Actually really impressive how she held her own. After watching a lot of Entrepreneurs failing she really did a good job.
@dwats3313 жыл бұрын
Yes I agree. I liked her positivity and passion
@sabumiah34213 жыл бұрын
Carol is completely deluded and not a shred of commonsense. Peter Jones is switched on!
@c.m.93692 жыл бұрын
I would fall apart pretty quickly if I stood in front of a bunch of succesful business people telling me that I'm wrong about my business.
@ToothlessDragon5362 жыл бұрын
Yet the business completely failed.
@donnyreiss11802 жыл бұрын
very calm & rational
@maxmackinlay6183 жыл бұрын
Theo's kids take a huge sigh of relief. For now at least their inheritance is safe.
@pippipster67673 жыл бұрын
Their ‘hard earned’ inheritance 🤣
@allanroser10703 жыл бұрын
@@pippipster6767 hahaha 😆
@falconbilali68603 жыл бұрын
😂😂😂😂
@johnmc38623 жыл бұрын
They can look forward to never working.
@sisakhanya Жыл бұрын
😂😂😂😂
@dr69_4203 жыл бұрын
I reckon she paid a company to make it for her who probably charged her through the roof. What she needed was a tech co founder or investor who could cut the dev cost down significantly. She's probably being charged hosting and infrastructure costs. A tech founder wpuld have known how to use analytics to determine whose using your site and seo to traffic those ppl to your site.
@yasin69042 жыл бұрын
Yh the amount of money that she's paid for that website and the software is unbelievably high
@dannie922 жыл бұрын
@@yasin6904 If she brought in consultants to build the site, it doesn't sound extremely high. That's why she would need a tech co-founder
@keithnaylor19813 жыл бұрын
The repeated close-ups of Dragons noses, cheeks and ear holes seems to me to serve no point, or am I missing something? I think the camera guy requires some form of therapy to help them break free from this disturbing obsession.
@Technicallyimright3 жыл бұрын
Lol so true.
@martintaylor11933 жыл бұрын
Its zoomed in by the uploader to fox the copyright algorithms
@jietroraximoff28053 жыл бұрын
@@martintaylor1193 the impression I got was that this was some sort of official Dragons Den channel. So the uploader would own the copyright wouldn't they?
@martintaylor11933 жыл бұрын
@@jietroraximoff2805 it's not official
@dingdingdingdiiiiing3 жыл бұрын
In the first year, my company made a loss of 30k, it is projected to break even this year, next year there will be a profit of 1 million, a year after that, 6 million. So I'm asking 100k for 10%. And in within two years you will have a 7 fold your investment. So, pretty good deal, yeah?
@pippipster67673 жыл бұрын
Year 7 is 44.5 squillion
@friendlypiranha7742 жыл бұрын
@@pippipster6767- Spot on. We ALL dream of those figures😂😂😂
@garypollard182115 күн бұрын
A profit of £1,000,000 means your £100,000 will give you a x10 return. Even if that were true, it would just mean an investor would get their money back if they took it out after the first year. Pretty poor arithmetic from the Temu Nigella.
@jarednil69 Жыл бұрын
I didn't completely understand the business strategy but I agree Carol did an excellent job defending her product!😄😄😄
@romaios16093 жыл бұрын
Damn, according to their most recent filing, the company only has £709 and a debt of £69,853
@terencetsy3 жыл бұрын
Debra did well not to lose her millions then. Bravo!
@neontetra10003 жыл бұрын
So she wasted £600.000 of her friends and families money. Damn.
@BenjaminGoose3 жыл бұрын
@@neontetra1000 Just £600? That's not a lot.
@eugene95903 жыл бұрын
@@BenjaminGoose £600,000.00
@get8bit3 жыл бұрын
Could have spotted that. What the heck was she even selling?????? This show is ridiculous. They pretend to be tough, but they give money to anyone.
@shumble693 жыл бұрын
£600k for a web site !! , somewhere a web builder is laughing their arse off.
@mlw2373 жыл бұрын
lol 🎯
@ChrJahnsen3 жыл бұрын
Precisely! For a bloody recipe site?! Ridiculous.
@jasonmetcalfe4695 Жыл бұрын
Yep, even back then 600k is at the ripoff end
@nigelxavier8833 ай бұрын
She said she spent £450k and yes it's an awfully big amount of money for a website for recipes that aren't anything special.😅😅😅
@andrewstubbs8223 жыл бұрын
With her rigid defence, and unwavering promotion, of her business she is easily the most impressive entrepreneur I've seen in the Den.
