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  • @adamlacey81
    @adamlacey81 Рік тому +130

    He was confused and flustered because before the pitch, Evan Davis had chased him around the ground floor and kept shouting out random numbers before getting hold of him and spinning him around twenty odd times and then told him "you've got this" and led him to the stairs to do his pitch.

  • @boozypixels
    @boozypixels Рік тому +69

    "Will Duncan Bannatyne throw him the financial lifeline he badly needs?"
    Duncan: **eye roll**

  • @Uvray
    @Uvray Рік тому +249

    Felt sorry for him. Obviously quite a capable man in the real world, but clearly he walked up the stairs and lost his marbles. It can happen under pressure.

    • @acenmitch1048
      @acenmitch1048 Рік тому +9

      Yeah but he also misled them and got his numbers all wrong. You’re never going to get investment especially after such a poor pitch

    • @Uvray
      @Uvray Рік тому +10

      @@acenmitch1048 He just became confused under pressure. It happens. It's happened to me in life.

    • @Sonny984
      @Sonny984 Рік тому +5

      Under pressure ok but I 100% agree with what Hilary said.

    • @dani15sports
      @dani15sports Рік тому +1

      Yes he might be in the real world but he didn’t even motivate himself to mention his products in detail, almost seemed like he didn’t want the investment in his combined business and intentionally gave up, small thinking

    • @Farquad76.547
      @Farquad76.547 Рік тому +1

      Should’ve had a Xanax bar or some propranolol

  • @GodotOfficial
    @GodotOfficial Рік тому +49

    Entrepreneur: I own more than one business
    Peter Jones: *it’s free real estate* 👀👀👀👀

  • @menikmati789
    @menikmati789 Рік тому +12

    1:17 me when there’s a pause in the convo on a first date

  • @JoeAyres
    @JoeAyres Рік тому +19

    He was never gonna get the investment let's face it - all the signs were there.

  • @etchvee
    @etchvee Рік тому +12

    What a shattering experience-he must have wanted to sign off 1 minute into the pitch

  • @shy_sorai_vlogs
    @shy_sorai_vlogs Рік тому +6

    Alun said in an interview that he went on to promote his business. He didn't have the right intentions and it showed.

  • @beancheese3148
    @beancheese3148 Рік тому +8

    Imagine being grilled like this for 2-3 hours (the average length of these pitches) and flabbergasted from the moment you walked in. Yeah, this guy had no chance

    • @severalwolves
      @severalwolves 7 місяців тому +1

      I know they like to cite that 2-3 hour figure in their marketing a lot, but that’s actually 2-3 hours to _film_ the entire pitch, not 2-3 hours of scrutinizing questions like some kind of enhanced CIA interrogation.
      The amount of time it takes, if you strip back all the shot set-ups, makeup touch-ups, and b-roll etc, it’s like a 30-40 minutes tops for the actual back-and-forth discussion… and that’s for a good, constructive pitch. I’d bet this guy was actually only under pressure from the dragons for like 20 minutes (and still he blew it for every second).

  • @matthewbell4273
    @matthewbell4273 Рік тому +14

    10:51 - Giggity

  • @kaliou6645
    @kaliou6645 Рік тому +32

    The Entrepreneur has No "Signs" of giving up during his pitch 😂

  • @mycroftsanchez901
    @mycroftsanchez901 Рік тому +13

    Poor bloke, clearly suffering severely from nerves and they punished badly him for it.
    Also, if you have more than one business keep quiet abot it or they will want to take it away from you!

  • @76-UVB
    @76-UVB Рік тому +17

    That was painful to watch and they never even got around to talking about his product.

  • @desoliver9712
    @desoliver9712 Рік тому +21

    Shouldn't the sign have an apostrophe?

    • @jaynebutler3342
      @jaynebutler3342 Рік тому +1

      Yes.

    • @boneyarsebogman
      @boneyarsebogman Рік тому

      No.

    • @jaynebutler3342
      @jaynebutler3342 Рік тому +7

      Yes, the apostrophe should be after the S in Dragons.

    • @liannebenn2097
      @liannebenn2097 Рік тому +7

      I think it is meant to be Dr. Agon's Court going by the spacing.

    • @abbiexscottie
      @abbiexscottie Рік тому +5

      No, both the Plain English Society and the Plain Language Commission have said that there is no rule in Britain with regards to possessive apostrophes in place names

  • @kevinbissinger
    @kevinbissinger Рік тому +6

    he wasnt misleading, he answered their literal questions correctly and specifically...

    • @keyquestions
      @keyquestions Рік тому

      He was intentionally misleading. It's folks like you who get scammed by the Bank Frieds of this world. The guy literally from the jump all but refused to say how much profit his core business was making. He was hiding info on purpose. If you didn't get that you probably shouldn't be investing in anything short of a McDonald's kiddie's meal every now and again

  • @pamelamckenzie2685
    @pamelamckenzie2685 Рік тому +6

    Never mind you will learn from this and I see you doing well good luck with it all.

