Peter Can't Let This Single Mother’s Achievements Go Unnoticed | Dragons’ Den
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- Опубликовано: 13 мар 2020
- Kirsty Henshaw is looking for an investment of £65,000 in return for a 15% equity stake. Kirsty's business 'Worthenshaw' produce dairy-free, sugar-free frozen pudding alternative to ice cream. Kirsty's phenomenal work ethic blew the Dragons away...
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Hi 👋🏽 Thank you for the lovely comments!! I can’t believe after 10 years this is circulating again! My teenage son will be impressed/highly embarrassed that I’m trending on RUclips! In terms of an update. We did acquire the shares back of PJ and Duncan. They were amazing to work with. We’ve now rebranding as Kirsty’s and supply every supermarket in the country. I’m so grateful for the show as it really kick started the business. We’re still privately owned and incredibly passionate about free-from and health! ❤️ Kirsty xxx
I agree this was the best pitch on the Dragons De and so well deserved
I love your ready meals Kirsty I buy and enjoy them often from Waitrose great to see the person who started them up they are so very tasty
I wish you continued success Kirsty 🥂👍
You gave the perfect pitch, plus you're humble and hardworking. You deserve all the success you achieved! You're a huge inspiration.
thanks for making me cry! glad youre doing well
All hard working mothers are so proud of you! You did a great job!
And you married your boyfriend i see from that surname of your's. Kudos to you ma'am, you are a true inspiration. I hope everything is well at your end and i believe that every mother out there is proud of what you have done for your son. Mothers are always the best, i know because i am a son who had lost his mother when i needed her the most, but till the time she was there, the world seemed to be a better place. Thank you for sharing your journey with us.
With love,
A proud Son to one mother.
She changed the brand-name to "Kirsty's", diversified into ready-made meals, AND has bought back all her shares from both dragons. She owns 100%
Aw I'm so happy for her 🙏
But does the business make any money?
@David Mack 14 million? Others are saying 5 million?
@David Mack You sure it's that much?
Good for her, amazing achievement
Her business is now worth 5 million pounds. Super glad she's been able to get that good life for her son
It must be the tattoo on her hand that did it.
That's impoirant you know when there is virus epidemic killing every one.
@@davidmg1925 the virus is not killing everyone and the only ones at high risk are elderly above 60. It's less than a 2% morbidity
Source?
@@TheAxeliono Yes, true. The C virus is possibly the most contagious virus ever seen. Millions will get it. BUT, BUT, BUT... it is no-where near as strong (lethal) as the Flu virus. In fact, the Flu kills about 40x what the C virus is likely to... and does so EVERY YEAR. The world has blown this all out of proportion, simply cause of its contagious nature. But, people relatively quickly, recover from it. 90% of deaths are with elderly, particularly with poor cardo-vascular systems.
Brilliant!
She's quiet, and sweet, and smart. But most of all, she's a hard worker. Two and a half jobs and a child? The mouse that roared!
@Karen DeGenerous she works her ass off to provide a better future for her boy. My dad wasnt around much either becausr he was working very hard to put me and my sister through school. Never loved him any less over it.
@Karen DeGenerous You put the Karen in Karen. Thanks for being you! 🤣
Indeed x
Well said
@@ObeseGorilla229 Keep telling yourself that 🤭
*She is now super successful. As at middle of 2021 her business has made £11 million in sales. She owns her own factory. She has bought back the 30% Peter and Duncan acquired. And her products now sell all over UK. This is one of the best pitches and investments and likable personality I have ever seen.*
To add on this, they are approaching 25 million in sales for 2022. This young woman is absolutely phenomenal.
@@Meinfuhrerhoffman thanks for the update!
@@Meinfuhrerhoffman She is a proper grafter and deserves it, well done to her
Wow
Never seen her products anywhere
I love how at 4:39 when she says 'Tesco' Peters face lit up for just a moment and then he quickly remembered to put his game face back on. Kinda sweet.
Didn’t even pick up on that! Even the fiercest businessmen cant help but let their humanity slip out at times
This is probably the most humble yet successful entrepreneur I've ever seen on Dragons' Den. Such a sweet girl!
What the hell is a noot
@@captainhindsight8779 Noot??
