5 Pitches That Left The Dragons COMPLETELY Bewildered | COMPILATION | Dragons’ Den

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  • Опубликовано: 29 июн 2024
  • Bewildered, flabbergasted, confused, there can be some really unusual pitches in the Den...
    Virtual Puppets 00:00
    Scents Of Time 10:55
    Fellas 26:14
    The Big O 36:04
    Bizzy Bitz 46:14
    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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  • @Jex2112
    @Jex2112 Год назад +1103

    My favourite part of Dragons Den, is when Peter Jones asks a relatively simple question but gets a strange answer, and gives a gobsmacked expression while looking at the other dragons.

    • @kassidyj97
      @kassidyj97 Год назад +8

      😂😂😂

    • @younishijazi4986
      @younishijazi4986 9 месяцев назад +15

      lol literally happens every episode

    • @NoContextRDH
      @NoContextRDH 7 месяцев назад +2

      Hahaha

    • @quattro4944
      @quattro4944 6 месяцев назад +6

      He’s also quite clever to listen to other dragons offer first then overbid them ^^

    • @AndrewLuke
      @AndrewLuke 4 месяца назад

      She's literally dripping in repugnance, vitriol and unearned entitlement. I wouldn't invest in her. Even watching that clip makes my skin crawl.

  • @msmyrk
    @msmyrk Год назад +1012

    I love how much the goblin looks like it's sulking whenever the dragons are criticising him.

    • @annacarter6559
      @annacarter6559 Год назад +9

      That's editing

    • @tabbi888
      @tabbi888 Год назад +4

      It was so poorly made kit was a joke. Both my daughters run their own businesses making both 3d and 2d models for live streaming. All are so much more complex that that thing and even the facial tracking was poor in comparison . He had no hair physics or clothing movements, and they're not even the best by any means although still above average and doing well enough to live off it.

    • @MatthiasTTV
      @MatthiasTTV Год назад +91

      @@tabbi888 Okay? This is from 2007; your daughters have it much easier with modern technology.

    • @billbob9142
      @billbob9142 Год назад +44

      @@tabbi888 dumb comment

    • @gaaraxnaru
      @gaaraxnaru Год назад +35

      @@tabbi888 Dude... did you really think this video was from the past decade? Seems like you just want to brag about your daughters.

  • @LitteJeanie
    @LitteJeanie Год назад +1295

    I think the virtual puppet guys made a big mistake using a dodgy looking gremlin thing - whenever he's saying something earnestly, it's giving a side eye and looking devious lol. Should have picked a happy character with a pleasing colour.

    • @academicace
      @academicace Год назад +91

      Or an anime character. Seems like they're a good way to go these days.

    • @TheWatchernator
      @TheWatchernator Год назад +20

      shudda gone with a furrey - or a little pony

    • @harrydavey9884
      @harrydavey9884 Год назад +111

      It's technology that already existed at the time and with far better implementation.
      The "characters" costing £8000 is INSANE. Even somebody with a bit of experience in blender could've knocked up a better rag doll model for probably £100 freelance.

    • @garsm2290
      @garsm2290 Год назад +24

      Agree, it reminded me of Nigel Farage.

    • @MrTraherne
      @MrTraherne Год назад +66

      To me the main issue is it just looked cheap and outdated. Like somehting you'd see on a budget computer game circa 2005.

  • @atomato5378
    @atomato5378 Год назад +376

    Imagine starting an olive business near-enough to spain, a massive, MASSIVE consumer of olives, and then you go on national television and acuse all Spaniards of being scoundrels. What a proper knober. Poor Clarkson

    • @Nocturnalux
      @Nocturnalux Год назад

      I’m Portuguese, my country is one of the biggest olive and olive related products in the world and was baffled at this lady’s awfulness.
      I’d rather go without olive oil- and virtually all Portuguese cuisine uses a lot of it- than buy ANYTHING from her.

    • @Lincolntowncoupe
      @Lincolntowncoupe Год назад +19

      The best thing that probably ever happened to him was her leaving him. Which is what really happened.

    • @dontbedummy8101
      @dontbedummy8101 Год назад +1

      She is not even hot. Why would he go after her...

    • @mark5071
      @mark5071 Год назад

      @@dontbedummy8101 Do you think Clarkson is hot?

    • @belykwater5601
      @belykwater5601 11 месяцев назад +17

      @@dontbedummy8101 She's hotter than he is

  • @harrydavey9884
    @harrydavey9884 Год назад +554

    The perfume idea is genius tbh. To sell a scent that can be attached to a huge name like Cleopatra with zero cost for the rights is huge, if I were this guy, I'd have pitched the idea to the big perfume brands, because they've got the marketing to make it desirable.

    • @Keiji555
      @Keiji555 Год назад +115

      Or, pitch it to museums and historians, cause if he's reverse engineered the perfumes of historical events and people, that is something that needs to be considered extremely intelligent, and genius.

    • @CyberBeep_kenshi
      @CyberBeep_kenshi Год назад +51

      I found it actually quite interesting. To bad the company didn't survive

    • @kevindunlap5525
      @kevindunlap5525 Год назад

      Genius failure, actually. Anyone can make up any story they want about Cleopatra and claim that they reverse engineered it. It's nonsense. Proven in the real world.

    • @monkeyhouse1672
      @monkeyhouse1672 Год назад +42

      Operating in the industry, I can tell you that there are well established brands like 'Histoire de Parfums' who reside in the niche perfumery vertical. They produce products that are based on historical events, characters and so on. You also have other brands like Zoologist who produce fragrances based on the habitats of animals (!) - and to someone like myself who enjoys the transportative of perfume - these kinds of fragrances last longer, have more character and development in their DNA than the generic 'teen Axe body spray' vibes of Dior, Bulgari and so on.