  • @Pudji.Toucan
    @Pudji.Toucan Рік тому +46

    Oh I just love Hilarious Duvet, she's absolutely amazing!

    • @Thepopcornator
      @Thepopcornator Рік тому +12

      Rest in peace, Hillary.

    • @Pudji.Toucan
      @Pudji.Toucan Рік тому +4

      @@Thepopcornator no, she's not passed away has she? 😨

    • @acenmitch1048
      @acenmitch1048 Рік тому +2

      @@Pudji.Toucan yes recently

    • @Pudji.Toucan
      @Pudji.Toucan Рік тому +8

      @@acenmitch1048 I had absolutely no idea, oh no, this is really sad news, bless her, she was an angel

    • @Thepopcornator
      @Thepopcornator Рік тому +2

      @@Pudji.Toucan Yeah, she died of a stroke a few months ago after fighting some undisclosed illness for a while.

  • @austinpibworth172
    @austinpibworth172 Рік тому +6

    His core business and skill set doesn’t involve presenting to multi billionaires on TV in front of the whole country and world.
    His nerves and ability to present under extreme pressure would have no relevance on his ability to operate his business.

    • @JCRoberts97
      @JCRoberts97 Рік тому +4

      It is when you pitch to them for investment…

  • @sweatcityheatwave
    @sweatcityheatwave 11 місяців тому

    2:47 “Park that business to one side…”
    cut to close up on T-Rex: you what mate

  • @LucianaGarcia85
    @LucianaGarcia85 Рік тому +5

    Bet the Dragons hoped it wasn't the Sign Of The Times for the subsequent entrepreneurs that walked up those stairs.

  • @thomasdalton1508
    @thomasdalton1508 Рік тому +23

    Was this edited badly? Nothing the dragons were saying seemed to fit what we were shown. Apart from being nervous during his initial presentation, he seemed to know his stuff (especially since he hadn't planned to pitch the main business). There was nothing misleading about his drawings - the dragons just needed to ask the right questions. Sometimes directors take a wage and sometimes they take a dividend (or, in this case, a loan repayment).

    • @ISpoofBIG
      @ISpoofBIG Рік тому +1

      Yes but this wasn't about dividends vs wage, this was a director's loan. In reality the business was only profitable enough to pay 4.6k in wages, the 40k is his money that he's paying himself back. Really he should have just clarified that

    • @ISpoofBIG
      @ISpoofBIG Рік тому

      Deborah just likes to get jumped up though, he did just answer the line of questioning

    • @anniz9148
      @anniz9148 Рік тому +2

      @@ISpoofBIG I don’t think you understand how it works, he paid himself 40k, and the business still made 60k profit, had he decided to take the cash a salary it would still be the same outcome

  • @albie341
    @albie341 3 місяці тому

    This is one of the funniest pitches ive seen in a while lmao

  • @frederickbowdler8169
    @frederickbowdler8169 Рік тому +1

    an expert in communication and signs.

  • @neilpa
    @neilpa Рік тому +6

    Looks like Theo the Fetus did not want to give out any of his childrens' inheritance...

  • @Money58
    @Money58 Рік тому +4

    I think before coming you must be able to speak confidently,get clear financial statements and financial positions of your business and how well your product is doing in the market so you can be able to answer these questions.

  • @bobbyjones3351
    @bobbyjones3351 Рік тому +1

    i never understood why the pitchers don't have notes with them to refer to if they are stumbling, its a credibke business and an investable individual that's important not how good their memory is under pressure

  • @ells101
    @ells101 Рік тому +59

    My favourite era of dragons den with the God squad : Pizza Jones, Theo "The Fetus" Paphitis, Debrah Meat Head and Duncan. James Naan was my favourite 5th dragon, man had class oozing out of his moustache strokingly beautiful face.

  • @divinetouch9308
    @divinetouch9308 Рік тому +7

    I would probably do the same if I was a Dragon, that was not so good, I do wish himself good luck

  • @bencheshire
    @bencheshire Рік тому +1

    stopping grass growing around posts is a great thing if he can do it

  • @cormac2515
    @cormac2515 5 місяців тому

    Hilary- “ why was not you prepared”

  • @self-preservationsociety7057
    @self-preservationsociety7057 Рік тому +1

    Should have fitted a flow signal

  • @sumayomaxamuud6486
    @sumayomaxamuud6486 Рік тому +2

    Felt sorry for him a little bit he got nervous

  • @garypollard1821
    @garypollard1821 3 місяці тому

    It's a good thing he decided to make signs rather than becoming a news reader.
    Moreover, the sign lettering was poorly spaced, although no discussion of the product even took place, despite the fact that plastic place signs might be a good idea.