She's less humble and more just insecure
@@kinkydaddy3147 the two are often intertwined
@@philemonevans1814 no being humble is knowing how good you are and being secure enough not to have to brag about it
One of the most investable people to be on dragons den
Immediately impressive and I wish she came to me for an investment and I'd have given her all the money for 20% and demanded first refusal on any other business she needed investment in for £50k
Peter D h
She ended up buying the shares back so she owns it all
That has got to be the single smoothest most perfect sequence of events I've ever seen on this show. Everything was right. 100%
I love how she went in there wanting those two, yet didn't wet her pants and let the dragons do the work. Excellent.
Plus the deal went through and apparently she was so successful she was able to buy back her shares and is now worth millions. Couldn't have happened to a nicer, more hard working person. I wish her all her success.
“You’re really amazing aren’t you”
“Not really”
Talk about hitting you right in the feels man
I know exactly what you mean.... heart strings well and truly pulled
Absolutely no ego to her whatsoever. Straight to the point. Calm. Knows what she's talking about. This all came together for a perfect pitch
It seems she doesn’t get complimented often, and that breaks my heart. I appreciate that she did all that without validation from others though!
Emphasis on "seems". Who knows. Maybe she was just nervous. It's a bit presumptive to assume private knowledge of a perfect stranger.
Macht Nichts Sei Mann it’s something I recognise in a lot of women, but yes it could be untrue. I don’t think it’s presumptuous at all though, if you were female you’d probably understand.
@@Threehundredandsixtyeight So what if she wasnt 'validated'? Who cares about being validated by others? Focus on yourself instead of what others think of you. And what does being 'validated' have to do with women specifically, what do you mean by 'if you were female you'd understand'?
@@Threehundredandsixtyeight - It's not male/female, it's more about those who are empathic and intuitive which there are plenty of men who are and women who aren't. ( I've met my share of women who are both emotional and cold. ) Don't make it a male/female issue. ( Have you not seen other "Dragon's Den" shows where men were tearing up or crying? ) Same thing: neither of us know why, so it's completely presumptive/speculative until you truly know all the facts, which you don't. Stay on point, you admitted it could be untrue. TV is fantasyland in that a minute fraction is known about so-called reality-based individuals. BTW: emotionally expressive women have also been known to be thoroughly manipulative liars. Imagine that! LoL
Macht Nichts Sei Mann no, it is a female thing because that’s how I saw it, and you’re telling me on my comment what I meant 😂 you’re clearly male, and have no idea what it’s like to grow up with womanhood
At 24 being so professional, hardworking yet kind and humble is amazing. Saying she worked 2,5 jobs at the time like it is the most normal thing to do apart from being a single mom is just pure passion.
@@johnnyace2287 my ex left after 20 yrs. with an Asian of course!!! Left me with 2 teenagers. I still got both of them through university. Hats off to her!
@@gardenroom65 talking to yourself again?
She was being modest. Let's be real. She was working 3 jobs.
You know a pitch is good when Theo offer to give up more than asked for of his children's inheritance.
LOL
Lmao! 🤩
Theo the Fetus always mentions children.
😂
The title of this video should be Theo can't let this single mother's achievements go unnoticed he's the one who said how amazing she was not Peter
I've noticed in the last week that whoever titles these videos has a huge Peter bias. If someone else does something it is titled as "dragon/s"
I think the videos titled with Peter get more views. Classic clickbait
He was speaking for the collective of the dragons I think.
A misleading title on a Dragons den video? Surely not?
@@russianboss0378 From reading the comments (and I've watched a LOT of these videos in lockdown lol) Theo and Duncan seem to be the favourite dragons. Peter is a great dragons but in later series without Theo and Duncan, it just seems flat.
I'm so glad she has been so incredibly successful since this. Bought back all her shares, and is worth $5 million. Bravo
I know so cool!
Rebranded it 'Kirsty's'.
Must have ditched the worthless Worthington!
Kirsty's is worth a hell of a lot more than that given her expansion into gluten-free products.
@@ewangent her business was worth 11 mill in 2020
That's brilliant!
Thanks for the update.
I buy Kirsty’s ready meals, didn’t realise she was on Dragons Den; what a legend.