    • @Keiji555
      @Keiji555 Год назад +16

      @@monkeyhouse1672 I may not like perfume (Strong fragrances seem to give me trouble breathing) but the history behind such perfumes. I'm a huge history buff. (So is my family. Sometimes our movie nights are history documentaries.

  • @seancharlie8476
    @seancharlie8476 Год назад +1066

    If I was given a pound for everytime Theo mentioned his children's inheritance I'd be a millionaire

    • @cornellkirk8946
      @cornellkirk8946 Год назад +62

      You’d have £37 by the time he left the show

    • @ouroborostechnologies696
      @ouroborostechnologies696 Год назад +11

      How original.

    • @seancharlie8476
      @seancharlie8476 Год назад +41

      @@ouroborostechnologies696 grow up 🙄

    • @janlassen6101
      @janlassen6101 Год назад +29

      If I was given a Pound/Dollar for every time someone said = '' If I was given a Pound Dollar for every time...''
      Then i would be able to buy a Tesla with Cash.

    • @Mr.Chicken
      @Mr.Chicken Год назад +6

      @@janlassen6101 only a Tesla?

  • @spydurrs8689
    @spydurrs8689 Год назад +197

    The olive lady downed a bottle and smoked a joint before getting off that elevator 😂

    • @xCupressocyparis
      @xCupressocyparis Год назад +18

      Nah, if she had smoked a decent joint I don't think she could have been that unpleasant and standoffish afterwards. Speaking from personal experience 😅
      Booze or coke maybe?

    • @curtissea5340
      @curtissea5340 10 месяцев назад

      😂

    • @sallyjones4557
      @sallyjones4557 4 месяца назад +7

      i think its jeremey clarkeson ex wife

    • @ivygoode586
      @ivygoode586 4 месяца назад +4

      Jeremy Clarkson was married to her for 6 months and she's spent the rest of her life hounding him for money and affection

  • @noamjen
    @noamjen Год назад +161

    Me watching The Big O lady walking up the stairs: Ah, a classic.....

  • @hossywoof
    @hossywoof Год назад +404

    Olive lady was hilarious.....the sort of person that goes to the airport and says at the desk 'do you know who I am?' and the front desk person asks her colleague 'this person has forgotten her name....lets help her'.

    • @lachmack8967
      @lachmack8967 Год назад +42

      it was Jeremy Clarksons ex-wife!

    • @fourlamb1
      @fourlamb1 Год назад +15

      @@lachmack8967
      Was it really?

    • @JanahanBalasingham
      @JanahanBalasingham Год назад +16

      @@fourlamb1 yes

    • @gc7820
      @gc7820 Год назад

      Jesus, if he didn’t want to put the cash into it or brand it himself then he must’ve had real faith in her ability or was him not fronting the cash up part of the reason to split or was it just her sparkling personality? 😂

    • @JanahanBalasingham
      @JanahanBalasingham Год назад +10

      @@gc7820 They split long before this happened. She left him after 6 months of marriage for his best friend. Then she claimed she was having an affair with him for many years while he was remarried. Anyway, this show happened post divorce.

  • @nudemares8288
    @nudemares8288 Год назад +97

    You know it's a bad idea when Theo starts saying "You're not going to take my children's inheritance"

  • @georgewindsor2667
    @georgewindsor2667 Год назад +77

    "i was using baby wipes on my sons bits and pieces 25 years ago" lol thanks for the shoutout mom, not embarrassing at all lol

  • @twizzian
    @twizzian Год назад +155

    The arrogant Olive selling hair flicker is always worth a second watch 😂

    • @xCupressocyparis
      @xCupressocyparis Год назад +12

      Yeah, it's always entertaining to watch an unpleasant pitcher go down in flames. Apart from the woman's obvious offensiveness, that hair-flicking tic is so off-putting!

    • @Hugomad2
      @Hugomad2 8 месяцев назад +3

      She is Jeremy clarkson ex-wife

    • @johnhewett9483
      @johnhewett9483 4 месяца назад

      only trouble is everytime i watch her i get more and more infuriated.

    • @turbowank16v
      @turbowank16v 3 месяца назад

      ​@Hugomad2 buy she said her name is alex hall.

  • @tweisbek2
    @tweisbek2 5 месяцев назад +34

    I love Deborah for how even though she was extremely frustrated at the perfumist, she took care to say that she still thought he was competent in his subject and an honest man. She can be quite tough but never in a way like she's trying to cause a whole scene or needlessly hurt someone

  • @tangatawhenua1477
    @tangatawhenua1477 Год назад +182

    It's so funny that the cartoon filter stayed apart of the pitch 🤣 catching his expressions in the background made my viewing experience so much better 😆. The only thing that could've topped that off is if they walked out, forgot it was on and the cartoon started having a tantrum and started cussing the dragons out 😂😂😂

    • @_ATW_
      @_ATW_ Год назад +16

      LMAOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO oh man that would have been absolutely HILARIOUS!!! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

