West Texas Investors Club

I gotta say I love this show! It's really inspiring to see the love and passion these guys have for helping out small business owners. I love the Shark Tank crew but the guys from West Texas have some serious heart and soul. You can tell they care more about the success of the entrepreneur than their own gains which is refreshing. It's also nice to see them having fun with the people on the show instead of just grilling them about their business they actually get to know who's behind it. I agree that it's all about the person and if you have the right people and product then success will follow. Thank you guys for putting on this show, keep up the great work!!

The first couple of episodes have been fun to watch. They had some rough moments of making something out of nothing, increasing drama.

Has anyone seen the original shark tank seasons? This is a lighter version of that. It has some quirks, just as the early shark tanks had, that are sure to be ironed out.

Already watched every entrepreneurial show out there, this show fills my Profit and Shark Tank void. These characters should do a destination episode. Like come to Iowa City, get a kick out of the Midwest entreprenuers.

Please keep them coming. My only question, how much did they have to get paid to only drink Miller Lite?

I watched the entire first season and was indeed entertained. The guys are witty and genuine. Growing up in Arkansas and then Texas, I initially felt a special connection to this show. However, as a commercial airline pilot with 33 years experience, I know that the chartered jet shown to be transporting the 16 contestants is a Lear Jet 31 A, an older aircraft that has slightly lower hourly operating costs. The approximate costs of one round trip flight at $3,000/hour multiplied by an average of 8 hours flying/taxing is $24K. So for 16 contestants it would cost ballpark $384K in total airfare costs which is not reality and thus fake or staged. With a budget of $400K, 96% of the show's budget was on airfare? Furthermore, clearly there is no flight crew or captain during the deboarding on a private charter – which can be lethal if the passenger(s) do not know where not to walk. Given those facts, the entire first scene must be totally staged or fake. I was curious enough to search Google for the two investors and came across an enlightening news article that validated my suspicions about the show's lack of realism. A public statement by show's co-star Butch Gilliam in an interview on 10/18/2015: "The contestants go through a casting crew. While the West Texas investors do invest, there is a little more vetting and outside help than the show suggests. And the "club" house is really a building in Stanton where Gilliam says he has never step foot inside. In short, it's TV." Well what can you expect from the executive producer, Jason Henry, who is notable for his work on the Kardashians reality show? Regardless, the show is a "success" -- but I will go back to watching Shark Tank.