This week on Dragons’ Den on CBC the deals returned to normal – entrepreneur comes on the show, demonstrates his product, and leaves with a deal. Or perhaps, it wasn’t quite that simple. Robert Simoneau of Saint Laurent, Quebec, came on the show representing his company, Posilight. His company has developed a product which, if [...]
This was an unusual deal, as the money is not made from the ability to sell or market a product or service, but from the ability to protect a patent – and in this case, the patent of a phrase that many people have been using for decades, unaware that it had been patented, or even patentable.
This deal shows that if you know what you have, and know what you’re worth, it doesn’t have to be so tough on the Den!
Putting your product to the test on national TV is a big risk, especially when you can’t do a dry-run beforehand. But when it works, the risk can prove to be very rewarding!
Wednesday night was the first episode of Season 5 of Dragons’ Den on CBC, and it was fantastic. Also called the Celebrity Episode, 3 well-known TV celebrities were on hand to endorse great business ideas. For fashion, there was Jeanne Beker from fashion television. Mike Holmes was there to check out the tools (and inform [...]
The lesson here to future entrepreneurs – going on Dragons’ Den is not like going to the bank with a pitch for a business. At the bank, all you want, or can expect to get, is money. On Dragons’ Den, the coveted deal includes expertise.
I particularly liked the deal made last night on Dragons’ Den (if you haven’t seen it yet, click here to watch it online). There was another deal made during the show, between Clayton Hollingsworth and Brett Wilson, for $5000 ($500 of which Clayton received before he left the set), but while Clayton was providing a [...]
Apparently I’m not very good at predicting deals. My last article in which I predicted who would get a deal went flat with me guessing wrong on both counts. However, I can still review an episode, so here we go. Note, if you have not yet watched the episode, do that now, and then come [...]
