I'd liked to have seen this episode of 'Dragons Den'...

[grahamw48]

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[Ako Si Jamie]

I must have missed this thread. What was it about?

[grahamw48]

Sorry Jamie, I must have deleted the pictures off my storage site.

Here they are again. :biggrin:

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[Ako Si Jamie]

A clip from that episode


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gyV9LRAgzHI

[grahamw48]

Thanks Jamie....hadn't thought to look for that. :xxgrinning--00xx3:

[Ako Si Jamie]

There might be a full episode lurking around on YT somewhere.

[grahamw48]

I daren't get on youtube this early in the evening. :icon_lol:

[Ako Si Jamie]

Yep. Those Russian driving vids will take up your evening. :biggrin:

[Terpe]

For me YouTube is one of the very best outcomes of the internet :xxgrinning--00xx3:

Love it! :Jump:

[grahamw48]

I agree ! :biggrin::xxgrinning--00xx3:

[Ako Si Jamie]

Me too, better than Facebook and Twitter.

Silly name though. Sounds like a Scottish insult.

[Terpe]

Me too, better than Facebook and Twitter.

Silly name though. Sounds like a Scottish insult.

That made me smile :xxgrinning--00xx3:
Now you've mentioned it I can hear it getting said in many a pub in Glasgow :icon_lol:

[goldyhorn1]

I have watched the canadian dragons den on justin tv on the net also sharks tank. I'm sure you can catch up on one of the freeview channels for the british one.

[Dedworth]

Dragons' Den star Duncan Bannatyne sees £430m health club fortune vanish from the Rich List as debts hit £122m

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-2324102/RICHARD-KAY-Dragons-Den-Bannatyne-122million-debt.html#ixzz2UEGrKLNs

You are financially incompetent Duncan and for that reason I'm out :biggrin:

[Terpe]

Dragons' Den star Duncan Bannatyne sees £430m health club fortune vanish from the Rich List as debts hit £122m

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-2324102/RICHARD-KAY-Dragons-Den-Bannatyne-122million-debt.html#ixzz2UEGrKLNs

You are financially incompetent Duncan and for that reason I'm out :biggrin:

:laugher::laugher::laugher:

Dedworth, you do crack me up. That's for sure.
PS: I'm not a fan of Duncan Bannatyne

[Ako Si Jamie]

I don't like Ballantyne. Find him arrogant and miserable. Actually the only dragons I have liked over the years are no longer on it.

[Dedworth]

I don't like Ballantyne. Find him arrogant and miserable. Actually the only dragons I have liked over the years are no longer on it.

Funnily enough I don't mind him too much - the one that I loath Deborah Meadon and of course the presenter Evan Davis makes me gag.

[grahamw48]

Funnily enough I don't mind him too much - the one that I loath Deborah Meadon and of course the presenter Evan Davis makes me gag.

I admire her forthright manner, but as with that woman who used to co-present the TV morning programme, you'd think that even a tiny amount of cash could have been spent on sorting out a face that is looking more and more like an old sack of potatoes. :Erm:

Oh, and the presenter. :cwm25:

...On loan from Spitting Image ? :Cuckoo:

[Ako Si Jamie]

Funnily enough I don't mind him too much - the one that I loath Deborah Meadon and of course the presenter Evan Davis makes me gag.Worst of the lot for me is Peter Jones.

[Dedworth]

Worst of the lot for me is Peter Jones.

His parents live round the corner from us :cwm25:

Going back a few years I used to like the smooth Californian bloke Doug Richard and the Aussie bloke who's name I can't remember

[Ako Si Jamie]

His parents live round the corner from us :cwm25:

Going back a few years I used to like the smooth Californian bloke Doug Richard and the Aussie bloke who's name I can't rememberRichard Farley I think he was called. He was my favourite. Nice bloke who knew how to talk to people properly.

[Dedworth]

Richard Farley I think he was called. He was my favourite. Nice bloke who knew how to talk to people properly.

Thats him decent, unpretentious bloke - thats probably why they got rid of him

[Ako Si Jamie]

Thats him decent, unpretentious bloke - thats probably why they got rid of him:icon_lol: No doubt!

[fred]

He must be the second dragon to go bust.. Rachel Elnaugh lost all her cash too with her business "Red letter day"..

http://cached.imagescaler.hbpl.co.uk/resize/scaleWidth/460/?sURL=http://offlinehbpl.hbpl.co.uk/News/OVE/E4D6FA10-C594-0E6F-9CD96CC05E0C693B.gif

Wikpedia says...
Following five investments over the first two seasons of the show, a result of disputes with various Dragons[clarification needed (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Please_clarify)] (Jones, Paphitis and Duncan Bannatyne (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duncan_Bannatyne)),[3] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rachel_Elnaugh#cite_note-CP1-3) and the resulting uncomfortable position of the BBC if it allowed a perceived "failed" businesswoman to be on a business panel, she agreed to leave the "Dragons' Den" panel.

So in that case, Bannatyne should also be sacked by the BBC..Or he should fall on his sword IMO.

