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Dragons Den

LargeAddick
LargeAddick Posts: 32,698
edited April 2017 in Not Sports Related
see Steve Parish is one of the new Dragons on Dragons Den.
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  • GRAY9
    GRAY9 Posts: 1,090
    Fucking Hell!!!!
  • killerandflash
    killerandflash Posts: 70,039
    When it comes to watching Dragon's Den now...

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  • Alex Wright
    Alex Wright Posts: 8,214
    "Dear Dragons.
    I'm here today to offer you a 100% stake in a prized community asset based in South East London...........




    ........apart from YOU Parish!"
  • Valiantphil
    Valiantphil Posts: 6,415
    Rich people getting richer by jumping on good ideas for small money - or humiliating ordinary folk who can't perform complex calculations in their head.
    The programme is just another BBC soap opera.
  • dizzee
    dizzee Posts: 5,616
    Good PR for Palace.
  • bobmunro
    bobmunro Posts: 20,929
    dizzee said:

    Good PR for Palace.

    Wasn't Theo Paphitis smallwall's chairman when he first went on Dragon's Den?

    Not sure they got too much good PR from it!!
  • Bedsaddick
    Bedsaddick Posts: 24,827
    Will he have that stupid eagle sitting by his side ?
    I won't watch it anymore.
  • golfaddick
    golfaddick Posts: 33,818
    Bedsaddick said:

    Will he have that stupid eagle sitting by his side ?
    I won't watch it anymore.

    The Eagle will be making the decisions for him -it will fly around the room & if it lands on the persons head then Parrish will invest - if not the Eagle will sh*t on them from a great height.
  • iaitch
    iaitch Posts: 10,285
    Maybe Roland will be on there giving his advice on building up customer support and expanding the business.
  • Chizz
    Chizz Posts: 28,367
    There's an apostrophe missing from the title of this thread. For that reason: I'm out.

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  • Athletico Charlton
    Athletico Charlton Posts: 14,318
    Valiantphil said:

    Rich people getting richer by jumping on good ideas for small money - or humiliating ordinary folk who can't perform complex calculations in their head.
    The programme is just another BBC soap opera.

    Not sure I agree with the first part of your sentence, no one is forcing the 'ideas people' into going on Dragons Den, or in fact accepting any derisory offer made in there. If you want equity for your business it comes at a cost and that should reflect the risk of the business has sourced the best provider of the equity.

    The second sentence is sadly true, some of the humiliations and poor business practice on there does not show the dragons in a good light. I have a certain lack of sympathy for people who go in with no idea of their margins/profit/cost as if you are asking for the equity the least you should do is get this right, especially when the show has been on long enough to guess the questions but the way dragons make an offer then move the goal posts or pull out for one reason or another makes some of them quite slippery IMO.
  • heckington_reds
    heckington_reds Posts: 729
    Shit club,great owner...I'd have him at Charlton at the drop of a hat.
  • The_President
    The_President Posts: 14,280
    heckington_reds said:

    Shit club,great owner...I'd have him at Charlton at the drop of a hat.

    cmon, he just got lucky.
  • Cardinal Sin
    Cardinal Sin Posts: 5,233
    I did a bit of work with him with his company TAG. He was a really nice bloke and I failed to realise at the time that it was his company - no airs and graces and no Billy Big Bollocks. Have to hope the curse of Dragons Den strikes him though and most of his fortune trickles away so Palace have their wings clipped.
  • Chippycafc
    Chippycafc Posts: 14,172
    Who is he replacing
  • Nug
    Nug Posts: 4,627
    Cardinal Sin said:

    I did a bit of work with him with his company TAG. He was a really nice bloke and I failed to realise at the time that it was his company - no airs and graces and no Billy Big Bollocks. Have to hope the curse of Dragons Den strikes him though and most of his fortune trickles away so Palace have their wings clipped.

