'Shark Tank': Robert Herjavec Gets Emotional Talking About His Father During Invis-A-Rack Pitch (VIDEO)

While the trend in big business may be to send jobs overseas to reduce costs, there's at least one man who's standing up against it. On "Shark Tank" (Fri., 8 p.m. EST on ABC), an entrepreneur presented his idea for a foldable truck rack. The idea got the attention of the panel, but as they talked more about it, he revealed that the production costs are nearly prohibitive. And when the panel suggested moving production overseas, he shut down the idea completely.

On the surface, Donny McCall's Invis-A-Rack seems like a solid business idea. The collapsible rack attachment can quickly transform a pickup truck into a work truck and vice-versa. But it was McCall's passion for helping his hometown and refusal to consider moving any part of his company outside the United States that quickly turned off the panel.

Even appealing to Robert Herjavec, whose father was born in Croatia and immigrated to Canada, where he worked in a factory, didn't work. Herjavec got emotional talking about his father's difficult experiences fitting in, but it was that first job that he was the most proud of. Still, Herjavec was out because, "I just can't get involved with something where you're not taking care of the business."

The ideas keep coming as "Shark Tank" continues Fridays at 8 p.m. EST on ABC.

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Comments

[KentKernahan]

12:50 PM on 02/06/2012

You don't have to be president, JoseAnd911World. It is a lot easier than that.

Hi, I am part of an American group that controls most of the American innovation we ship to our economic competitors. There are only about 400 of us, and most of us have no thought as to the consequences our actions exact from our fellow Citizens.

Inventor Nationalism is what Donny is showing. If more of our inventors showed this, few American innovations would be made off shore. American Inventors are issued 60% of the patents world wide and are a tiny fraction of just 4.5% of the worlds population. That is an exceptional fact.

There are many times fewer Prolific Inventors than there are Venture Capitalists. By international patent law, the Inventor gets to choose, unless they give their rights away.

What the Shark Tank investors missed is that if Donny has a patent, his invention can only be made where he says. If manufacturing cost is an issue, try Mansfield, Ohio or any community that lost a GM or other auto plant.

To lean more, Google "Great Rescission? My Fault." and then "Locally Grown Power" to see a practical example of Inventor Nationalism at work.

[JoseAnd911World]

05:12 PM on 02/01/2012

If I was President, I would use the powers I would have strip all of the sharks of their U.S. Citizenship & deport 'em all to Communist China because of the way they handled Invis-A-Rack's Donny McCall, they exposed themselves as treasonous job extractors secretly working for Hu Jintao.

Somebody send Hulk Hogan to kick all of their a**es!!!

[rotti]

08:03 PM on 02/03/2012

I would think that selling thousands of these at a reasonable price in stead of a few at a crazy price would employ a lot of people at the sales and retail end. The fact is that products made over seas are cheaper and sometimes better that US built stuff. That is sad but it's the reality. I used to be a supplier of merchandise that was built by GE in the states and it had a terrible track record for manufacture and wrranty issues. The whole line of products was then made in South Korea and Mexico and with in 2 years all 5 products jumped to the top of the consumer ratings for reliability. Sad but true!

[tiredofthesameoldstuff]

08:22 PM on 02/04/2012

False. A ton of companies find out that it is far more expensive to make stuff overseas since they find a ton of defects.

Remember lead in toys?

[nobodynose]

02:24 AM on 02/07/2012

I hear ya brother, I hear ya! And I agree with ya times a thousand!