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By Jim Symcox on May 28, 2009 in coaching, Dragon’s Den, Rachel Elnaugh | 0 Comments
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. [...]
By Jim Symcox on May 4, 2008 in Deborah Meaden, Dragon’s Den, Entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Theo Paphitis | 0 Comments
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 [...]
By Jim Symcox on Apr 14, 2008 in Deborah Meaden, Dragon’s Den, Theo Paphitis | 0 Comments
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 [...]
By Jim Symcox on Oct 24, 2007 in Dragon’s Den, Rachel Elnaugh | 0 Comments
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 [...]
By Jim Symcox on Oct 15, 2007 in Dragon’s Den | 1 Comment
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 [...]
By Jim Symcox on Sep 24, 2007 in Dragon’s Den, Duncan Bannatyne, Gordon Ramsey, Mary Portas, Mary Queen Of Shops, Mind Your Own Business, Reality TV Shows, Sir Alan Sugar, Sir Gerry Robinson, Sir John Harvey-Jones, The Apprentice, The Armstrongs, The Restaurant, The Troubleshooter, Tycoon | 0 Comments
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 [...]
By Jim Symcox on Jul 24, 2007 in Cathy Caudwell-Todd, Dragon’s Den, Elizabeth Hackford, Helen James, Iain Morgan, Justin Chieffo, Lauren Pope, Peter Jones, The Apprentice, Tom Thurlow, Tycoon, VTox | 0 Comments
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.
By Jim Symcox on Jul 13, 2007 in Cathy Caudwell-Todd, Dragon’s Den, Elizabeth Hackford, Helen James, Iain Morgan, Justin Chieffo, Lauren Pope, Peter Jones, The Apprentice, Tom Thurlow, Tycoon, VTox | 0 Comments
Tycoon moves to a different schedule slot with better editing and one of the more irritating entrepreneurs is fired!
By Jim Symcox on Jun 20, 2007 in Cathy Caudwell-Todd, Dragon’s Den, Elizabeth Hackford, Helen James, Iain Morgan, Justin Chieffo, Lauren Pope, Peter Jones, The Apprentice, Tom Thurlow, Tycoon, VTox | 0 Comments
Dragon’s Den star Peter Jones gets his own Reality Business show – Tycoon
By Jim Symcox on Dec 6, 2006 in Amazon Book Store, Anyone Can Do It: The Autobiography, Dragon’s Den, Duncan Bannatyne | 0 Comments
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 [...]