Dragons Took This Company As A Sign Not To Invest | Dragons' Den

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Alun Pearson is next to face The Dragons... he's pitching his signage business and accessories. He's looking for an investment of £100,000 in exchange for 10% of his company, N Signs.
Season 9, Episode 5
An international sensation, Dragon's Den features entrepreneurs pitching for investment in the Den from our Dragons, five venture capitalists willing to invest their own money in exchange for equity.
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  • @adamlacey81
    @adamlacey81 Жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @leenobody3249

    @leenobody3249

    Жыл бұрын

    Funniest comment EVER on here ! 😀

  • @incremental_failure

    @incremental_failure

    Жыл бұрын

    You're back, awesome.

  • @AbhishekSanyalTGV

    @AbhishekSanyalTGV

    Жыл бұрын

    hahahahahah :D

  • @liliangreen9504

    @liliangreen9504

    Жыл бұрын

    Thanks for the laugh.🤣🤣🤣🤣 I can just see it now!🤣🤣🤣🤣

  • @christopherraffell5182

    @christopherraffell5182

    Жыл бұрын

    Crickey I think you might of got it.

  • @boozypixels
    @boozypixels Жыл бұрын

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

  • @Uvray
    @Uvray Жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @Uvray

    @Uvray

    Жыл бұрын

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

  • @Sonny984

    @Sonny984

    Жыл бұрын

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

  • @dani15sports

    @dani15sports

    Жыл бұрын

    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

    Жыл бұрын

    Should’ve had a Xanax bar or some propranolol

  • @justinstevenson2061

    @justinstevenson2061

    Жыл бұрын

    @@Farquad76.547 damnit man there are other ways to control your state of being ! 😘😘

  • @GodotOfficial
    @GodotOfficial Жыл бұрын

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

  • @BenjaminGoose

    @BenjaminGoose

    Жыл бұрын

    That's not what that means

  • @menikmati789
    @menikmati789 Жыл бұрын

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

  • @etchvee
    @etchvee Жыл бұрын

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

  • @JoeAyres
    @JoeAyres Жыл бұрын

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

  • @shy_sorai_vlogs
    @shy_sorai_vlogs Жыл бұрын

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

  • @kaliou6645
    @kaliou6645 Жыл бұрын

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

  • @neilpa
    @neilpa Жыл бұрын

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

  • @beancheese3148
    @beancheese3148 Жыл бұрын

    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

  • @AwesometownUSA

    @AwesometownUSA

    2 ай бұрын

    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).

  • @76-UVB
    @76-UVB Жыл бұрын

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

  • @matthewbell4273
    @matthewbell4273 Жыл бұрын

    10:51 - Giggity

  • @mycroftsanchez901
    @mycroftsanchez901 Жыл бұрын

    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!

  • @chocolatetaste4245
    @chocolatetaste4245 Жыл бұрын

    Eating =Dragon’s Den

  • @princetafarabhebhe5781

    @princetafarabhebhe5781

    Жыл бұрын

    All the time

  • @desoliver9712
    @desoliver9712 Жыл бұрын

    Shouldn't the sign have an apostrophe?

  • @jaynebutler3342

    @jaynebutler3342

    Жыл бұрын

    Yes.

  • @boneyarsebogman

    @boneyarsebogman

    Жыл бұрын

    No.

  • @jaynebutler3342

    @jaynebutler3342

    Жыл бұрын

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

  • @liannebenn2097

    @liannebenn2097

    Жыл бұрын

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

  • @abbiexscottie

    @abbiexscottie

    Жыл бұрын

    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

  • @Pudji.Toucan
    @Pudji.Toucan Жыл бұрын

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

  • @Thepopcornator

    @Thepopcornator

    Жыл бұрын

    Rest in peace, Hillary.

  • @Pudji.Toucan

    @Pudji.Toucan

    Жыл бұрын

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

  • @Pudji.Toucan

    @Pudji.Toucan

    Жыл бұрын

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

  • @Thepopcornator

    @Thepopcornator

    Жыл бұрын

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

  • @mysticsoulz638

    @mysticsoulz638

    Жыл бұрын

    @@Thepopcornator is she dead?

