington’s leadership as its president, National Media reached $500 million in annual sales with distribution in over 100 countries in 20 languages.
Additional entrepreneurial startups for which Harrington served as CEO included a joint venture with HSN, Inc. (HSN Direct) in 1994 and Reliant International Media in 1997.
Reliant was sold to Response TV PLC, which was controlled by the Koo banking family of Taiwan in January, 2007.
Harrington co-founded OmniReliant Holdings Inc. in 2006. He has established two global networking associations; the Entrepreneur’s Organization (E.O.) and the Electronic Retailing Association (ERA).
Harrington currently stars as an investor “Shark” on the television series Shark Tank. He recently released a book, Act Now, which chronicles Kevin‘s life and experiences in the DRTV industry.
Kevin’s co-author is William Simon who co-authored with Steven Jobs the NY Times best-selling book Icon.
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