Rachel is remembered as the one of the founding members of BBC TV’s Dragon’s Den. She’s also remembered for creating, growing and then over-extending her Red Letter Days company that sold extra special and unusual experiences as gifts. Rachel continues to help other entrepreneurs through her public speaking at events and through mentoring and consultancy. [...]

Book review of Duncan Bannatyne’s “Wake Up And Change Your Life”

Biofuel-powered transport company JPM Eco Logistics became famous when every Dragon from BBC’s Dragon’s Den wanted a share in it. Paul Merker (joint company owner) said they were pleased with the deal they picked, although if they’d thought more about it they would have negotiated with the Dragons rather than just accepting one of the [...]

Lorry drivers, or truckers, the modern day knights of the road that is… Biofuel-powered transport company JPM Eco Logistics became famous when every Dragon from BBC’s Dragon’s Den wanted a share in it. Paul Merker (joint company owner) said they were pleased with the deal they picked, although if they’d thought more about it they [...]

I interviewed a Dragon’s Den founding member and recent mother of her 5th child, Rachel Elnaugh this morning and the first part of the interview (A Day In The Life…) goes into the newspaper Good Company for its November issue. Rachel talked about how her moment of fame in Dragon’s Den opened a number of [...]

Dragon’s Den launches itself into the BBC October schedule today, Monday the 15th October 2007. Joining them is new dragon James Caan. For more details check out his Dragon’s Den profile on the BBC’s web site. For the more impatient… In 1985 he set-up the Alexander Mann Group which specialises in outsourcing HR and later [...]

Business reality shows are big business. Previously I blogged about the fantastic BBC series “The Troubleshooter” with Sir John Harvey-Jones. More recently we’ve had Sir Alan Sugar’s “The Apprentice.” Around the same time we got a dose of Brummy with a double glazing firm run with an iron fist in an iron glove by the [...]

Tycoon rolls to an end with a prize of £200,000. The winner deserved it. Check what I thought of the series as a whole.

Tycoon moves to a different schedule slot with better editing and one of the more irritating entrepreneurs is fired!

Dragon’s Den star Peter Jones gets his own Reality Business show – Tycoon

In some ways Christmas Gift Ideas for the business man, or woman, is relatively easy. Would you be happy getting a gift that people on Amazon had said the following about? “After reading this, you really believe you can do it!” (Tony Gough) “Truly Inspirational – You will not want to put it down!” (Craig [...]