  • @kevinbissinger
    @kevinbissinger Жыл бұрын

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

  • @keyquestions

    @keyquestions

    Жыл бұрын

    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

  • @austinpibworth172
    @austinpibworth172 Жыл бұрын

    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

    Жыл бұрын

    It is when you pitch to them for investment…

  • @967mviews2
    @967mviews2 Жыл бұрын

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

  • @ells101
    @ells101 Жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @joerussell9574

    @joerussell9574

    Жыл бұрын

    LMFAO!

  • @mycroftsanchez901

    @mycroftsanchez901

    Жыл бұрын

    Duncan Disorderly?

  • @raalaa121

    @raalaa121

    Жыл бұрын

    James Naan hahahahaha ....

  • @BenjaminGoose

    @BenjaminGoose

    Жыл бұрын

    James Caan? The one who ripped off a woman and tried to buy a baby for a few hundred pounds?

  • @self-preservationsociety7057

    @self-preservationsociety7057

    Жыл бұрын

    Did you forget Hilary Cruella de Vil ?

  • @pamelamckenzie2685
    @pamelamckenzie2685 Жыл бұрын

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

  • @cormac2515
    @cormac251518 күн бұрын

    Hilary- “ why was not you prepared”

  • @gabhandebrun1871
    @gabhandebrun1871 Жыл бұрын

    A new one for me just popped up happy days 😁

  • @frederickbowdler8169
    @frederickbowdler8169 Жыл бұрын

    an expert in communication and signs.

  • @divinetouch9308
    @divinetouch9308 Жыл бұрын

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

  • @thomasdalton1508
    @thomasdalton1508 Жыл бұрын

    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

    Жыл бұрын

    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

    Жыл бұрын

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

  • @anniz9148

    @anniz9148

    Жыл бұрын

    @@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

  • @Money58
    @Money58 Жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @MauiTaha
    @MauiTaha6 ай бұрын

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

  • @polovw89
    @polovw895 ай бұрын

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

  • @lukebignell7846
    @lukebignell7846 Жыл бұрын

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

  • @sumayomaxamuud6486
    @sumayomaxamuud6486 Жыл бұрын

    Felt sorry for him a little bit he got nervous

  • @bobbyjones3351
    @bobbyjones3351 Жыл бұрын

    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

  • @voteformethanks5307

    @voteformethanks5307

    11 ай бұрын

    it makes bad tv

  • @bencheshire
    @bencheshire Жыл бұрын

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

  • @self-preservationsociety7057
    @self-preservationsociety7057 Жыл бұрын

    Should have fitted a flow signal

  • @eduardantonovich9791
    @eduardantonovich9791 Жыл бұрын

    He took them from pillar to post

  • @frederickbowdler8169
    @frederickbowdler8169 Жыл бұрын

    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! 😊

  • @JamesFodor
    @JamesFodor Жыл бұрын

    Need to add some flow signals

  • @moogleking
    @moogleking Жыл бұрын

    He got too nervous it happens

  • @originalrenigade
    @originalrenigade9 ай бұрын

    HMRC be like 👀

  • @TheManInBlueFlames
    @TheManInBlueFlames Жыл бұрын

    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

    Жыл бұрын

    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 Жыл бұрын

    This guy fell apart…completely fell apart

  • @shibbymiyah6614
    @shibbymiyah66145 ай бұрын

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

  • @b-dogs1038
    @b-dogs1038 Жыл бұрын

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

  • @richardanthonygilbey
    @richardanthonygilbey Жыл бұрын

    Tough world

  • @willowwren7752
    @willowwren7752 Жыл бұрын

    I just wish we had new uploads

  • @aaronvaughan5506
    @aaronvaughan5506 Жыл бұрын

    Poor guy is so nervous

  • @jamnoise72
    @jamnoise728 ай бұрын

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

  • @Smithy67
    @Smithy67 Жыл бұрын

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

  • @akhannar9368
    @akhannar9368 Жыл бұрын

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

  • @wesleysnipes7492
    @wesleysnipes7492 Жыл бұрын

    Took me awhile to clock the pun ngl 😂

  • @essie-mac
    @essie-mac Жыл бұрын

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

  • @stephenturner6075
    @stephenturner6075 Жыл бұрын

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

  • @janettemcgregor4770
    @janettemcgregor4770 Жыл бұрын

    He's a marshmallow on his numbers !!!

