A masterclass in slaying the dragons 😮🐉 - BBC

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Aspiring entrepreneurs have one chance to make their dreams come true when they pitch their business idea to five multimillionaire investors. It's make or break time.

[ronkefashola]

She was amazing. She held it together with so much professionalism.

[Shaolinthemple]

This is the problem with some investors. 6-7 years is a typical time horizon for business growth. It's disheartening to see a dragon foolishly complain about that.

[AdeboFunkyVoodoo]

Peter's "Toucker, stop being a twonk" look, spoke volumes.

[KeithBarnesLife]

I’ve seen a lot of disrespectful dragons but he was well over the top.

[TF-uocg]

She held it together well considering the man child was acting up.

[Glasstable]

Amazon: founded in 1994, first turned a profit in 2003. How many dragons would be out at that pitch meeting?

[lennonfinney]

She's the best I've seen with dragons den. I've used Therabody for a few years and I absolutely venerate them

[smahsss]

She knows her shit. She also had foresight and conviction in her vision. Kudos

[jjCwkH]

This highlights how rude they can all be tbh and she stood her ground well

[BenjieMoggs]

Those gormless faces from the dragons 😂

[Junior-llll]

When he kept rubbing his glass she shouldn't have let that interrupt her, she should've maybe used a hand gesture that symbolizes "Idgaf" and go hard on how it'll make profit throughout before the six years. Handled it brilliantly to say the least.

[sylvesterogbolu-otutu]

I think her only mistep in the presentation was mentioning the longer-term revenue forecasts (7 years time, later modified to 6 - 7 years to recover from her mistake) before mentioning the short term revenue and profitability forecast of 18 months.

A good pitch should go from short to medium, then longer term horizons. You need to quickly gain the investment appetite of investors that are not using patient capital, and who wish to receive faster returns on their investment.

If you are going to achieve profitability in less than 2 years, then say so quickly. Next, show that this level of profitability and growth is sustainable in the medium to long-term.

[melanieventer]

She's very confident and assertive. Go girl!

[MillillioN]

I wonder how the conversation went before the editing 😂

[DeEmperor]

That's the mentality of most investors. They want quick returns.

[DrasticSkuba]

I feel like he tested her quite well and she handled it with grace

[glencoconut]

I hate how if a candidate was to do things he did they would be deemed 'rude' and 'not professional' yet he gets away with it just fine...

[rhiannoncameron]

God I’ve seen so many clips now of these dragons being so rude to this woman. Shocking.

[iBreatheFreedom]

Does anyone know the title of the full video?

[badjaeaux]

the old man will be in paradise when
he gets his money back, that is why