    Totally true, I worked for Tag for 8 years, hate Palace but he's a smart and decent bloke.
  • eaststandmike
    eaststandmike Posts: 14,956
    I would take Parish over Roland and the owners we had before him any day.
  • killerandflash
    killerandflash Posts: 70,039
    http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/latestnews/2017/steve-parish-dragons-den

    He's changed his mind and now won't be on Dragon's Den
  • Bedsaddick
    Bedsaddick Posts: 24,827
    killerandflash said:

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/latestnews/2017/steve-parish-dragons-den

    He's changed his mind and now won't be on Dragon's Den

    Good.
  • FriskyFisky
    FriskyFisky Posts: 21
    "Rumour" is that he will be involved in the next series of The Apprentice

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  • killerandflash
    killerandflash Posts: 70,039
    FriskyFisky said:

    "Rumour" is that he will be involved in the next series of The Apprentice

    "Alan Pardew, you made a complete mess of managing Crystal Palace. You're Fired"
  • Valiantphil
    Valiantphil Posts: 6,415
    Athletico Charlton said:

    Valiantphil said:

    Rich people getting richer by jumping on good ideas for small money - or humiliating ordinary folk who can't perform complex calculations in their head.
    The programme is just another BBC soap opera.

    Not sure I agree with the first part of your sentence, no one is forcing the 'ideas people' into going on Dragons Den, or in fact accepting any derisory offer made in there. If you want equity for your business it comes at a cost and that should reflect the risk of the business has sourced the best provider of the equity.

    The second sentence is sadly true, some of the humiliations and poor business practice on there does not show the dragons in a good light. I have a certain lack of sympathy for people who go in with no idea of their margins/profit/cost as if you are asking for the equity the least you should do is get this right, especially when the show has been on long enough to guess the questions but the way dragons make an offer then move the goal posts or pull out for one reason or another makes some of them quite slippery IMO.
    OK - maybe it was a bit of a generalization, but folk going on there with an order from ASDA for a million quid, and asking Debs and Theo for 40 grand to get going is pitiful.
    As you say - there are many better ways to source the funding, but the dragons and the Beeb want you to trot out the golden phrase "I was looking for your expertise and contacts because you are such a lovely cuddly big shot"

    I had a pal go on there with a product (that he has since made loads of dosh with), who was told by a dragon that he did not "own the patent". My pal explained that he was the original inventor and was fully protected worldwide. The dragon would have none of it - and my pal left the show totally bemused.
  • Northstandpieeater
    Northstandpieeater Posts: 730
    Im going to put myself in the firing line here. I Have read Simon Jordans autobiography and thought it was a brilliant read.
  • kentaddick
    kentaddick Posts: 18,729
    Northstandpieeater said:

    Im going to put myself in the firing line here. I Have read Simon Jordans autobiography and thought it was a brilliant read.

    Hello Simon.
  • clive
    clive Posts: 19,581
    Gary Neville is to join Dragons' Den as a guest Dragon for the 2024 series.
    The ex-Manchester United and England right-back has a business portfolio that spans property, hospitality, education, media and sport.
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/66028343
  • Lincsaddick
    Lincsaddick Posts: 32,406
    clive said:
    Gary Neville is to join Dragons' Den as a guest Dragon for the 2024 series.
    The ex-Manchester United and England right-back has a business portfolio that spans property, hospitality, education, media and sport.
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/66028343
    a very good reason to give the 'show' a permanent miss
  • MuttleyCAFC
    MuttleyCAFC Posts: 47,793
    Whether you like him or not, I find him good TV. I stopped watching it but might give it another go if he joins.
  • Huskaris
    Huskaris Posts: 9,862
    Seriously? That's a shame in my opinion. 
  • bolloxbolder
    bolloxbolder Posts: 7,998
    Will hopefully be the countries PM one day
  • Friend Or Defoe
    Friend Or Defoe Posts: 18,128
    Having seen him on Have I Got News For You and his comments about weekend long retirements, i'll be surprised if he doesn't come across as a complete idiot.

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