    • @zxylo786
      @zxylo786 Год назад +2

      Lmfao that would've been hilarious

    • @MountainAbyss
      @MountainAbyss 10 месяцев назад

      😂😂😂

    • @curtissea5340
      @curtissea5340 10 месяцев назад

      😂

    • @themug406
      @themug406 10 месяцев назад +2

      A part not apart

  • @youremumgay710
    @youremumgay710 Год назад +143

    Old episodes of dragons den will always be a delight to watch

    • @mackenzietoscan3602
      @mackenzietoscan3602 8 месяцев назад +1

      It went downhill when their the elevator

    • @Duval-In-The-Wall
      @Duval-In-The-Wall 6 месяцев назад +4

      Because of Duncan, Theo, James, Richard, them lads were the OGs

    • @joesmith831
      @joesmith831 6 месяцев назад +8

      @@Duval-In-The-Wall yeh best line up was Duncan, Theo, Peter and Deborah with either Richard or James

    • @Duval-In-The-Wall
      @Duval-In-The-Wall 6 месяцев назад

      @@joesmith831
      Easily

    • @adamcarlin8241
      @adamcarlin8241 5 месяцев назад

      @@joesmith831agreed

  • @segsb7085
    @segsb7085 Год назад +199

    James Caan actually gave the virtual puppet guy a good idea...he should have given up trying to make more and instead used the one he already had for children's parties. Start up a business where he entertains kids with his virtual puppet. That would have been a really fun and unique experience for children back then. And he would have made the money he already put in back and then some.

    • @MuslimChocolatier
      @MuslimChocolatier Год назад +5

      Exactly!

    • @anyexpat
      @anyexpat Год назад +13

      There are many applications for it, but the thing is they should have known them

    • @KayJblue
      @KayJblue Год назад

      Exactly what I thought.

    • @SaraMKay
      @SaraMKay 2 месяца назад

      That idea died in the 90s with Gacy, I‘m afraid

  • @darklordojeda
    @darklordojeda Год назад +65

    It felt like the goblin was in court fighting for his very existence. Unfortunately for him, I believe, he only exists in the remnants of these Dragon's Den episodes. So long, Shrack!

  • @pimpozza
    @pimpozza Год назад +186

    Sadly, Scents of Time folded 5 years later.
    _"The company suspended its internet sales in January 2012 and closed down at the end of April 2012, after donating all remaining stock to charitable organizations. It cited a weak worldwide economy and marketing competition from celebrity-endorsed fragrances._

    • @jarednil69
      @jarednil69 Год назад +41

      Well you can say the scent is from the "Titanic or Cleopatra", but how can the customer know that for sure? Or care?

    • @pimpozza
      @pimpozza Год назад +5

      @@jarednil69 My thoughts exactly, Jared

    • @team3383
      @team3383 Год назад

      @@jarednil69 Because I SAY SO ..... didn't you LISTEN you young BRAT.

    • @Technicallyimright
      @Technicallyimright Год назад +1

      It’s like wanting a backstory for your toothpaste….stfu and let me brush my teeth.

    • @TheWatchernator
      @TheWatchernator Год назад +8

      @@jarednil69 it's just something to stand out against the rest - but they should then really stand out by smelling differently or using different base than alcohol or water.
      Then you'd find a niche.

  • @WinstonBuford
    @WinstonBuford Год назад +177

    Big O woman turned up like she didnt want to be there, im sure no-one forced her, yet turns up in a stinker like the dragons are inconveniencing her, crazy

    • @oliprj8676
      @oliprj8676 Год назад +37

      Yes. You can see why her and Jeremy Clarkson were once attracted to each other

    • @WinstonBuford
      @WinstonBuford Год назад +2

      @@oliprj8676 oh wow, i thought she looked familiar! cheers 4 the headsup

  • @andraspongracz5996
    @andraspongracz5996 Год назад +37

    27:00 the silence after that creepy joke was so cold and rigid you could lean your bike against it.

  • @jinart123
    @jinart123 Год назад +274

    That puppet suit could have been a useful way of getting motion capture in areas outside the studios. Almost two decade's later we have gear like the Rokoko Smartsuit Pro II that lets you perform full body capture with no external sensor for $2700 right now. They sold the idea poorly and it was too expensive outside AA or AAA studios of the time.

    • @davidgraham8058
      @davidgraham8058 Год назад +22

      They generally don't like investing in tech where there is no patent for the technology because the big players would have done it already. In any case, there must be developing in tech now that seems so far ahead of its time.

    • @WobblesandBean
      @WobblesandBean Год назад +43

      I was a producer in the games industry for 13 years. Video game companies, one of the largest markets for mocap, wouldn't want this. It doesn't have enough sensors for smooth, full facial movement (only the bare minimum for mobility and rudimentary lip sync), plus you can get a very good quality mocap suit that'll get you state of the art articulation for half of what they're asking.
      Furthermore, they have to provide the virtual puppet, not you. No development studio would ever buy this system.

    • @foryourlugsonly
      @foryourlugsonly Год назад +3

      @@WobblesandBean yeah this was pre suits bruh.

    • @RENZEENO
      @RENZEENO Год назад +13

      @@WobblesandBean this was aired 07 but even then they had nocap suits so they would always go with that option

    • @lucianodenobrega5319
      @lucianodenobrega5319 Год назад +3

      The virtual puppets is ahead of its own time but its more work to put in there to make any invrstor viable.

  • @aidanlynn
    @aidanlynn Год назад +82

    Wish the Kitchen Nightmares admin ran the Dragons Den channel.

  • @peepeepoopoopeepeepoopoopeepoo
    @peepeepoopoopeepeepoopoopeepoo Год назад +105

    They don’t call him Theo the fetus for nothing. Always talking about his kids

  • @maniraptavia4008
    @maniraptavia4008 Год назад +56

    12 children! They certainly DO have Busy Bits!