@davidmellish32953 жыл бұрын
You can't have watched that many episodes then my friend as there have been way better than her. The young girl Kirsty Henshaw who made the frozen deserts was amazing as was the women who invented magnamole and the guys from the wand company to name just a few. I'm not saying she's not good I'm just saying there have been a lot better
@andrewstubbs8223 жыл бұрын
@@davidmellish3295 I've watched a fair few, 'my friend', it's just that I'm not too fond of 'deserts' in a meal. They tend to leave a horrible, almost sandy taste in my mouth. 😉
@davidmellish32953 жыл бұрын
@@andrewstubbs822 desserts then,you know what I meant lol
@tinderella23863 жыл бұрын
She wasn’t that good at all The guy who has the eco plates made from palm fronds was much more impressive
@magusxxx3 жыл бұрын
"Will Peter Jones be more sympathetic..." [starts laughing] "I'm sorry, I've been the announcer for this show for a long time and I just couldn't hold it back any longer."
@AlanHope20133 жыл бұрын
Seriously, how many recipe websites are there? I have a ground-breaking idea! Shoes! Put them on your feet, walk everywhere, no problem? We already have some interested buyers.
@ianbaird17743 жыл бұрын
Sold! Where can I buy these foot devices? Do they come in orange?
@rickjamesb.3 жыл бұрын
Damn 600k for basically a website..whoever built that one must be laughing so hard lol. On the screen beside her the website looks awful, cheap and something amateuristic from the late 90's.
@ernestw84393 жыл бұрын
So true, I honestly have no idea who would take this amount of money for a website that even a beginner would be able to make.
@baboboys19733 жыл бұрын
This is more than 10 years old fottage
@gmwdim3 жыл бұрын
It looks horrendous even by 2010 standards.
@WobblesandBean3 жыл бұрын
Yup. She got scammed, big time.
@vivekkrish20013 жыл бұрын
Accounting is creative art
@tornagawn3 жыл бұрын
£1,000,000 valuation for a recipe site 😂 😂
@graham93523 жыл бұрын
Entrepreneur : this is my company... Me : immediately Googles company to see how they are doing
@pjaine4543 жыл бұрын
Me too !
@fugazinemesis3 жыл бұрын
I do too. I find most are still going, unlike the Kitchen Nightmares episodes where most of the restaurants are closed. It's a better format that gives people a advertisement opportunity at least.
@erzr3 жыл бұрын
@@fugazinemesis restaurants are incredibly expensive and has so many variables. It's not the same as a single person or tiny team with little to no overhead. Gordan tries but some of those people were 100s of thousands in debt anyway they are literally failing businesses. The only ones the dragons invest is very high chance of success businesses. A lot of the no hope businesses are not even aired on dragons den.
@fugazinemesis3 жыл бұрын
@@erzr Not true, most entrepreneurs are heavily in debt too, having subsidised their business for years just to keep it going. On both shows they are looking for help, both get the help, only one show sees regular success (and that's true even if they didn't get the dragons on board). And to only show the businesses that are likely to succeed confirms my point, surely.
@erzr3 жыл бұрын
@@fugazinemesis they show the most entertaining ones and the invested, well invested in they do due diligence before signing anything so a lot falls through after the show. I would say the cost typically is magnitudes higher running a restaurant and kitchen nightmares just decorates/menu changes and tries to get their mentality back on track. The people in dragons den are not failing businesses they just don't know where to go etc and have typically very cheap running costs. I don't understand how you can compare the two, any failing business unless it has ridiculously good idea turnaround potential. Is simply walked away from. Gordon always goes to businesses literally at the point or beyond the point of bankrupcy
@_letstartariot3 жыл бұрын
Well that website is now a cesspool. £100,000 wasted. How could they not see that there are already 5000 other versions of that site already?
@thealien_ali33823 жыл бұрын
600k for a website 🤣 she got robbed
@yaboiavery59863 жыл бұрын
This was 10 years ago
@KJ_20203 жыл бұрын
there are also tools
@BrokeCanadian3 жыл бұрын
7:51 450K. She still had 150K in the bank
@bagpussmacfarlan90085 ай бұрын
@@BrokeCanadian Only for another 7 months!
@m77ast3 жыл бұрын
Debra. She is wonderful isn’t She. A British treasure. You have a woman like that on your side and the sky is merely the beginning. She is next level. I don’t understand why little Peter keeps getting angry. It’s business mate. It’s not personal.
@wintermute83153 жыл бұрын
Even now, years later, the website is incredibly amateurish. The true incredible fundraiser here is the web designer who's been conning her all these years.
@Ev3rmoving3 жыл бұрын
"An incredibly basic meal planner? Sure thing ma'am, I will just need 250k from you"
@rgarlinyc3 жыл бұрын
Exactly!
@WobblesandBean3 жыл бұрын
Yup. The hallmark of a bad web designer and an inept business owner.
