Best Revenge Is Your Paper

Beyoncé Is One Step Closer to Becoming a Shark Tank Shark

The singer is doing her part to disrupt merch lines at concerts.
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Beyoncé once said, “best revenge is your paper,” and once again, she’s putting her money where her lyrics are. She invested $150,000 in Sidestep, an app that speeds up the merchandise buying process at concerts by letting users pre-order items and skip the line, through her management company Parkwood Entertainment. With Sidestep, you can have a tank top that declares “I Ain’t Sorry” in time to hear Bey say, “I Ain’t Sorry.”

You might thinking, “Hold up! $150,000? That’s pennies in Silicon Valley and also Beyoncé’s world!” And you’d be right, but this does mean she’s one step closer to a Shark Tank appearance. She’s already invested in WTRMLN WTR, a cold-pressed watermelon juice company, and according to Tech Crunch, she potentially “has ties” to juicing machine maker Juicero. It’s only a matter of time before she’s sitting pretty between Mark Cuban and Mr. Wonderful, listening as moms from Evanston pitch their pre-sliced oranges while she listens attentively.

“I mean Beyoncé, you’re a mom,” Patty starts, “you know what it’s like when it’s your turn to bring snacks for the whole team."

Bey nods, pretending she has ever brought snacks for the whole team. Still, she leans forward, ready to pay it forward by investing $150,000 for a 30 percent equity stake in Wouldn’t It Be Slice Soccer Snacks.