The Shrimp Tank

What The Shrimp Tank does

The Shrimp Tank is a privately held entrepreneurship podcast network founded in 2014 and headquartered at Florida Atlantic University College of Business in Boca Raton, Florida. Its flagship product is a live podcast filmed in front of 30-40 entrepreneurship students who participate as part of their coursework, with the format positioned as the first podcast fully integrated into a university course curriculum. Episodes feature CEOs, founders, and business leaders interviewed by local hosts; the show also offers Shrimp Bites (shorter-form content) and The Roadmap (an Atlanta sub-series focused on small business experts). Content is distributed across YouTube and all major podcast platforms plus Facebook, LinkedIn, Instagram, and TikTok.

The company operates a chapter model with 12 active US city chapters (Atlanta, Boca Raton, Boston, Boulder, Charleston, Central PA, Columbus, Little Rock, Orange County, Savannah, Seattle, Tulsa), each with local hosts and dedicated playlists; named hosts include founders, CXOs, and senior practitioners from companies such as CreativeLive, oXYGen Financial, BRS Consulting, and Link Ventures. The underlying technology is a conventional podcast production and content distribution platform with no proprietary technical components disclosed.

The Shrimp Tank generates revenue primarily through podcast sponsorships, with publicly disclosed sponsors including the FAU Adams Center for Entrepreneurship, Owwll, and Client Focused Advisors (plus HyperChatEngine and FollowOz referenced in company history). Sponsors receive brand placement in the live studio and integrated visibility across digital channels; pricing is not publicly disclosed and is structured on a custom inquiry basis. The firm's short description also references business development, entrepreneurship training, branding, and consulting services as adjacent offerings, though the podcast sponsorship model remains the primary documented revenue stream.

Name

The Shrimp Tank

Legal name

The Shrimp Tank

Website

https://shrimptankpodcast.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2014

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

The Shrimp Tank is a privately held entrepreneurship podcast network filmed live at Florida Atlantic University with 30-40 student participants per episode, operating 12 US city chapters and monetizing through podcast sponsorships and adjacent consulting services.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Business Podcast

SIC

Services-Motion Picture & Video Tape Production (7812)

akta.pro primary industry

Business Planning, Pitching & Competitions (Pitch Decks, Demo Days) (EDAMAHAB)

Keywords

• Entrepreneurship podcast
• Business education content
• Podcast sponsorship advertising
• Live event recording
• Entrepreneur interviews

Headquarters

HQ city

Denver

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Digital Commerce or Content

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Podcast Sponsorships: The Shrimp Tank generates revenue through sponsorships from brands including Florida Atlantic University Adams Center for Entrepreneurship, Owwll, and Client Focused Advisors. Sponsors receive brand placement in live studio recordings with students, integrated visibility across in-studio and digital channels, and opportunities to highlight internships and career opportunities to a curated audience of entrepreneurs and students.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

The Shrimp Tank produces and distributes an entrepreneurship podcast filmed live at Florida Atlantic University College of Business in Boca Raton, Florida, featuring 30-40 entrepreneurship students who engage directly with CEOs, founders, and business leaders as part of their coursework. The network operates 12 U.S. city chapters and distributes episodes across YouTube and major podcast platforms, monetizing primarily through corporate sponsorships that deliver in-studio brand placement and access to the entrepreneur and student audience.

Product overview

The Shrimp Tank is a podcast network centered around its flagship entrepreneurship podcast, the first podcast fully integrated into a university course curriculum at Florida Atlantic University. The core offering is the live podcast featuring student participation, supplemented by Shrimp Bites (shorter content pieces) and The Roadmap sub-series focused on regional small business content. Content is distributed across YouTube and major podcast platforms.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• The Shrimp Tank Podcast The flagship entrepreneurship podcast filmed live at Florida Atlantic University College of Business in Boca Raton, Florida, featuring 30-40 entrepreneurship students who participate as part of their curriculum and engage directly with CEOs, founders, and business leaders. Episodes are distributed across YouTube and major podcast platforms.
• Shrimp Bites Shorter-form podcast content featuring condensed interviews and highlights, distinct from the full-length main podcast episodes. Targeted at audiences preferring concise entrepreneur interview clips.
• The Roadmap A sub-series featured within the Atlanta chapter, highlighting small business experts and entrepreneurs in the Atlanta region.

Quantifiable outcome

• Internships, job offers, mentorships, and professional connections for participating students

Named customers3 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

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Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core and sponsor.

• Florida Atlantic University Adams Center for EntrepreneurshipcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFAU Adams Center for Entrepreneurship is the primary host location for The Shrimp Tank podcast. The podcast is the first in the world fully integrated into a university course curriculum, with 30-40 entrepreneurship students participating live during each episode as part of their graded coursework. The partnership provides students with real-world business insights, networking opportunities, and pathways to internships and career openings.
• OwwllsponsorGTM or Marketing PartnerOwwll is a sponsor of The Shrimp Tank Podcast, appearing as a Proud Sponsor on the podcast's website and promotional materials.
• Client Focused AdvisorssponsorGTM or Marketing PartnerClient Focused Advisors is a sponsor of The Shrimp Tank Podcast, appearing as a Proud Sponsor on the podcast's website and promotional materials.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• How I Built This: NPR/Gimlet (Spotify) entrepreneur interview podcast featuring founders of major brands. Direct competitor in the entrepreneurship interview podcast category, with a much larger audience and stronger production backing.
• Masters of Scale: Reid Hoffman's entrepreneur podcast featuring interviews with founders and business leaders. Directly competes with The Shrimp Tank for the same audience of entrepreneurs and aspiring business owners, with stronger brand and celebrity host.
• Entrepreneurs on Fire: John Lee Dumas's long-running daily entrepreneur interview podcast with 3,000+ episodes. Direct competitor in the entrepreneur storytelling format, with a more developed course and community monetization model that The Shrimp Tank could learn from.
• Y Combinator Podcast: Y Combinator's podcast featuring interviews with successful startup founders and YC partners. Competitor for the same founder-entrepreneur guest pool, with much stronger institutional brand and audience.
• Starter Story: Interview-driven entrepreneur content platform with a podcast component, focused on solo founders and bootstrapped businesses. Overlaps heavily with The Shrimp Tank's audience and content format.
• Mixergy: Andrew Warner-founded entrepreneur interview platform with one of the longest-running business interview archives. Directly comparable long-form founder interview format targeted at entrepreneurs.

Broad incumbents

• The Tim Ferriss Show: Top-tier business and entrepreneurship podcast featuring high-profile founders and operators. Wider audience and bigger sponsorship book but a broader 'high-performance' framing rather than entrepreneurship-only.
• TED Talks Business: TED's business entrepreneurship content channel featuring talks from founders and business leaders. Comparable in subject matter (founder stories) but uses a different format (short talks vs. long interviews) and serves a complementary audience.

Others

• Shark Tank (ABC): ABC's flagship entrepreneur pitch TV show, which The Shrimp Tank is directly named after (a pun on 'Shark Tank'). Not a direct competitor in podcasting but the source of the brand and audience lifestyle The Shrimp Tank inherits.

Regional players

• CreativeLive: Online education platform for entrepreneurs and creatives, co-founded by Craig Swanson (a Shrimp Tank Seattle host). Adjacent in the entrepreneurship education space and connected through Shrimp Tank's host network, though not a direct podcast competitor.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/c/ShrimpTank1
• Facebookfacebook.com/shrimptankboca
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/theshrimptank
• Instagraminstagram.com/shrimptankboca
• TikToktiktok.com/@shrimptankboca?lang=en
• Xx.com/TheShrimpTank

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles13 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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