@theodddish18462 жыл бұрын
Like Rory overcharging for seaweed
@Chi_Vid33 жыл бұрын
Since covid-19, this company must be doing great
@_letstartariot3 жыл бұрын
It’s not actually. The website is really bad.
@Xfactories3 жыл бұрын
@@_letstartariot Looks like she might’ve sold it in 2011. Hasn’t been updated since 2018.
@jfluffydog21103 жыл бұрын
@@Xfactories Nah, she's still listed as an active director
@MrTommytyler3 жыл бұрын
It folded 😅
@gmarz96112 жыл бұрын
@@MrTommytyler it's still active for you to start an account?
@surbon5143 жыл бұрын
Good for her! I didn't see how she could turn a profit at first, but she knows her market and always has the right answers when the Dragons are skeptical. I wish her the greatest success!
@ToothlessDragon5362 жыл бұрын
Sadly the business failed quickly.
@Haywood-Jablomie Жыл бұрын
It flopped
@Stoke-Jay949 ай бұрын
Of course It did come on 😂😂
@tumbles83503 жыл бұрын
"vegetarian" lobster? What?
@misterdetective89873 жыл бұрын
Vegetarian = not eating meat. Fish, eggs, milk = ok
@NUFC_23 жыл бұрын
Veggies can also eat birds and ham if its sliced really thin
@tumbles83503 жыл бұрын
@@misterdetective8987 lobster is not a fish
@GK-rt2oz3 жыл бұрын
@@misterdetective8987 That's incorrect. The term for someone who does not eat meat but does eat fish is a Pescatarian. In some countries people refer to Pescatarians as Vegetarians which is very frustrating!
@Chi_Vid33 жыл бұрын
@@GK-rt2oz frustrating for who?
@superx82993 жыл бұрын
Deborah invested in her more then the company, she knew if the business doesnt work out, she would still have a asset in potentially having run or manage one of her other businesses in the future
@ToothlessDragon5362 жыл бұрын
Bit much for you to assume that about Deborah's thinking process...
@SahharBM11 ай бұрын
@jonathanliddane4144 but that is indeed what she does. She said so many times in other clips.
@bobkumar87543 ай бұрын
Really like how James speaks to the people pitching. Though tough, he`s not condescending or rude one bit. Smooth and polite.
@moonpunk3 жыл бұрын
Peter is SPOT ON - it is a lovely idea and a lovely site, but it's not a business and won't make anywhere near a serious amount of money!
@caitlinx38162 жыл бұрын
She’s doing really well so you’re inaccurate lol
@will241010 ай бұрын
At first i thought it was ludicrous but she held her own very well and seemed to know the market very well
@darthmcgee22163 жыл бұрын
This idea is bonkers, I can't believe anyone invested in that.
@caitlinx38162 жыл бұрын
Why ?
@tooshlong2 жыл бұрын
A weekly meal planner that will get your recipes to your door is actually a great idea
@ASXInvestor3 жыл бұрын
Well done to her, to be able to answer back so confidently & assertively while still being respectful is a real art. She deserved the investment 👏
@WobblesandBean3 жыл бұрын
This idea is terrible, most people who have special family recipes aren't keen on sharing them like this. Plus it's such a niche idea, hardly anyone is going to sign up. It's basically social media for foodies. There are plenty of Facebook and Discord groups for that.
@beeble20035 ай бұрын
This company was founded eight years before Discord existed.
@andrewevansmusic32223 жыл бұрын
-So at this point you're probably thinking 'great idea but...' -Let me just stop you there!
@redstar12233 жыл бұрын
Jesus the amount it's swallowed already. How did she spend 600k on a website. I can't bear it
@doctorpanigrahi99753 жыл бұрын
I spend $60 per year :)
@stephenhosking73843 жыл бұрын
@Arwyn Yep. Just because the web site looks like a thousand others, doesn't mean it's cheap to build. And the worst part, as Peter and those who stayed out know, is that it never starts getting "easier". On the contrary, the more it grows, the harder it is to add features, or, more worrying, fix bugs. The entrepreneur's enthusiasm for the product doesn't translate to lines of code.
@YuToobVideos3 жыл бұрын
In the comments section someone said "Theo The Fetus", now that's all I hear when his name is mentioned!😛
@fourlamb13 жыл бұрын
Omg 🤣. I've legit never thought or heard it, I can't unhear it now.
@teddybear85173 жыл бұрын
Nice one.
@filipmilichovsky97723 жыл бұрын
Theo the Fetus fighting for a deal with Pizza Jones
@lemonjuice35513 жыл бұрын
This happened to me in a comments section a couple of days ago. Not that I'm binge-watching these clips or anything..
