Dragon's Den

[Icy Gull]

Anyone on here ever thought about trying to get on?

Some absolute nutters last night - adult themed pjamas and the guy came on dressed in a Trekkie top

The woman who had ordered 100k of pants with names on but had no money and no buyers

The guy who walked away with a deal for wi-fi points in Marinas had sold his house and cars to fund his idea, and it looks like he's cracked it with 4 of the dragons competing to fund him.

Really interesting reality tv, makes a change


Was Theo the same guy who used to own Millwall?

 

[Marshy]

I love this programme.
And yes it is Theo the former Millwall Chairman.

 

[Ex Shelton Seagull]

Yeah he's the same guy. Funny how they didn't mention Millwall as one of his success stories.

I thought that first woman, the one selling olives to pubs, was the best one. The product looked alright but she delivered an appalling pitch. She just wouldn't answer their questions about how much stock she had sold over the past year because "it wasn't important". Now even I understand that an indication of demand for a product is slightly important if you're going to invest in something. Plus her xenophobic rant about all Spaniards being cheating, lying twats didn't win her any favours.

That woman who had designed those personalised pants was in serious shit. Ordering 100K worth of underwear with nowhere to stock or sell them was a tad on the optimistic side. Her entire strategy seemed to be based on buying the stuff and then going on a TV show to get the money to pay for them. Why didn't she just go on "Who wants to be a millionaire"?

 

[Slowhand]

Isn't one of them the women who started Red Letter Days, which folded recently.

I'm not sure I'd be too keen on taking business advice from her!

 

[magoo]

The Wi-Fi bloke was good. To have 4 of the 5 dragons bidding for investment in your business and then having them explain their credentials and success' to him so he could decide was compelling viewing.

But most of them obviously have no business sense. Business studies class' would be a good idea before venturing on any business idea.

The woman with the personalised knickers was absolute shit! She'd obviously had an idea for what might be a good product but was too lazy and thick to market it first.

 

[trueblue]

Theo is , I think, still Chairman of Millwall. Stepped back in, but wants to sell and the fans can't wait. "Theo, you're a C**t" and "F*ck off Theo" just two chants from a recent game. Nice - considering what he's done for them in the past.

It was clever the way the guy bidding to fund the Wi-Fi with Theo told the entrepreneur to question the dragons' business records. They knew the Red Letter Days woman would come out of that badly. She tried to skirt round it by talking about her marketing expertise, but nowhere near as convincing as two guys sitting there saying "..and this company's making me millions... and this one.. and this one..."

 

[Fourteenth Eye]

it was class. the women with the pants booing her eyes out is really going to convince you to invest in her isnt it

 

[upnorthnow]

Isn't one of them the women who started Red Letter Days, which folded recently.

I'm not sure I'd be too keen on taking business advice from her!

Yes, Rachel Elnaugh, by strange coincidence it was fellow Dragons Peter Jones and Theo Paphitis that bought the company.