I remember this one, probably as close to the perfect pitch as you'll ever see. She was brilliant!
werent it just and glad its come back up too...the follow up back from her 1st year was amazing. its on here somewhere 😎
I totally agree!
Oh the power of being told that you're amazing. I cried for her. You can just tell from her tears and response that she hasnt been told that enough in her life. Broke my heart. Everyone deserves that.
Works both ways. Over praising can have devastating effects. There are numerous studies on this popularised in books like Freakonomics, iirc (most of my reference books and notes in boxes at moment). The effect is late teens and adult life pulling out of trying to avoid letting self and childhood praises down. Lots of successful types do it to show early critics they were wrong.
You have a heart of Gold. Love you for it.
I totally agree with you… just wonderful
I too had a tear she deserves all that is good in life ❤️❤️❤️
100% that may have been the first time. Theo's compliments and her reaction choked me up actually. This is why DD is one of the best shows of all time, moments like this.
Very humble, it’s the key attribute to gaining investment in dragons den.
No a viable business is the only key to an investment.
@@dopemusic6414 they both help really. If you've a good business and your head up your ass you'll get no investment.
@@dopemusic6414 Wrong, people loaded with pride fall flat all the time.
@@dopemusic6414 not on DD. They have to work with someone who will listen and who they can enjoy working with.
When she cried after being called amazing, you could tell she really needed to hear it after such a long time. I am so glad she’s doing OK! ❤️💙 Great even! Woman is now worth 5 million!
She's a sweetheart & deserves her success.
@@humza4033 I bet the boyfriend married her then 🤣
@@oliprj8676 Did he?
Kirsty is without doubt the most deserving, hard working and inspirational person ever seen in the Den. She's so lovely and humble as well and it's delightful to know she succeeded for herself and her son.
I work in a restaurant that caters for large parties and functions and we use her products on a regular basis. Surprising how many people are vegan,gluten free,lactose intolerant, nut allergy and dairy intolerant. I'm not but when I get a chance we are into her desserts because they are so bloody good. I'm really happy for this lady
She’s so credible.
Knows her stuff, has done her research, and deserves to succeed in life.
Theo: You’re amazing aren’t you? I WANT 40%.
That young lady is one switched on cookie. So glad she is now an enormously successful person. Worked hard at 2.5 Jobs and has a child. Amazing is an understatement.
A woman of substance that made me cry, and I’m a 50 year old Yorkshireman. You go girl! Fantastic!
I love how respectfull and understanding the dragons were when she started crying,they didn't say a word..they didn't want to ruin the moment
What a beautiful soul Kirsty has. To see how emotional she got when given a compliment of how amazing she is. And Kirsty you are amazing.
Damn, what a strong woman! Respect to her! ❤️
Unassuming humble strong woman . Fair play to her
She's so knowledgeable. No fluffing on the answers.
“Get this business off the ground” she was in contact with TESCO man she was already moving mad before she came into the den
A good northern lass, a credit to her town and an example to all.
For sure we love our own. Nowt wrong with a hardworking Prestonian.
@@SwazerSwazers I am a 1943 Prestonian same same , used to work 75 hours a week in the Family bakery for a tenner a week in the 60s . silly sod am I
aye
I'm so glad they don't have to carry half of their demo up the stairs anymore. It's a bit cringe.
@David Mack I think that the embarrassment is you.
David Mack Says the person who can not insert basic punctuation into his sentences... Saying he is an embarrassment, is an understatement of the highest order.
@David Mack There's nothing wrong with saying cringe. Who shat in your cereal this morning?
@David Mack speaks 5 languages fluently, but struggles with English. What a pleb 😂
This is definitely my favourite dragons den episode. I hope she’s doing extremely well. She looks like someone very worthy.
👀Looks?
Sorry for my grammatical error! Appears to be someone worthy! Is that better?
@@johngreen6375 yes✋🚽✋
Thanks! 😄
@@johngreen6375 no problem. Now go wash your hands!🚽
She's grounded and impressive.
Literally just binged watched every single video. Why are they so addictive??
Welcome home!
Because youre a talker and not a doer..
Adam Khan aren’t we all then? Or didn’t you watch it? If you didn’t watch it and you did comment... isn’t that worse?
It's the drama, the puns and the "I'm out" jokes in the comments.