  • @lukebignell7846
    @lukebignell7846 Рік тому +12

    Nerves got the better of him and he didn’t even prepare properly

  • @TheManInBlueFlames
    @TheManInBlueFlames Рік тому +6

    He can't 'change his pitch' Peter because he's NERVOUS! It's something entrepreneurs always have but ESPEICALLY in this era when the dragons were ULTRA un-supportive! Not even Hilary was nice to him!

    • @cekojuna6930
      @cekojuna6930 Рік тому

      Nah, they’re quite supportive in this era. Just not to this guy, dude seemed like he was trying to wing it after all.

  • @lukebignell7846
    @lukebignell7846 Рік тому +7

    This guy fell apart…completely fell apart

  • @frederickbowdler8169
    @frederickbowdler8169 Рік тому

    no wheely bin lids are heavy and cumbersome and this product does not work well also you have two heavy bags and are stood on one leg! 😊

  • @polovw89
    @polovw89 10 місяців тому

    Jenny : All of the signs are telling me to be out, for that reason I'm out

  • @eduardantonovich9791
    @eduardantonovich9791 Рік тому +1

    He took them from pillar to post

  • @moogleking
    @moogleking Рік тому +1

    He got too nervous it happens

  • @chocolatetaste4245
    @chocolatetaste4245 Рік тому +14

    Eating =Dragon’s Den

  • @JamesFodor
    @JamesFodor Рік тому

    Need to add some flow signals

  • @gabhandebrun1871
    @gabhandebrun1871 Рік тому

    A new one for me just popped up happy days 😁

  • @originalrenigade
    @originalrenigade Рік тому +2

    HMRC be like 👀

  • @aaronvaughan5506
    @aaronvaughan5506 Рік тому +1

    Poor guy is so nervous

  • @GozillasEyebrow
    @GozillasEyebrow 2 місяці тому

    That pitch almost put me off my lunch

  • @b-dogs1038
    @b-dogs1038 Рік тому

    Hillary is spot on. & the guy had some nerve offering 10%.
    & Of what? ,you gotta carry this guy😂.

  • @cornerofryan
    @cornerofryan Рік тому +1

    Simply just not nice from Peter. Was just being mean really

  • @Smithy67
    @Smithy67 Рік тому

    It's like he went to the pub before and downed 6 pints

  • @stephenturner6075
    @stephenturner6075 Рік тому +1

    Wow! A plastic road sign. No surprise he never got a deal. What a crap product.

  • @willowwren7752
    @willowwren7752 Рік тому

    I just wish we had new uploads

  • @jammiedodger7040
    @jammiedodger7040 Рік тому +1

    Road signs should be metal not plastic

    • @nicolasmaximus2286
      @nicolasmaximus2286 Рік тому

      Yes but it's more like Infront of a property or private roadway.

  • @akhannar9368
    @akhannar9368 Рік тому

    Am I the only one who still doesn't know what the product even was, and what for?

  • @shibbymiyah6614
    @shibbymiyah6614 11 місяців тому

    It looks easy going in front of these dragons but it must be nerve wracking

  • @essie-mac
    @essie-mac Рік тому +1

    Why tell us what happens in the title!?!? Don’t need to watch now!

  • @jamnoise72
    @jamnoise72 Рік тому

    He leaves with nothing.... not even his pride LOL

  • @edenleighl
    @edenleighl Рік тому +11

    This was just painful to watch. Definitely needed to practice his pitch a lot more before embarrassing himself on international television 😂

  • @RockyDave
    @RockyDave Рік тому +1

    Is this why they call them dragons?

  • @MrMRW14
    @MrMRW14 Рік тому

    Probably why he doesn’t make more profit. He’s chaotic

  • @johnhewett9483
    @johnhewett9483 Рік тому +2

    why wasn't you prepared,,,,,,, this proves you do not need to be educated to make millions

  • @wesleysnipes7492
    @wesleysnipes7492 Рік тому +3

    Took me awhile to clock the pun ngl 😂

  • @janettemcgregor4770
    @janettemcgregor4770 Рік тому

    He's a marshmallow on his numbers !!!

  • @richardanthonygilbey
    @richardanthonygilbey Рік тому

    Tough world

  • @leeporter4199
    @leeporter4199 Рік тому +1

    Pretty sure this man just rolled out of bed 😴😂

  • @BenjaminGoose
    @BenjaminGoose Рік тому +4

    He answered the question too literally and directly - he's obviously on the spectrum and they should cut him some slack for that.