[fred]

The rejects that got rich

›› 'Cup-a-wine' success after Dragon rejection (http://www.thisismoney.co.uk/work/article.html?in_article_id=506234&in_page_id=53928)
(June 2010)
James Nash is having the last laugh as Marks & Spencer struggle to keep up with demand for his 'cup-a-wine' concept - which was rejected by Dragons' Den.

›› Dragon's Den £200,000 rejection pays off (http://www.thisismoney.co.uk/work/small-business/article.html?in_article_id=492268&in_page_id=10)
(October 2010)
An entrepreneur who rejected a £200,000 Dragon's Den offer for a stake in his company, has sold more than 5m Illoom Balloons in less than a year.
http://img.thisismoney.co.uk/i/pix/2008/11/natalieellis_80x59.jpg
›› My Dragon's Den dog bowl made me a mint (http://www.thisismoney.co.uk/work/small-business/article.html?in_article_id=458339&in_page_id=10)
(November 2008)
Inventor Natalie Ellis' non-spill dog bowl was rejected by the Dragons, but sales soared after The National Enquirer called it 'doggone brilliant'.




›› Dragons' Den reject lands deal with Boots (http://www.thisismoney.co.uk/small-business/article.html?in_article_id=450446&in_page_id=10&ct=5)
(August 2008)
Shaun Pulfrey's Tangle Teezer was rejected on the BBC show. Now he's struck a deal to stock the £9.99 device in 600 Boots stores and hopes to push turnover to £1.5m next year.

›› The one with the breakable luggage (http://www.thisismoney.co.uk/small-business/article.html?in_article_id=429316&in_page_id=10)
(January 2008)
Rob Law was humiliated on Dragons' Den when Theo Paphitis pulled a handle off is Trunki luggage especially designed for children. He has now sold more than 120,000 globally.

›› Rachel's cab game (http://www.thisismoney.co.uk/small-business/article.html?in_article_id=397537&in_page_id=10)
(January 2005)
Rachel Lowe's Destination London board game was rejected. But it took off and she was later named businesswoman of the year for 2006 (http://www.thisismoney.co.uk/small-business/article.html?in_article_id=415514&in_page_id=10).
›› External link: David and Sarah Glashan (http://www.echo-news.co.uk/news/2145575.how_weve_proved_the_dragons_den_doubters_wrong/)
The Glashans are proving the millionaires were wrong by not backing them, as they reap the rewards of their invention. Itsa is a beach bag which turns into a sun lounger cover, with pockets to keep valuables at the beach or poolside.


Read more: http://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/article-1696003/The-Dragons-Den-rejects-who-got-rich.html#ixzz2UNMCJ84t

[Ako Si Jamie]

Good stuff Fred :xxgrinning--00xx3:

Just goes to show that these 'experts' get it wrong frequently. Similar to football I suppose where a player can get released from a club early on in his career because he's deemed to be not good enough then goes on to play for his country later on.

As for Ballantyne, he's got too much of an ego to fall on his sword.

[grahamw48]

Hmm....I might re-submit my handy gardening multi-tool then. :Erm:


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[Ako Si Jamie]

I've got a few inventions too. Maybe I should go on DD with one of these.

http://images.stanzapub.com/readers/purpleslinky/2008/04/01/135363_9.jpg

http://images.stanzapub.com/readers/purpleslinky/2008/04/01/135363_4.jpg

http://images.stanzapub.com/readers/purpleslinky/2008/04/01/135363_1.jpg

http://www.supertightstuff.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/pedal-power-wheelchair.jpg

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_kIVJ2xIgCoQ/SuQc_HMQFPI/AAAAAAAABRc/eEQ_LqsjFPk/s400/WM-4106-5.jpg

http://lh5.ggpht.com/-A0BzWq59hWQ/UAaznUnhfvI/AAAAAAACM4o/IXXKG38yAG8/crazy-useless-inventions-479490_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800

[grahamw48]

haha. :xxgrinning--00xx3:

Actually, that wheelchair one looks a really good idea. :smile:

[Ako Si Jamie]

haha. :xxgrinning--00xx3:

Actually, that wheelchair one looks a really good idea. :smile:I prefer the beer invention. :biggrin:

[fred]

I prefer the beer invention. :biggrin:

Agreed..
But this..
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_kIVJ2xIgCoQ/SuQc_HMQFPI/AAAAAAAABRc/eEQ_LqsjFPk/s400/WM-4106-5.jpg

Could be real winner as long as the food and coffee etc stays stationary when turning left or right..
This time next year Rodney!!!!!!!

Mind you..In an accident that set of the air bag!!
well..That would give a whole new meaning to "A gut full of Coke and sandwiches"!!

[Ako Si Jamie]

Agreed..
But this..
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_kIVJ2xIgCoQ/SuQc_HMQFPI/AAAAAAAABRc/eEQ_LqsjFPk/s400/WM-4106-5.jpg

Could be real winner as long as the food and coffee etc stays stationary when turning left or right..
This time next year Rodney!!!!!!!

Mind you..In an accident that set of the air bag!!
well..That would give a whole new meaning to "A gut full of Coke and sandwiches"!!Yup. Seeing an airbag is capable of breaking your nose, it's not a good invention.