  • @noamjen
    @noamjen Год назад +86

    the Fellas dude should've also came up with a machine to sell them for 50p at night clubs

    • @canadajointops
      @canadajointops Год назад +11

      Much better idea

    • @canadajointops
      @canadajointops Год назад +7

      This guy threw himself into the fire, but he's also his own worst enemy.

    • @psims7342
      @psims7342 Год назад

      @@canadajointops cos of the sweaty plums?

    • @petertownley7296
      @petertownley7296 Год назад +2

      n...t wipes for men lol horrific idea

    • @HankHill1
      @HankHill1 Год назад +17

      @@petertownley7296 Tell that to Dude Wipes.. Huge company.. lol. and got funding in Shark Tank I believe

  • @davidgraham8058
    @davidgraham8058 Год назад +79

    I laughed when Deborah screamed 'oh, just give me one!' 😂

  • @timothyriehm5967
    @timothyriehm5967 Год назад +256

    In my opinion the perfume guy actual made a good presentation. Pretty clear, direct and to the point. And all of the dragons had there nose in the air from the beginning. Believe he was treated a bit harshly and was scoffed at. I liked the idea and would be interested to see what they fragrances were like. Very cool.

    • @jaredburgess8381
      @jaredburgess8381 Год назад +23

      In the end he secured two dragons and his investment which was good. Some of these people who think more scientifically it mathematically can struggle a little more with communicating - definitely not all, that's not a reflection of all science/maths boffins - but he got there in the end. I agree they he was onto something. I think it's fascinating to imagine the fragrance that Cleopatra wore or other historically significant fragrances. Hope he made it work.

    • @idkjames
      @idkjames Год назад +4

      I agree. Also side note. Dealt with Spanish suppliers before too and never had a good. Not saying all are that way but just my experience. Vietnam was way better

    • @luciusoglesby2469
      @luciusoglesby2469 11 месяцев назад +1

      I think it worked out well because he wasn’t thinking big enough and the dragons weren’t quite listening actively to the dude cause he wasn’t charismatic lol

    • @themug406
      @themug406 9 месяцев назад +1

      their*

    • @timothyriehm5967
      @timothyriehm5967 9 месяцев назад

      @themug406 no I think ill levae it just like that. What are you an English teacher. This is the enternet dude not the classroom.

  • @alonelywitch4042
    @alonelywitch4042 Год назад +38

    Dude should try to get his “revived perfumes” in Ren fairs, cons, and such.

    • @chiqers
      @chiqers Год назад

      sadly his company went defunct in 2012

  • @aldoushuxley5953
    @aldoushuxley5953 Год назад +62

    Scents of time was a really cool idea.
    I would have bought it

  • @anyexpat
    @anyexpat Год назад +31

    The Big O should be called Angry Olives

    • @ironchef8000
      @ironchef8000 5 месяцев назад

      Certainly not Spanish Olives 😂

  • @OliverDobbs
    @OliverDobbs Год назад +29

    “Goblin mode” is Oxford’s phrase of the year. I see why.

    • @scottwild40
      @scottwild40 Год назад

      Great pick up there man I see you

  • @chrisgitaka2553
    @chrisgitaka2553 Год назад +226

    I swear the next time theo says "my children's inheritance" i will personally make sure they get it sooner than he thinks!!!!😠

    • @seancharlie8476
      @seancharlie8476 Год назад +6

      Please do 😏

    • @hithisthers7214
      @hithisthers7214 Год назад +3

      LOL

    • @ukseverestormchaser
      @ukseverestormchaser Год назад +16

      There should be some kind of warning similar that that of swearing where you can skip watching any video that contains Theo saying the words "my children's inheritance"

    • @sallysinger1058
      @sallysinger1058 Год назад +4

      Hahaha I know what a smug horror he is

    • @romancatholicword528
      @romancatholicword528 Год назад +1

      I’ll have his kids inheritance because I could do with a few million !

  • @ShaunFitz100
    @ShaunFitz100 Год назад +66

    That Big O lady needs Rory out hunting for olives for her.

    • @tomtalks23
      @tomtalks23 Год назад +15

      Olives, the seaweed of Spain.

    • @baders087
      @baders087 Год назад +16

      You know you’ve watched too many of these when you understood these references

  • @amandadonaldson8748
    @amandadonaldson8748 Год назад +107

    I think the virtual character is a fun idea. But like many things that get proposed on this show, there is a difference between a fun small business idea, and what the Dragons think is worth investing thousands of pounds in.

    • @GwyndolinOwO
      @GwyndolinOwO Год назад +4

      very true. and the technology at the time was just too expensive. Online now lots of people use virtual characters for pretty much anything but its also because its pretty cheap to do. You can get a webcam and pay an artist anywhere from 30 up to a few hundred for some nice art (depending on the quality you want and movement).
      plus VR totally replaced whatever get-up the guy he had on too. I wonder what the guy thinks of things like VR chat- where anyone at all can buy a decent headset for under a grand and have a model made of pretty much anything. Most VR headsets come with arm movement now too

    • @Nocturnalux
      @Nocturnalux Год назад +6

      He should have gone to Japan.
      Vocaloid is absolutely huge, even back then. If he could license the technology to Vocaloid alone, he’d be rich.

    • @GwyndolinOwO
      @GwyndolinOwO Год назад +2

      @@Nocturnalux the problem with that is that vocaloid might have been big enough to do something like that without his help. so, yes they COULD have possibly paid him a lot. But i'm still skeptical that they would have.
      I also have zero idea how the rigging works or if they own other models, but there's also the possibility that his equipment doesn't have a full body version, maybe it would have worked but at least most Vocaloid things i've seen have MIku's full body in it. what's the use in buying equipment that you'll have to spend a good chunk of money altering and changing if you can just use what already works.
      the dude just suffered from a good idea done badly, i don't think there was a lot that could save it, not even Miku.