  • @JOHNRGRAY
    @JOHNRGRAY Рік тому +2

    Alan's a bit dopey. 👎🏾
    Hilary - RIP

  • @frederickbowdler8169
    @frederickbowdler8169 Рік тому

    deciet 😢😢😢😢😢

  • @wjatube
    @wjatube Рік тому

    Well, here's a sign and well, it's a sign. And this is a base that holds it. Questions? 🙄

  • @JS-td8yp
    @JS-td8yp Рік тому +1

    RIP Hillary

  • @miahrx
    @miahrx Рік тому

    Poor Bloke

  • @aidankelly840
    @aidankelly840 9 місяців тому

    Free advertising

  • @WattzArtist
    @WattzArtist Рік тому

    I'm early. Who's early? Early over here

  • @techtitanuk5609
    @techtitanuk5609 Рік тому +1

    He was terrible

  • @mr.jamesdavidrobert2115
    @mr.jamesdavidrobert2115 Рік тому

    Good luck with his next year’s tax returns.

  • @positivethinker9840
    @positivethinker9840 6 місяців тому

    Anything which this guy says, keeps on confusing. He keeps on changing his statement, best to stay away from him.

  • @keithwhittington1322
    @keithwhittington1322 10 місяців тому

    ouch

  • @andraspongracz5996
    @andraspongracz5996 Рік тому +1

    It always amazes me when they fail to answer some of the basic questions that are always posed. This guy failed the most basic question of all: how much money does the company actually makes in a year? That is, what is the net profit before and after he payed himself. Sorry, but I don't believe he misunderstood the question, or that he was accidentally misleading. He was either so unprepared that he never learned the figures (or basic business terminology?), or he was deliberately misleading. Either way, the dragons were right, it's an uninvestable proposition.

    • @keyquestions
      @keyquestions Рік тому +1

      He was clearly hiding his figures. From the jump you could see him hesitate repeatedly about revealing his profits on TV. Not sure why anyone would go to a TV show and then ask for privacy. What an idiotic move. Besides isn't all of that info available to the public via Company's House?

  • @beavis4763
    @beavis4763 Рік тому +1

    He is so weak and a liar.

  • @johnmightymole2284
    @johnmightymole2284 Рік тому

    Shifty man. Doesn't give a straight answer. Deliberately misleading.

  • @joakimsen87
    @joakimsen87 8 днів тому

    So manipulative

  • @Cypher791
    @Cypher791 5 місяців тому

    🪧😕

  • @withgoddess1119
    @withgoddess1119 Рік тому

    He's very odd.

  • @user-xn2hf9re8r
    @user-xn2hf9re8r Рік тому

    a conman

  • @erepsekahs
    @erepsekahs Рік тому

    How on earth can he possibly own and run a business when he does not understand how much money he makes, and how the business functions? I find myself unable to believe a word he says.

  • @kevindunlap5525
    @kevindunlap5525 Рік тому +1

    Hillary. : ( What an amazing human being she was. RIP.
    Can we PLEASE not put black products on a black stand on a black floor with a black background that's poorly lit? Do I need to come down there and run this show?

  • @alaintayeh4506
    @alaintayeh4506 Рік тому

    Weak species

  • @raellawrence7116
    @raellawrence7116 Рік тому +2

    Most cringe pitch ever.

  • @arthurmorgan8529
    @arthurmorgan8529 Рік тому +2

    My names Arthur Morgan and I'm looking for a £10,000 investment for 20% of my Tahiti mango harvest business. Me and my partner Dutch Van Der Linde believe it's a worthwhile investment

  • @jeffhack6839
    @jeffhack6839 Рік тому

    Most that comment here have NEVER signed a paycheck let alone been a sole proprietorship in any way.
    For the record YES I have.
    Cheers.

  • @bourbon2242
    @bourbon2242 Рік тому

    second hello

    • @bourbon2242
      @bourbon2242 Рік тому

      @Michael Terrell you cared enough to want to reply to me

  • @investmentsnail4901
    @investmentsnail4901 Рік тому +1

    1st lfg

    • @investmentsnail4901
      @investmentsnail4901 Рік тому

      @Michael Terrell damn man, I didn't realise that until just now. Thanks for shining a light on it for me. Time for me to end it.

  • @JayTG123
    @JayTG123 Рік тому

    If only Jenny Campbell was there…

  • @TechGamesAU
    @TechGamesAU Рік тому

    Jesus

  • @almuric1baggins337
    @almuric1baggins337 Рік тому +1

    How the mighty have fallen! It's Claude Littner from the Apprentice having to beg for dosh because sugar daddy Alan has sacked him! LOL

  • @Fush1234
    @Fush1234 Рік тому +2

    We call this dude a dope

  • @PSPSPSPSPSPSPSPSPSP
    @PSPSPSPSPSPSPSPSPSP Рік тому

    the young lad was too nervous otherwise he might have done well

  • @bigscrounger
    @bigscrounger Рік тому +1

    Doesn't have a clue about business...