Dragons' Den: entrepreneurs pitch business angels on TV

By Jeremy Fain, January 16, 2007

Do you know Dragons’ Den? Well if you’re from the UK or the US, the answer’s probably yes. I had heard about the concept, but had actually never see the show. Dragon’s Den is a TV show on entrepreneurship and fundraising where you might come accross live investments.

I was especially impressed by the questions raised by the angels, be they from the UK (on the BBC) or the US. These guys really are professional investors. I wish this show was broadcasting in many more countries – especially where taking the high risk / high return bet to invest one’s personal money on innovative start ups isn’t quite sculpted in the culture of the area (mostly latin countries & Japan).

Here is a show that caught my interest in many respects (one amongst many), from the US version of Dragon’s Den:

JobLoft on dragons den part 1

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z9EkablfWVk]

JobLoft on dragons den part 2

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lj8MNEgiDTU]

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8 Responses to “Dragons' Den: entrepreneurs pitch business angels on TV”

  1. Chris says:
    January 16, 2007 at 12:28

    Didn’t I tell you that I spent the summer watching Dragons’ Den while in GB? I thought I had. Actually I barely missed a single show of this. It’s such an addictive program!

    Some ‘candidates’ have such stupid, unsaleable ideas and some others are overwhelmed by stress once facing the Dragons…

  2. Jeremy Fain says:
    January 16, 2007 at 12:32

    Hey Chris: yes you did! You actually made me want to know more about the show and the angels. You had told me you were impressed by the angels. So am I!

  3. Chris says:
    January 16, 2007 at 12:39

    Now that I’ve been watching your video samples, I can tell you the Dragons in the British version were much nastier than that. And of course the British program may be a lot tastier.

  4. Jeremy Fain says:
    January 16, 2007 at 12:43

    I know Chris, angels are much more challenging in the UK, but entrepreneurs pitch much better in the US. This might explain that.

  5. Vincent van Wylick says:
    January 16, 2007 at 15:49

    Hey Jeremy,

    actually we watched a few episodes of the British DD, during one of the courses in Rotterdam, not long after you left. The course was entrepreneurial finance, loved the DD-episodes.

  6. Jeremy Fain says:
    January 16, 2007 at 16:40

    Too bad I only stayed a semester in Rotterdam. The abstract of the entrepreneurial finance course looked interesting indeed.

  7. Emmanuel says:
    January 21, 2007 at 00:58

    I didn’t know this show, now I want to catch up on every single episode. Nice catch Jeremy!

    cheers mate.

  8. Jeremy Fain says:
    January 21, 2007 at 15:53

    Hey Man,

    Cool. If you find some nice episodes, send it to me pls.

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