    • @tfwansh
      @tfwansh 11 месяцев назад +1

      ​@@GwyndolinOwOdon't even need an vr at this point, you can do this with your smartphone face cam with ai now.

    • @nahumbolt86
      @nahumbolt86 7 месяцев назад +1

      They shouldn't have sold it at 20 thousand pounds. They should have sold it at cost and then made their money through developing different characters. Or renting out some redeveloped characters.

  • @jpeters1734
    @jpeters1734 Год назад +43

    Ouch that puppet response was brutal

    • @xCupressocyparis
      @xCupressocyparis Год назад +7

      I felt a bit sorry for the guy; I hope he's doing ok for himself even if he is still selling puppets on the streets. But I have to agree with the Dragons that the motion-capture product was just a mildly amusing novelty with little business potential.

    • @draculastraphouse7863
      @draculastraphouse7863 Год назад +4

      When Duncan told him to keep selling puppets in the street, that was the most brutal part in my opinion, but the idea was pretty bad so someone had to say it

  • @reneecarter6702
    @reneecarter6702 Год назад +16

    I love the gent with the perfumery. It’s a niche market, but I’m totally into collecting vintage or antique perfumes and colognes.

  • @mitchellbrown9378
    @mitchellbrown9378 Год назад +141

    The Big O lady’s pitch makes my blood boil every time I watch it hahaha

    • @rickysmyth
      @rickysmyth Год назад +6

      Whys that? She is divorced from Jeremy Clarkson so yes she must have been no saint but thats her private life

    • @AynOtori
      @AynOtori Год назад +17

      @@rickysmyth i can see why he divorced her.

    • @DovahFett
      @DovahFett Год назад +10

      @@AynOtori He divorced her because she left him for one of his friends six months into the marriage.

    • @BenjaminGoose
      @BenjaminGoose Год назад +44

      @@rickysmyth "that's her personal life" you say after disclosing her personal life to us.

    • @CyberBeep_kenshi
      @CyberBeep_kenshi Год назад +5

      The O-ring woman, just the worst.

  • @TheClapton2
    @TheClapton2 Год назад +19

    I thought this perfume idea was absolutely brilliant! And i do think he made a C+ performance, so fairly good actually.

  • @aaronhurst4379
    @aaronhurst4379 Год назад +19

    That first one is just comedy gold haha

  • @thegodcalzs
    @thegodcalzs Год назад +35

    I guess to a guy who sells puppets for a living, he probably thinks “who WOULDNT want a puppet!”

    • @grandexporter
      @grandexporter Год назад +1

      Wef in davos would def buy puppets and the puppet master

    • @thegodcalzs
      @thegodcalzs Год назад

      @@grandexporter 100%

    • @Deadrum
      @Deadrum 2 месяца назад

      @@grandexporterconsider it a two-for-one deal 😂

  • @johnennis4586
    @johnennis4586 8 месяцев назад +8

    I would like to see the year each clip was released. Gives it more perspective.

  • @Jex2112
    @Jex2112 Год назад +46

    That lady with the Olives seem to have all the things the Dragons look for, a unique product with patents in place, but she completely turned them off with her attitude and not answering direct questions.

    • @Deadrum
      @Deadrum 2 месяца назад +1

      Ik lol talk about self-sabotage 😂

  • @CashColorCannabis
    @CashColorCannabis 10 месяцев назад +12

    Wet wipes dude was gonna cry 😂

  • @RichardPonsford-kv2uy
    @RichardPonsford-kv2uy Месяц назад +2

    Way to go olive lady! Tarnishing a whole nation, based on your experiences. Nailed it!

  • @jakecooper5855
    @jakecooper5855 Год назад +234

    Whilst that virtual puppet idea would have become redundant within a few years of this pitch due to AI being able to do the same thing, I'm sure the novelty could have made a little money. But they needed a hiring model rather than a sales model. I think many businesses would have been open to spending 1500 for a one day hire. They would need to have a decent number of characters programmed that gives the businesses options to choose from. Most businesses don't have a character mascot of their own and wouldn't need a custom made one.

    • @OBalagee
      @OBalagee Год назад +18

      I think that was their point too. They wanted to charge 20.000 + 8.000 for it to get some profit. Dragons said, that is just not fisable.

    • @ifwecouldvote
      @ifwecouldvote Год назад

      very good point

    • @NoddyTT
      @NoddyTT Год назад

      T

    • @stephenhosking7384
      @stephenhosking7384 Год назад +4

      Great observation - they just needed a hiring business model, rather than buying, to be plausible.

    • @danquaylesitsspeltpotatoe8307
      @danquaylesitsspeltpotatoe8307 Год назад +1

      While working for the company then the contract means they own it all, but not copyright so can be copied by anyone (from orig) but he cant do it due to contract.

  • @TheManInBlueFlames
    @TheManInBlueFlames Год назад +31

    That perfume idea was GENIUS.

    • @chrisb3189
      @chrisb3189 Год назад

      How? Getting patents on the fragrances?

    • @WobblesandBean
      @WobblesandBean Год назад +9

      I genuinely want a bespoke perfume!
      Edit: Aaaaaand they went defunct in 2012. Damn.

    • @harrydavey9884
      @harrydavey9884 Год назад +5

      I too think it was genius, the problem was it would've taken a HUGE marketing push from an established brand. He should've patented 10 major fragrances, then taken them to the big brands for them to sell.

