Dragons Den Ireland

ImDave

Hi Guys,

If anybody is interested - the closing date for Dragons Den Ireland is November 25th.

http://www.rte.ie/tv/dragonsden/

Dave

The Guvnor

Will Sean G be back as a dragon?

Obviously had he won his race he would not be but now?

Dragons Den would not be for me and I would have to add if I were to apply it would be for the UK version not the Irish version.

Pope John 11

Sean G will not be back again. RTE here are being very coy about it. Notice the empty chairs and the presenter are shown only. Before you would see the 5 dragons.

http://www.rte.ie/tv/dragonsden/

The Guvnor

Big Gamble then on SG's part as you wonder where now for him in terms of earning a crust?

Gamble in terms of running for president and falling short with the guaranteed personal info coming to light etc.

paperplanes1988

Also heard that the new woman from last years series, her name eludes me now, isn't returning either. Leaves one to wonder who they will get to fill two vacant spots. It is definitely going ahead anyway as I have heard from them when they have filming scheduled for and everything so they must have new Dragons lined up!

Cianos

Would love to know the average ROI for the Irish dragons to date.

jimmynokia

Pope John 11 wrote: »

Sean G will not be back again. RTE here are being very coy about it. Notice the empty chairs and the presenter are shown only. Before you would see the 5 dragons.

http://www.rte.ie/tv/dragonsden/

sean gallagher said he would be back
but for that reason im out lol!

The Guvnor

Do any of the Irish Dragons have any real international entrepreneurial flair/track record?

If Dermot Desmond, Michael O' Leary etc. were Dragons one thinks we would see a better calibre of applicant.

Sometimes I think the UK one is bad but tbf even the bad pitches over there look good compared to some of the Irish ones.

I do still watch it from time to time but apart from the Tan Organics did anything really meet with success?

The Apprentice

Bobby Kerr said to me that 8 i think went ahead out of all the investments and offers and the rest either fell apart because people could agree on terms..

So yes there were a few good investments for those dragons and certainly worth a look from a buiness point off view.

Axwell

The Guvnor wrote: »

I do still watch it from time to time but apart from the Tan Organics did anything really meet with success?

There was an episode or two of it where they went on the road and visited the ones that got investment and where they are now and also some of the ones that didnt accept or get it and how they are getting on.

The Guvnor

And?:D

Axwell there are no real big success stories though are there?

Axwell

And..you could go watch it on rte player and find out for yourself..;)

But no there arent any massive success stories, I wouldnt even rate Tan Organic that you mentioned as one they are just overly hyped and mentioned in every second sentence by Gavin Duffy and gave away 45% of their business for his investment.

Chet Zar

Can't think of many success stories myself right now...compared with the English one there are very few. Surf Seeds has done well though don't forget!

Wonder how Niall is doing with the Moo-shakes crew or whatever they are called. They have a place on Dame st, anyone know how they are doing?

Really looking forward to the new series though, love Dragon's Den. Be very interesting to see who the new Dragons are!

The Guvnor

Fair point mate!
I think the big thing with Tan Organics was they hit a million in sales - however this was retail sales value not their actual sales which could have been 40-50% of that.

Axwell wrote: »

And..you could go watch it on rte player and find out for yourself..;)

But no there arent any massive success stories, I wouldnt even rate Tan Organic that you mentioned as one they are just overly hyped and mentioned in every second sentence by Gavin Duffy and gave away 45% of their business for his investment.

The Guvnor

Chet Zar wrote: »

Really looking forward to the new series though, love Dragon's Den. Be very interesting to see who the new Dragons are!

Given Sean G claimed he had a salary of €12k and most of the tv investments do not materialise I reckon someone from this forum could land the job if they really wanted it!:)

Do the dragons get paid? In the UK they do.

Owen

At least now they've a chance to redo the title sequence - the 5 of them walking along the road was hilarious - they all walked like some form of robots, you could tell they weren't comfortable shooting the scene, made it look embarassing IMHO.

Colours

paperplanes1988 wrote: »

Also heard that the new woman from last years series, her name eludes me now, isn't returning either. Leaves

Are you thinking of Sarah Newman? She was in the news recently because she's being chased for millions of euro from failed property investments.

http://www.essexcountystandard.co.uk/news/9024359.Judge_on_Ireland___s_Dragon___s_Den____owes_millions_to_Irish_bank___/

Chet Zar

Colours wrote: »

Are you thinking of Sarah Newman? She was in the news recently because she's being chased for millions of euro from failed property investments.

http://www.essexcountystandard.co.uk/news/9024359.Judge_on_Ireland___s_Dragon___s_Den____owes_millions_to_Irish_bank___/

No not her...don't think she ever invested a cent!! Definitely wasn't a fan of her.

It's Norah Casey - the publishing CEO.

The Guvnor

I think Newman was always looking for a business that had global potential.

This was her reasoning for saying I'm out in a lot of cases - in the end she invested in <snip>

J.Ryan

Chet Zar wrote: »

No not her...don't think she ever invested a cent!! Definitely wasn't a fan of her.

It's Norah Casey - the publishing CEO.

Her Husband died recently, wouldn't be surprised if she didn't return, I liked her on the show, don't know what it was about Sarah, but never took to her.

Chet Zar

J.Ryan wrote: »

Her Husband died recently, wouldn't be surprised if she didn't return, I liked her on the show, don't know what it was about Sarah, but never took to her.

Yeah she was cold as ice! While Norah is definitely astute and not to be toyed with, she manages to be warm at the same time!