Fridja – offered £70,000 for 25 per cent by Meaden and Jenkins.Rugged Interactive – offered £100,000 for 30 per cent by Jones and Meaden.Shnuggle – offered £100,000 for 25 per cent by Suleyman but didn’t receive it.Love Me Beauty – offered £80,000 for 8 per cent by Jenkins and Willingham.Lupo – offered £100,000 for 30 per cent by Peter Jones.Kidsflush – offered £40,000 for 40 per cent by Suleyman.Coconut Flower maker Cocofina – offered £75,000 for 20 per cent stake by Nick Jenkins and Sarah Willingham.Universal Manhole Key Kit – offered £40,000 for 35 per cent by Deborah Meaden.Light Lead – offered £70,000 for a 35per cent stake by Touker Suleyman."As well as investment, the entrepreneurs benefit hugely from the exposure the Den brings and all the work that goes on behind the scenes, including guidance, connections and advice the small businesses receive from the Dragons.” This is the full list of offered investments never paid out. "All the successful entrepreneurs enter into the normal period of rigorous due diligence with the Dragons once a deal has been struck and, as is often the case in the real world, deals can fall through. He said: “We were already doing well so to give away the equity seemed the wrong decision.” His firm now exports to the USA and Europe.īut even though the business then failed, Gary said “Overall it was a great experience and opened a lot of doors.”Ī BBC spokesman said: “Dragons’ Den is about real business and investments, and we are proud of the brilliant success rate of deals and upward trajectory of businesses after their time in the Den. Simon, who appeared with his associate Martin Worth, claimed he wanted detail on what help the Dragons would offer – but said it never came. They liked his interactive fitness games, but after the cameras stopped rolling they couldn’t agree on a deal. Simon Heap’s Rugged Interactive won a £100,000 offer for 30 per cent of his business from Dragons Deborah Meaden and Peter Jones in series 14. Polly Gotschi won an offer of £37,500 from Sarah Willingham for 40 per cent of her firm Vitiliglow, a make-up product for sufferers of skin condition vitiligo.īut even though her deal never came through, for “several reasons”, she said: “The publicity generated helped raise awareness of my product and the condition.” He said: “The Dragons did help me make my business stronger.” Jacob told us there were disagreements over direction, so Cocofina – already selling to Harrods – went it alone. Jacob Thundil’s coconut food firm Cocofina bagged a £75,000 promise for five per cent from Nick and fellow Dragon Sarah Willingham but the deal fell through. “We were trying to say, ‘Hey, let’s try to do something that’s good for us, the people who’ve been around watching these movies since they were 10 years old.Simon Heap’s Rugged Interactive won a £100,000 offer for 30% of his business from Deborah Meaden and Peter Jones in series 14, but couldn't agree a deal after the show Disagreements Jon Favreau then redirected the question about the original Star Wars cuts, citing The Mandolorian’s cross-generation appeal. But, really, they should at least be available for younger generations to determine what works best for them. Would younger generations really care if Han shot first or not? (He did, for the record, and yes, it changes Han’s character traits.) Does it matter who plays the ghost of Anakin Skywalker? (Yes, and it was a lazy attempt on George Lucas’ part to replace Sebastian Shaw.) Do the Gunguns belong in Return of the Jedi? (Ah, who cares, there are plenty of other cringey additions.) Admittedly, it is great to see that George Lucas could get out versions that he wishes he could have made, but a certain group of Star Wars fans would love to have the original cuts. Sure, those of a certain age are insistent upon the release of the original cuts of Star Wars, but Jon Favreau is at least raising some questions, however debunkable. And for younger people–zoomers–sometimes it’s The Clone Wars.” “Because I know to younger people…that’s what I figured out is that the younger people have a whole different perception of what Star Wars is. “Do you think anybody but us, like, the people who grew up with it, like anybody would care?” said Jon Favreau of the original Star Wars releases. In an interview with Moovy TV, the host flaunted his theatrical edition LaserDiscs before asking if Jon Favreau had “enough clout” to get the original versions of Star Wars released. Jon Favreau, who created the first-ever live-action Star Wars series, The Mandalorian (and its spin-off, The Book of Boba Fett), has some thoughts on if there is enough interest in the original theatrical editions. May the force be with you–but not necessarily with you if you think everybody cares about the original Star Wars cuts.
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