    • @drsnova7313
      @drsnova7313 Год назад +2

      @@WobblesandBean Went on the archived website. Really bizarre: For those who want to know how their fragrances smell, they give a list of other commercially available products to try.
      Imagine Some new fast food joint going "Our new burger sort of tastes like a Whopper, so if you happen to be near a Burger King, try that one".

  • @GeoGuy388
    @GeoGuy388 Год назад +37

    The way Duncan mocked Deborah in the most petty way at 51:03 had me in stitches. 🤣🤣

  • @Ch39470
    @Ch39470 11 месяцев назад +14

    I love love love the perfume idea. It seems like he unfortunately entered the den too early but I hope he was able to get it off the ground because I’d love to buy a bottle!!

    • @ianc8999
      @ianc8999 9 месяцев назад +1

      Business failed 5 years later, and never made a significant amount of money sadly.

  • @Vespa_92
    @Vespa_92 10 месяцев назад +8

    The Big O lady was married to Jeremy Clarkson. All businesses she set up have all been dissolved

  • @Drenwickification
    @Drenwickification Год назад +31

    That woman who slagged off the Spanish has to be the most horrible person I’ve ever seen on the Den 😂

    • @Hugomad2
      @Hugomad2 8 месяцев назад +5

      She is Jeremy clarkson ex-wife

    • @adrianconnew5309
      @adrianconnew5309 6 месяцев назад

      Really the Spanish aren't much

    • @Drenwickification
      @Drenwickification 6 месяцев назад +3

      @@Hugomad2 I thought you were kidding but she actually is haha what

    • @Deadrum
      @Deadrum 2 месяца назад

      @@Hugomad2what a horrible fun- fact lmao

    • @oommcc
      @oommcc Месяц назад +1

      @@adrianconnew5309 Xenophobia can be cured reading and travelling. Good luck little boy!

  • @KeenyKeenz
    @KeenyKeenz Год назад +19

    The Fellas guy had no idea how to pitch that. I felt bad for him. It's not a bad idea and is a legit market segment.

  • @mollym4005
    @mollym4005 Год назад +14

    Instead of selling the puppet product, they should rent it. Just use the one they have and either do events themselves and/or rent it out for events. And have more characters for free. That way, they don't have to spend 10k everytime they make it.

  • @sizablekoala6879
    @sizablekoala6879 Год назад +18

    That first one reminded me of that one episode of Black Mirror.

    • @jamesfleet3377
      @jamesfleet3377 Год назад +1

      Came here for this comment. I agree!

    • @WobblesandBean
      @WobblesandBean Год назад +1

      Lol yup. "Waldo". That's the EXACT contraption that guy used in the episode 🤣

  • @SparrowHawk2009
    @SparrowHawk2009 Год назад +17

    Richard Farleigh could have played James Bond.

  • @Tkokat
    @Tkokat Год назад +19

    The Big O lady is in every compilation

    • @bettyshabazz4092
      @bettyshabazz4092 Год назад +4

      Cause she's so awkward😂

    • @Hugomad2
      @Hugomad2 8 месяцев назад +1

      She is Jeremy clarkson ex-wife

  • @MysticalGesture
    @MysticalGesture Год назад +11

    The most important part of a pitch is know your numbers ( sales , customer count and average sales)

  • @ceeleegee825
    @ceeleegee825 Год назад +39

    The "Fellas" guy should have honed in on the fact that the wipes are individually wrapped....so when a guy goes out, he takes a couple of condoms, and a couple of "Fellas". He's then totally ready!

    • @drsnova7313
      @drsnova7313 Год назад +2

      Yeah, I felt this was the key use case for them, but he was dancing around this, too shy to say "They are for having a reasonably clean dick before a drunken one-night-stand" when one of the dragon said he doesn't know what they're for.

    • @ceeleegee825
      @ceeleegee825 Год назад +6

      @@drsnova7313 Yep. Been a couple of times when Fellas would have been appreciated lol

    • @reggers138
      @reggers138 Год назад +16

      Exactly this! I feel like it was a good concept, but he pitched it wrong. He pushed the appeal of individual wipes to people who don't need individual wipes like truck drivers who can benefit from a pack (which he should also want to sell). Individual wipes to fit in your wallet for those unexpected encounters (or mishaps) would be a great selling point, and giving them a more appealing scent than a baby wipe is where you have the edge in the market.

  • @strenter
    @strenter Год назад +20

    Fellas did not leave with nothing.
    He left with some wisdom. 😁

    • @MIS315
      @MIS315 Год назад +8

      I doubt he absorbed their advice

    • @AH-te5gs
      @AH-te5gs Год назад +8

      @@MIS315 Company folded in 2015.

    • @MetaDataAutomation
      @MetaDataAutomation 9 месяцев назад

      @@AH-te5gs Did it though? I did a google and it said they turned over $25 million this year, I thought that sounded off the mark though

  • @starb0rn
    @starb0rn Год назад +7

    Duncan said Bizzy Bitz was just bits of plastic, well the same could be said about Lego and they're hugely successful -_-

  • @Dinapus_Olsen
    @Dinapus_Olsen Год назад

    Thank you, Dag!
    Greetings from spanish-norwegian in Norway :)

  • @toastyod8233
    @toastyod8233 Год назад +24

    Man I feel awful for the guy that sold his house.

    • @KerloTech
      @KerloTech Год назад

      It's a shame really, I looked up on Amazon and Manscaped is selling individually wrapped ball wipes.

