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jbob said:
No it doesn't. It shows a few successful business people in a tightly constructed televised environment acting up to the camera in order to gain publicity for themselves. Rather, it makes out that big buisness is like a talent show, a la Popstars, rather than showing the levels of exploitation, class reinforcement, and oppression that are required for the continued success and survival of capitalism. The latter aspects would not make for popular prime time television.

It's a well made, entertaining show, but it says nothing about capitalism in its essence.
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no but it's fun to watch them play up to that arrogant gordon gecko style capatilist pig stereotype that I so love to hate.

And the barmy ideas of course, those are good too. By good, I mean fun of course
 
I think it's great.

Me and my friend were thinking of a great idea to pitch to them and it goes something like this:

"Hello my name is x and I have a revolutionary idea for a new game show, you have 4 panelists who are very rich and each week an everyday person with a new idea goes up to them and looks for money so they can start a new business. What about it guys?"
 
I had an idea yesterday. I'm gonna make a chocolate tea pot and sell it to them. When Peter tells me its about as useful as a chocolate tea pot I'll thank him and ask him to name his price.

Or I think it would be really funny (maybe could even be a "Gotcha" if they still did em!) if someone went in and claimed to have invented a small metal wire that clips paper together, called a paper clip
 
They might have been, but their financial advocate was laughable, he was useless, no wonder they got no backing....nowt to do with appearance if you ask me...
 
haylz said:
They might have been, but their financial advocate was laughable, he was useless, no wonder they got no backing....nowt to do with appearance if you ask me...
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No, you're thinking of the bizarre food couple.

I was referring to the couple who had the three day student festival and had all the dragons eating out of their hands. They struck a really hard, confident deal too.
 
Didn't he - allegedly - start off in business selling smack from icecream vans in Glasgow? I bet his autobiography doesn't mention that.
(if it's true).
 
lmao

he really is an incredibly petulant man on that show.

Bit of a hsite way to be if you're a bazillionaire i would think.
 
editor said:
No, you're thinking of the bizarre food couple.

I was referring to the couple who had the three day student festival and had all the dragons eating out of their hands. They struck a really hard, confident deal too.
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oh sorry:o

I missed the first half n hour:D
 
editor said:
That festie couple were well tuned in.
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The problem is you can't really tell from the programme..they might have been, they might not have been.

It looked a good idea, but they tell you pretty much nothing about it.



Its a really shite programme. :mad: Bring back John Harvey Jones!
 
I was referring to the couple who had the three day student festival and had all the dragons eating out of their hands. They struck a really hard, confident deal too.
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They've declined that offer and gone in with 'a national student event specialist company' according to today's Western Morning News.
 
Ground Elder said:
They've declined that offer and gone in with 'a national student event specialist company' according to today's Western Morning News.
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ahh that explains why Evan Davis didn't interview them afterwards
 
editor said:
No, you're thinking of the bizarre food couple.

I was referring to the couple who had the three day student festival and had all the dragons eating out of their hands. They struck a really hard, confident deal too.
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It was the rock-solid CV's and the proffesional manner in which they were explained that sealed the deal IMO
 
Ground Elder said:
They've declined that offer and gone in with 'a national student event specialist company' according to today's Western Morning News.
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bit of a waste of time all round then.

has anything ever come out of this show?
 
The young woman from Series 1 who designed jewellery did so well she bought the dragon out from the business for a 200% ROI
 
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