@@SLAPFACE247 No i think whats worse is commenting on a comment...
She got the absolute best dragons for her business.
Peters retail background and Duncans dessert background, god what a match
This is how it is done. Completely prepared, absolutely transparent straight forward answers. So thrilled to hear she made it. Makes my heart sing!!! Her diligence paid off.
Many comments, so not sure if it’s been mentioned before. At 12:51 Peter signals Duncan, at 12:55 Duncan signals Peter to make a joint offer, Peter immediately recognizes the sign and makes the joint offer to this lovely lady. I bet the dragons all have some kind of gestures to communicate with each other.
no one's gonna mention a pretty obvious thing anyway lol
Well spotted. Great video. So moving at Theo’s comments too. So chuffed for Kirsty and her future.
Kirsty was the one to actually suggest the collaboration
There’s nothing like a mothers love. Good on her!
There's nothing like a father's love either.
WRONG. Women carry life, NOT MEN.
There's nothing like a mother's love, because women carry LIFE. DUH
@Lee harry enty women carry life, and so they develop a unique and POWERFUL bond with the children they carry. It's a fact of life. It's not sexist to acknowledge a scientific fact.
@Lee harry enty it's not sexist to acknowledge reality. Women carry life, not men. Motherhood is the BIGGEST deal.
@Lee harry enty you are in denial. The love that women have for the children they carry is UNIQUE, and the most powerful love that exists in nature. Sorry if that hurts your feelings, but it's the truth.
I cried with Kirsty. What a beautiful polite intelligent and gentle person she is. Am overjoyed to read that the business has made her a wealthy woman. Congratulations Kirsty this is so richly deserved. Yay! 👏👏
Ok Dragons I prefer it when the inventions are poop, this almost made me show emotion
😂 this made me laugh
SB 13 😂 HAHA
24 years old with a child fair play to her! I can’t even begin to imagine what excuse Jenny would have made to not invest if she’d been there lol
''I raised two strapping lads, while managing a bank and building a business portfolio all without shedding a tear, so I can't relate to you so for that reason ...... "
snowdon3456 yeah something like that lol
"I'm worried that your focus is too much on your kids so for that reason I'm out"
Maxx P. She isn't on Dragons Den anymore, replaced by Sara Davies
Jenny would've loved the free food, too bad this one time she was out
She was never in
This one time 🤣
I’m only here for Jenny comments then I’m out....
Aaaah we saw what you did there ;-)
This really touched me . How wonderful this lovely young lady got the dragons behind her. So impressive and she’s so humble. Well done Kirsty!
What a remarkable, brave, talented woman. Life has not been easy and, instead of feeling sorry for herself, she stood up and went for it. Inspiring in every sense of the word. Bloody brilliant!
Kirsty Henshaw is one very likeable, clever person!
Every time Peter stands up, my 🧠: HOW TALL BRO???
6 feet 7 inches of brains and braun 😛
Where I'm from so many parents use their kids as an excuse to not bother working and this woman puts the lot of them to incredible shame. What a woman.
Children need to be put first they grow up so incredibly fast and need a consistent reliable adult to care for them.. I've got four children and juggling a full time job and raising them is the hardest thing I've done, I'm a single parent. Don't put down other women choices. I hope this woman doesn't forget her son is the priority. Businesses can be achieved when kids get older.
I’ve watched this episode 3 times in succession just to get the emotional rush. What a passionate lady. A beautiful success story. I just hope she gets successful.
Peter: I don't know if you know Levi sauce but.....
Duncan: *inner voice* "oh here we go again..."
Jenny: I'm not here today and for that reason, I'm OUT.
I usually hate weepy drama clad shows but I appreciated this One cuz it's 100% real tears for real freakin hardwork. Shine on love!!
Absolutely brilliant - wonderful lady. I have not seen every episode of Dragons' Den but of those I have seen, she is by the best. Fantastic pitch. I was in business for a number of years and don't think I ever came across anyone with her promise!
Humble, realistic and hard-working. Good for her!!
Always find it uplifting that people like Kirsty can slog away and be a success, shows how we all make excuses about not being able to achieve anything
What a lovely hard working woman she is,hard work pays off,and she deserves every bit of it.👍
I’ll always remember this as my most favourite pitch on Dragons Den.