  • @stenbak88
    @stenbak88 11 месяцев назад +22

    The fellas wipes were explained terribly. It’s a perfect product to have one or two in your pocket bc you can’t take around the pack of baby wipes in a suit

    • @TehLiveRs
      @TehLiveRs 6 месяцев назад +1

      This made me instantly think of dude wipes.
      Same thing but they're for the U.S market, importable too

    • @Magido89
      @Magido89 5 месяцев назад

      He should have presented an idea of additional products under this brand. Male cosmetic products are huge now

  • @MatecaCorp
    @MatecaCorp 9 месяцев назад +5

    The “Bizzy Bits” thing is a neat idea, but for any construction toy to be successful it has to either be compatible with LEGO or have a massive collection of unique parts. The reason LEGO and LEGO compatible products sell so well is because they have that universal system, and startups with their own unique idea just can’t compete with that variety.

  • @shaytheswift_4327
    @shaytheswift_4327 11 месяцев назад +40

    The price point of virtual puppet was a little crazy, but with the way V-tubing has picked up traction recently, I can't help but feel like it may have been a missed opportunity.

    • @pupplemupple
      @pupplemupple 10 месяцев назад

      they would have killed for it

    • @ericforsyth
      @ericforsyth 10 месяцев назад +15

      This pitch was made when RUclips was just entering the mainstream and its most-viewed video was The Evolution of Dance (two years before Charlie Bit My Finger overtook it). Livestreaming was a few years from even beginning to bubble, and V-tubers were almost a decade away. There's no way anyone could have broadcast that puppet thing live. Also not sure they'd want to be strapped up to that thing whilst streaming for hours everyday.

    • @pupplemupple
      @pupplemupple 10 месяцев назад

      was this aired in 2007? @@ericforsyth

    • @TheDirtysouthfan
      @TheDirtysouthfan 9 месяцев назад +9

      They didn't seem to have an issue with the concept, the problem was that the proposal had the concept but no business plan. Seriously, no market research, no detailed plan for who's going to buy it, no concept of how to run a business, just straight up "here's this gimmick, it might make money". He should've spent more time on his own, marketing it to people, trying to devise use cases, got some sales and use cases before going onto the den.

    • @final_animal
      @final_animal 6 месяцев назад

      How many V Tubers can afford 28k on a puppet? The dragons said they liked it but the market was too small and the price was too high (and, indeed, this technology only became popular among streamers once it became available to everyone for free, which again would have killed this business)

  • @chilled99
    @chilled99 Год назад +8

    The green character talking along all through the pitch was funny

  • @farhanhasan2926
    @farhanhasan2926 10 месяцев назад +4

    I am cracking up that they made the guy go behind the screen 😂😂😂

  • @fizzlingggg
    @fizzlingggg 4 месяца назад +2

    i actually liked the scents of time pitch!! i’d love to try them out, they seem lovely & so does david

  • @CyberBeep_kenshi
    @CyberBeep_kenshi Год назад +15

    We needed a flow light to guide us through this mess

  • @toffeelatte6042
    @toffeelatte6042 Год назад +11

    Theo & Peter went on that perfume journey for fun to be honest, they knew it was doomed.

  • @glyberajones4031
    @glyberajones4031 Год назад +9

    I felt sorry for the fellas bloke, seemed like a nice guy

  • @martinb8013
    @martinb8013 Год назад +7

    I was today years old when I learned that the olive lady is Jeremy Clarkson’s ex-wife. The casual racism makes a bit more sense now.

  • @AnythingGasoline
    @AnythingGasoline Год назад +20

    Peter is a giant! @25:00 how he just towers over the other two guys lol

    • @JenniMeer
      @JenniMeer 4 месяца назад

      Peter is 6’ 7”!! 😱

  • @Riot_Bird
    @Riot_Bird 10 месяцев назад +5

    Honestly I could see the perfume one being really popular among history buffs.. I kind of what to see if I could get one 😅

  • @llddau
    @llddau Год назад +3

    ahaha when he wants to buy perfume he goes in to the chemist! Yeah totally believe that. Ok I guess he was being hypothetical, (trying to remember how normal people live?), but funny to hear him say that.

  • @Goodbrew84
    @Goodbrew84 2 месяца назад +1

    I like how the dragons couldn't comprehend the possibility of a person wanting an individually wrapped wipe. Like, that was so crazy they couldn't get off it when he tried giving them examples, and just ignored his examples.

  • @AdrianTechWizard
    @AdrianTechWizard Год назад +38

    The puppet guy could have brought vTubers 10 years forward...
    If he got the cost down he might have had a market monopoly!!

    • @atomato5378
      @atomato5378 Год назад +13

      What he made was a pretty rudimentary version of much much more advanced products that would start to come out very quickly. Mo Caps been around longer than we often think. More of a parlor trick than anything else

    • @CruelestChris
      @CruelestChris Год назад

      @@atomato5378
      Well, no, it was basically a reverse exoskeleton, I don't think anyone's really got any mileage out of that one.

  • @ShadowfinderMusic
    @ShadowfinderMusic 9 месяцев назад +10

    Virtual puppets came 15 years before metaverse. Wow.

    • @shaynalange7488
      @shaynalange7488 9 месяцев назад

      And those iphone avatars

    • @final_animal
      @final_animal 6 месяцев назад +1

      Yes, but they only became popular when they were free for everyone to use, not when they cost 28k.

  • @skunkrat01
    @skunkrat01 Год назад +24

    Theo always goes to "my children's inheritance".

    • @88trapordie
      @88trapordie Год назад +4

      That’s why he’s theo thef fetus

  • @gamewithadam7235
    @gamewithadam7235 Год назад +11

    God Bless Hilary. She seemed like a very nice woman.