  • @RockyDave
    @RockyDave Жыл бұрын

    Is this why they call them dragons?

  • @jammiedodger7040
    @jammiedodger7040 Жыл бұрын

    Road signs should be metal not plastic

  • @nicolasmaximus2286

    @nicolasmaximus2286

    Жыл бұрын

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

  • @MrMRW14
    @MrMRW14 Жыл бұрын

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

  • @cornerofryan
    @cornerofryan Жыл бұрын

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

  • @aidankelly840
    @aidankelly8403 ай бұрын

    Free advertising

  • @edenleighl
    @edenleighl Жыл бұрын

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

  • @miahrx
    @miahrx Жыл бұрын

    Poor Bloke

  • @wjatube
    @wjatube8 ай бұрын

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

  • @leeporter4199
    @leeporter4199 Жыл бұрын

    Pretty sure this man just rolled out of bed 😴😂

  • @JS-td8yp
    @JS-td8yp Жыл бұрын

    RIP Hillary

  • @keithwhittington1322
    @keithwhittington13225 ай бұрын

    ouch

  • @frederickbowdler8169
    @frederickbowdler8169 Жыл бұрын

    deciet 😢😢😢😢😢

  • @johnhewett9483
    @johnhewett9483 Жыл бұрын

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

  • @BenjaminGoose
    @BenjaminGoose Жыл бұрын

    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 Жыл бұрын

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

  • @WattzArtist
    @WattzArtist Жыл бұрын

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

  • @Cypher791
    @Cypher79119 сағат бұрын

    🪧😕

  • @beavis4763
    @beavis4763 Жыл бұрын

    He is so weak and a liar.

  • @techtitanuk5609
    @techtitanuk5609 Жыл бұрын

    He was terrible

  • @positivethinker9840
    @positivethinker9840Ай бұрын

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

  • @mr.jamesdavidrobert2115
    @mr.jamesdavidrobert2115 Жыл бұрын

    Good luck with his next year’s tax returns.

  • @bourbon2242
    @bourbon2242 Жыл бұрын

    second hello

  • @bourbon2242

    @bourbon2242

    Жыл бұрын

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

  • @bigscrounger
    @bigscrounger Жыл бұрын

    Doesn't have a clue about business...

  • @withgoddess1119
    @withgoddess1119 Жыл бұрын

    He's very odd.

  • @erepsekahs
    @erepsekahs Жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @johnmightymole2284
    @johnmightymole2284 Жыл бұрын

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

  • @andraspongracz5996
    @andraspongracz5996 Жыл бұрын

    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

    Жыл бұрын

    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?

  • @user-xn2hf9re8r
    @user-xn2hf9re8r10 ай бұрын

    a conman

  • @investmentsnail4901
    @investmentsnail4901 Жыл бұрын

    1st lfg

  • @investmentsnail4901

    @investmentsnail4901

    Жыл бұрын

    @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.

  • @alaintayeh4506
    @alaintayeh4506 Жыл бұрын

    Weak species

  • @TechGamesAU
    @TechGamesAU Жыл бұрын

    Jesus

  • @raellawrence7116
    @raellawrence7116 Жыл бұрын

    Most cringe pitch ever.

  • @JayTG123
    @JayTG123 Жыл бұрын

    If only Jenny Campbell was there…

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    @bradenkendall4106 Жыл бұрын

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  • @FlightlessAngel1000

    @FlightlessAngel1000

    Жыл бұрын

    LOL

  • @graykobain6001

    @graykobain6001

    Жыл бұрын

    This spam bs is out of control lol

  • @arthurmorgan8529
    @arthurmorgan8529 Жыл бұрын

    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

  • @kevindunlap5525
    @kevindunlap5525 Жыл бұрын

    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?

  • @jeffhack6839
    @jeffhack6839 Жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @almuric1baggins337
    @almuric1baggins337 Жыл бұрын

    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 Жыл бұрын

    We call this dude a dope

  • @PSPSPSPSPSPSPSPSPSP
    @PSPSPSPSPSPSPSPSPSP Жыл бұрын

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

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