Thedelldays Posted 23 July, 2009 Share Posted 23 July, 2009 for those of you that are fans...have a look at this one from last night.. one of the best presentations ever.. http://www.bbc.co.uk/dragonsden/entrepreneurs/sharonwright.shtml Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thesaint sfc Posted 23 July, 2009 Share Posted 23 July, 2009 Was brilliant last night. Much prefer it to the apprentice. Bunch of pillocks with million pound businesses fighting for a position in a business where they get even more money, or the opportunity for a normal person to transform a good idea into a multi million pound business. No competition for me! Apprentice is excellent but I do wish they would get a couple of normal people on there! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pancake Posted 23 July, 2009 Share Posted 23 July, 2009 Was brilliant last night. Much prefer it to the apprentice. Bunch of pillocks with million pound businesses fighting for a position in a business where they get even more money, or the opportunity for a normal person to transform a good idea into a multi million pound business. No competition for me! Apprentice is excellent but I do wish they would get a couple of normal people on there! eh? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thesaint sfc Posted 23 July, 2009 Share Posted 23 July, 2009 eh? I was talking about the candidates. Slightly over exaggerated but they already had highly successful businesses, or very good jobs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatch Posted 23 July, 2009 Share Posted 23 July, 2009 I was talking about the candidates. Why would multimillionaires fight for a poxy £100k pa job Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scott_saints Posted 23 July, 2009 Share Posted 23 July, 2009 She was very good. (would you?) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baj Posted 23 July, 2009 Share Posted 23 July, 2009 Mug, she could have just stuck with the 15% @ £50k since she didnt need the money. Im sure if she pushed james and duncan to stick to the original offer they would have done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pancake Posted 23 July, 2009 Share Posted 23 July, 2009 I was talking about the candidates. Slightly over exaggerated but they already had highly successful businesses, or very good jobs. Most of the fools that go on the Apprentice are on between 35-90k in their current jobs (Source BBC website a few months back when my wife said the same thing) A couple have already had "six figure pay deals" in their jobs, but that could easily be 100k including car, pension, share options, bonuses, staff schemes etc... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al de Man Posted 23 July, 2009 Share Posted 23 July, 2009 I'm currently at work with no speakers so can't hear it. What's wrong with just taping the cable to the end of a rod? I was having trouble routing a fibre optic cable through a thick cavity wall but fortunately we were working at a mechanical engineering building at Southampton University and found an aluminium tube lying around. We threaded the tube between the two walls, passed the fibre down the middle and then removed the tube. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldNick Posted 23 July, 2009 Share Posted 23 July, 2009 that show is a stitch up. You can see them working a deal together and only play at being competitive to get the deal.They know they can screw the people down and take massive slices of the business and some great ideas for little outlay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smirking_Saint Posted 23 July, 2009 Share Posted 23 July, 2009 One of those things, easy invention, easy money. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatch Posted 23 July, 2009 Share Posted 23 July, 2009 that show is a stitch up. You can see them working a deal together and only play at being competitive to get the deal.They know they can screw the people down and take massive slices of the business and some great ideas for little outlay. There are plenty of places you can go to get investors in a decent business, This show is people giving away potentially huge fortunes just to get on telly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saint_stevo Posted 23 July, 2009 Share Posted 23 July, 2009 Dragons Den- Contender- "i want £75,000 for 10% of my business" Dragon- "Ill give you £75,000 for 70% of your business" It is ridiculous Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldNick Posted 23 July, 2009 Share Posted 23 July, 2009 Dragons Den- Contender- "i want £75,000 for 10% of my business" Dragon- "Ill give you £75,000 for 70% of your business" It is ridiculousYep they take it in turns to pick the winner, and you can see that the way they word it so that it gives the clue to go in halves or as a group. The poor inventors are also put on the spot as though they would not have a chance elsewhere and have to make snap unbusinesslike decisions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saint_stevo Posted 23 July, 2009 Share Posted 23 July, 2009 she would probably get it though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thedelldays Posted 23 July, 2009 Author Share Posted 23 July, 2009 Yep they take it in turns to pick the winner, and you can see that the way they word it so that it gives the clue to go in halves or as a group. The poor inventors are also put on the spot as though they would not have a chance elsewhere and have to make snap unbusinesslike decisions not really..the inventor could stick to their guns..they have a choice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saint_stevo Posted 23 July, 2009 Share Posted 23 July, 2009 not really..the inventor could stick to their guns..they have a choice great show that would be! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thedelldays Posted 23 July, 2009 Author Share Posted 23 July, 2009 great show that would be! well yeah, they could just edit it out..which im sure they do Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldNick Posted 23 July, 2009 Share Posted 23 July, 2009 not really..the inventor could stick to their guns..they have a choice they have a choice, lol. Yes but the pressure put on them is immense.If they were business people they wouldnt go oon the show in the first place, and so it is like taking candy from a kid. They have only a couple of minutes to make a lifetime decision. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thedelldays Posted 23 July, 2009 Author Share Posted 23 July, 2009 they have a choice, lol. Yes but the pressure put on them is immense.If they were business people they wouldnt go oon the show in the first place, and so it is like taking candy from a kid. They have only a couple of minutes to make a lifetime decision. there are plenty of other avneues for inventors etc to make it if they are good enough...dragons den is not the only way Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al de Man Posted 23 July, 2009 Share Posted 23 July, 2009 they have a choice, lol. Yes but the pressure put on them is immense.If they were business people they wouldnt go oon the show in the first place, and so it is like taking candy from a kid. They have only a couple of minutes to make a lifetime decision. You only see them agree in principle but a number of the deals do fall flat on their face when the finer details come to light. One example was an umbrella vending machine where the entrepreneur said they could be used to advertise on the London Underground. Well, they "could" if London Underground gave their agreement, which they hadn't and were never likely to. http://ezinearticles.com/?The-Umbrella-Vending-Machine,-A-Business-For-A-Rainy-Day&id=948142 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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