    • @WobblesandBean
      @WobblesandBean Год назад +6

      She was a sweetheart! I miss her so much 😢

  • @comawhite3357
    @comawhite3357 Год назад +15

    Fun Fact - The BIG O Lady is Jeremy Clarkson from Top Gears ex wife

  • @dachronicalalittlebitofeve6630
    @dachronicalalittlebitofeve6630 Год назад +10

    Once they have to take a deep breath and try to remember a pitch Duncan’s face is always the same, he smirks and then blows out his cheeks 😂 he may aswell not be here 😂

    • @ryleighs9575
      @ryleighs9575 Год назад +1

      To be fair he also was the one to directly confront the olive woman about her racism lol. I feel like you're very much reducing the entirety of his contribution to a few moments.

  • @Uvray
    @Uvray Год назад +8

    Duncan: "When I buy a perfume for my lady I buy one I like."
    Not one his lady likes then?

    • @davidmellish3295
      @davidmellish3295 Месяц назад

      I guess he'll find out if she likes them after he's bought it,then he'll know for next time

  • @cosy1914
    @cosy1914 Год назад +35

    The puppets could have been used in Westminster to make a better impression than the real chaps.

  • @kmlumd44
    @kmlumd44 Год назад +13

    I only watch this for the dumb entrepreneurs, the poor products, the demoralizing roasts from the dragons, and the sadness of the exits

    • @christineoleary3862
      @christineoleary3862 10 месяцев назад +1

      Additional fun in identifying potential serial killers. You know who you are.

  • @gcoyne8078
    @gcoyne8078 8 месяцев назад +15

    The Fellas wipes guy Colin was years too early but spot on. Dude Wipes are wipes marketed for men and were recently valued at over $300 million

  • @theunemployedtrucker
    @theunemployedtrucker 11 месяцев назад +2

    The bizzy bits couple have been doing way too much acid 😂😂😂

  • @oliverwithers9736
    @oliverwithers9736 11 месяцев назад +6

    Puppet one was crazy to see how far tech has come, a few years ago I did a media psa using a VR headset that I paid £400 for and it was about 100x better than that rig.

  • @royfr8136
    @royfr8136 Год назад +6

    'Busy Bits' I saw a video in the 90s called that. It wasn't about fake lego.

  • @at0micsheep
    @at0micsheep Год назад +29

    So you buy the puppet for £20k to use at a party or reception, but then you'd need to employ someone to operate it surely?
    The same person you employ could have simply been an actual receptionist or child's entertainer and thus making the puppet redundant no?

    • @zy510
      @zy510 Год назад +3

      In my opinion, it wouldn't be redundant. For kids the novelty is speaking to and interacting with a cartoon. At the time when this was filmed we had children's party entertainers but this cartoon technology was unheard of and kids would've loved it. In fact, I think even today it would be quite profitable, but even more so back then.

    • @harrydavey9884
      @harrydavey9884 Год назад +4

      I'm certain the right market would've been zoos and museums for children's educational tours.

  • @Nocturnalux
    @Nocturnalux Год назад +9

    The Puppet thing would sell in Japan. Tweak it some, and even with the bulky suit, if they could get it licensed to anime specific events and even better, to Vocaloid-like types, it’d be a huge hit.
    These days I’m sure it can be done without the suit but if they had taken it to Japan at the time, I can see it becoming huge.

    • @paulfranklin8636
      @paulfranklin8636 Год назад

      Goi look elswhere on RUclips - search for Shinjuku 3D advertising board.....that puppet thing is pathetic

    • @Nocturnalux
      @Nocturnalux Год назад

      @@paulfranklin8636 Again, this was a long time ago. It wouldn’t sell now but back then? It might very well have.

    • @jackievalencia9332
      @jackievalencia9332 Год назад

      I was also thinking to market that one to theaters and film schools and stuff. Like the genie from Aladdin. The performer was great, but it was weird just being a normal guy caked in blue makeup. Or the Wizard of Oz, he was clearly animated, voiced, and made to work on stage by all different people. No chemistry at all. I think he was the director's first CGI pancake.

  • @TyroClint
    @TyroClint 10 месяцев назад +4

    On the virtual puppet bit, I’m surprised they never mentioned anything about the video game companies

  • @thefluffyoctopus5543
    @thefluffyoctopus5543 21 день назад +1

    They were definitely making fun of the VR guy telling him to be the gremlin lolol

  • @ellessandraramsay1841
    @ellessandraramsay1841 Год назад +12

    David used all the money he made selling puppets to build that exo skeleton.

  • @kurtcobane1762
    @kurtcobane1762 Год назад +20

    Im pretty sure that virtual assistant thing was a thing in a Black mirror episode :')

  • @rickysmyth
    @rickysmyth Год назад +8

    All of these are out of business. I don't know if Peter knew to pull out of that perfume one

  • @lloydbyrne3440
    @lloydbyrne3440 Год назад +7

    On the second one I thought it was the butler off the old tomb raider game coming up the stairs

  • @myeyesarespiders
    @myeyesarespiders 8 месяцев назад +3

    Theo the Fetus is always thinking of his children's inheritance

  • @colinthewood2348
    @colinthewood2348 Год назад +8

    I would love to know how the perfume business went, Good luck! I am a a lover of perfume and back story.

  • @ben8698
    @ben8698 Год назад +7

    The virtual puppet seems like the grandfather of the modern day Snapchat filters etc

  • @fugazicoverband
    @fugazicoverband 7 месяцев назад +3

    7:14 the sad face on the puppet haha