I loved the emotions that came out!
Theo almost looked like he was going to cry but then he remembered what he is.
Absolutely loved it and so happy that Kirsty actually made it too ❤️
She is a inspiration to other young single mothers. She's definitely a young lady with a plan!
One of the most genuine people I have seen on this show.
One day she should be sat in one of those chairs.
I remember seeing her on show back in the day, just watched it again and it had me welling up, bravo to Kirsty
Touker, which milk would you for your cereal this morning? Full cream, skim or 2%?
Touker: I don't get out of bed for 2%!
What beautiful humble young lady. She is inspiring
❤️✍️
I'm so sorry to disturb you.. I'm a single man looking for a serious woman to love 💗
Aww, Theo was so lovely to her. Such a good pitch & she's so sweet.
How heart warming. Putting aside her capacity to roll up her sleeves and her business acumen she was bound to go places on her charm and poise alone.
I will make it a point to buy her product. May you go from strength to strength.
Lovely lady. I'm so glad she has made the company work and has made lots of money.
Haha money. I bet she doesn't care about that money one bit. You don't become an entrepreneur to earn money.
I come here to laugh at people not get the feels.
Get back to the computers
Lol
ive lost count of how many of these i have watched and this is the first one where the person asking for money has done everything possible to get her company off the ground. not only that but she has even gotten on board with tesco and can actually get her product made on on their shelves!
A genuinely nice person and happy to hear she has done well for herself.
This is one of my favorites. Good from the beginning to the end.
A moving and beautiful story
Omg what a GORGEOUS and totally inspiring person!! ❤️
I saw this on the original programme a few years ago and wondered how she had got on. Many thanks to LochSween and others for updating her story- she is truly inspirational. *"You are only limited by your own ambition".*
I am a massive Dragons' Den fan.
It is truly great to read comments that give updates on current state of play.
Kirsty: "I cannot let your achievements go unnoticed, so I'm offering £100 for 60% of your business".
Well deserving she was so calm GOD bless her nice lady.
I'm really happy for her. What an inspiration and mother.
Theo wanted 40% even though she was amazing.
I'm so happy for this lady and what she has achieved.
I’m not crying it’s just a speck of dirt that got in my eyes 🥺🥺
When investors invest in the person !! She was very good and likable !!
Brilliant. One of the best pitches I’ve ever seen on the show. Flawless.
This is possibly the sweetest and most inspiring encounters I’ve seen on Dragon’s Den, fantastic to see the dragons so impressed and appreciative of someone’s achievements. I can understand why she was so emotional. Fair play to her.❤️
This one brought a tear to my eye
The Preston lass! well done!it's nice to see and hear that a 24 year old does so much for the up bringing of a child's future..Wishing her all the Worthington luck!!hope to try some soon...
Hiya James...this was 1st aired in 2010.iirc.. now rebranded under kirtsys... check the frozen sections out next time you goto 1 of the big supermarkets.. shes done superb bless her 💪😊
Your a credit to all young mums out there working hard and providing for their children 👏
I remember watching her pitch on Dragons Den. I'm glad she got the backers to invest in her product. I'm glad to hear that her business is going great today.
Best pitch in den history
What a good honest lady, really pleased she has being successful, well done,
Bravo 👏 what a fantastic achievement for her and family ❤
She is so humble and yet filled with pride.
I’m flabbergasted! I only just saw this and i will freely admit i did shed a “little” tear or three! Happy times obviously and i think your humility not only won the hearts of the Dragons but many, many more as well. Bravo!!
very inspirational. I checked her website and she’s doing amazing at the moment, so happy for her. No ego, clean heart and so much work. Also for such a small company, her CSR actions and against waste etc, are quite solid. One of the best episodes from DD ✨👌
Possible the best professional pitch on Dragons Den !
Saw the expansion plan news. So very very happy for you and your family. Making our lives so much easier, too. Thank you.
Peter just gives her an unbelievably fair offer and helps her out at the end when she doesn't know what to do. You can really tell when he likes an entrepeneur
That boyfriend of hers that wasn't helping a lot with the kid must be crying a river now that is a multimillionaire.
I thought "worthing" was his last name
@@thetruth3316 it was 10 years ago.
It's just called Kirsty's now.