The Next Tycoon

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The Next Tycoon
Genre	Reality Show
Created by	W. Cliff Oxford
Starring	W. Cliff Oxford, Minoo Hosseini
Country of origin	United States
No. of episodes	2
Production
Executive producer	Minoo Hosseini
Running time	28:30
Original release
Network	CBS Television

The Next Tycoon is a reality television series that was made in 2009 and originated in Atlanta, Georgia, by W. Cliff Oxford. As a televised business plan competition, the show features entrepreneurs who present their business plans in front of national business leaders to show what makes their business plan better than all the rest. Four finalists will then face a panel of media and business experts and a live audience. There is a group of judges and an alternate group called the School of Hard Knocks, which judges each contestant. The show is hosted by W. Cliff Oxford and Minoo Hosseini, while the judges and the School of Hard Knocks alternate per episode.^{[citation needed]}

The series' first winner was entrepreneur Lisa S. Jones, who presented EyeMail Inc.

Judges

• Salmeh Fodor
• Benn Konsynski
• Laura Colin
• Lydia Mondavi

School of Hard Knocks

• Gary Kenworthy
• BB Webb
• Larry Colin

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