Headline : Dragons’ Den – Are we in or out?

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Honestly, I never applied to the show, and I never would have done, for several reasons.  Firstly, my own lack of confidence and secondly because we weren’t desperate for the money. We’d started an eco-gift packaging online business but at the time my ex-business partner, Robin had applied for the show, without telling me may I add we hadn’t begun trading. 

He thought he was doing a good thing, as he’d realised fairly early on that radio was his passion far more than packaging, but not wanting to let me down, he thought he would find me new business partners.

A surprise call from the BBC one morning, asking me what we wanted the potential investment for, left me raising eyebrows across the office as Robin mouthed “Blag it, I’ll tell you after.”  So, I did.  We needed stock, new premises, or at least that’s what I told the BBC researcher!

Before I really understood what was happening, we were sent for screen tests in London and then asked for a full business plan. The business plan was easy – numbers are my comfort zone.  Being in front of the camera much less my comfort zone.  Somehow, we passed all stages though and suddenly we had a film date in May 2008 at Pinewood studios.

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