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Anyone watching Dragon's Den?

Gav

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I caught this show Dragon's Den? I think it's on Wednesdays at 8:00pm on CBC. Here is a blurb about the show.

"A hybrid reality show/game show, Dragons' Den gives entrepreneurs the opportunity to pitch their ideas to wealthy business gurus--a.k.a. the "dragons"--on national television. Meanwhile, said dragons promise to invest at least $200,000 of their own dough in the products and inventions presented to them over the course of the series.
For entrepreneurs, getting investors on board is generally a nerve-racking process. Investors usually have the upper hand in negotiations. But on a Thursday afternoon in Toronto in early June, the tables were turned. Seated in a darkened studio on the top floor of CBC headquarters, waiting to audition for the chance to play judge over tomorrow's crop of entrepreneurs, it was the would-be dragons nervously tugging at their collars.
Hovering in the dressing room, Drake Hotel owner Jeff Stober (also founder of dot com-era darling CNC Global) said, "I can size up a business in six seconds." But Stober, clad in casual khakis and chunky glasses, was also wary: "I'm not sure if I want to put my personality on TV."

It's a fun show to watch. There are a few brilliant people pitching their ideas as well as some of the bumbest i've ever seen. I can't believe some of the moronic ideas these people have pitched. I guess when you really believe in something you can get blinded and not see the flaws.:)
 

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I hope it isn't like American Inventor, that show was really depressing sometimes.. especially Bulletball guy.

Although I did see a story of a Vancouver woman who was on the show marketing a blanket that covers you when you're bathing so the heat dosen't escape - way to corner the market.
 

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I hope it isn't like American Inventor, that show was really depressing sometimes.. especially Bulletball guy.

Although I did see a story of a Vancouver woman who was on the show marketing a blanket that covers you when you're bathing so the heat dosen't escape - way to corner the market.

I havn't see that show so I can't comment but the great aspect of the Dragon's Den is that it's Canadian. We are really lacking half decent shows with a Candian content.

I saw the one with that lady and it was actually pretty sad. She's had an extremely rough life and it was sad to see her work so hard and waste so much money on such a moronic idea that has no chance of materializing.
 

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