@babyting75883 жыл бұрын
Lmao that was me
@lukecurley47553 жыл бұрын
Debora is a legend hope she never leaves this show 🐐
@RedNovaMedia3 жыл бұрын
Disaster. More than half a million to build a site and software with a simple database construct... with a USP based on grandma’s old recipes. No multiple will spend £80K p/year unless there is serious traffic and strong income generating streams. Deb adding money taking the tally to £700K. Ouch. - Does anyone know what ultimately eventuated here?
@Superrayjunw3 жыл бұрын
She commited suicide a year ago after the business went under
@RedNovaMedia3 жыл бұрын
@@Superrayjunw You’re comment is either very distasteful or factual. Which is it?
@iamsnaks3 жыл бұрын
Isn’t true, she’s now running another company according to LinkedIn
@remchaill98983 жыл бұрын
She didn't spend £600k on the website, she spent £450k on the business. Still has £150k in the bank, and I doubt very much that the website build is the major expense in building a business like this that relies on relationships with multiple large organisations.
@bsythdd47543 жыл бұрын
@@remchaill9898 I agree. The majority of the value of the company is in the partnerships with big brands. A website can be made cheaply these days. The dragons know that.
@RakLord3 жыл бұрын
Deborahs offer was very generous
@thealien_ali33823 жыл бұрын
I will do debra
@WobblesandBean3 жыл бұрын
Hers usually are, and I cringe every time she gets rejected by an arrogant entrepreneur.
@shaunthompson4979 Жыл бұрын
I was stunned when she made it. The business was clearly not going to monetise revenue in line with the projections and was burning cash at a rapid rate.
@RuffRyder20113 жыл бұрын
Missis p's treasured recipes he's just hilarious bring Theo back 😂
@CM-eg3gl3 жыл бұрын
The website is absolutely shocking
@thealien_ali33823 жыл бұрын
Theo the fetus 🤣
@dilwich3 жыл бұрын
Theo defeatist . . .
@chanchito44013 жыл бұрын
Theo Profiteroles
@pippipster67673 жыл бұрын
Theo will eat this
@wahyukamal59773 жыл бұрын
She know all of revenue that can raise from the business, it's so really impressive
@bbuggediffy3 жыл бұрын
I love the dragons den. Thanks so much for uploading these.
@artmaknev37383 жыл бұрын
wow the early days, when $500k for a website was normal!
@finpark77852 жыл бұрын
That's pretty insane, especially considering how terrible the actual site is, You could have paid a recent grad $50k to do something 1000x better. It's kinda sad, I feel like she was conned by a web dev.
@ghamandlupinwalkingtours3 жыл бұрын
Peter: *slightly raises voice* Channel admin: PETER ABSOLUTELY F**KING LOSES IT
@mathiuseden96053 жыл бұрын
You've made my day 😂😭
@SteamDeckGameplay3 жыл бұрын
And this kids, is how you do clickbait
@ghamandlupinwalkingtours3 жыл бұрын
@@SteamDeckGameplay Sure is! Fool on me!
@edmundblackaddercoc85223 жыл бұрын
Lol
@redrobiin3 жыл бұрын
She walked up the stairs without tripping, with a plate of food in one hand. that's a miracle in itself. plus shes out of breath during her presentation. The dragons got a wry smile on their faces. Know one thought she was going to talk about a website.
@ISellSigals3 жыл бұрын
The website is still up and looking at the micro accounts published on companies house in 2019 they had about £70,000 in capital lol
@madsisak3 жыл бұрын
Capital and liabilities are different things ;) Theyre at £-74k atm.
@mathiuseden96053 жыл бұрын
@@madsisak factss ;-;
@darrennorniron Жыл бұрын
Haven't googled it yet, but there's absolutely no way this business was successful. Stunned she got an offer
@Haywood-Jablomie Жыл бұрын
It failed almost immediately
@m77ast3 жыл бұрын
I must say. I totally respect Theo. He really respects Debra. And tells me I am not the only one with so much respect and admiration for Debra. She is a British treasure. I am a social entrepreneur Debra - Hope we can meet one day.
@brucedickinson123 жыл бұрын
And she has huge norks
@kabooraq3 жыл бұрын
@@brucedickinson12 Love is in the air
@englishbob51063 жыл бұрын
@@brucedickinson12 Mate she would say , you've come in here wishing to feel my norks , but you're offering nothing in return . So I'm going to say I'm out. 🤔
@cashnelson23062 жыл бұрын
Hope she sees this bro
@harleyjane68253 жыл бұрын
I’m so glad she got Deborah, can anybody tell me how the company is doing now?
@Supraboyes3 жыл бұрын
Google is your friend...
@NUFC_23 жыл бұрын
@@Supraboyes Why don't you just tell us?
@Adam-ko6dx3 жыл бұрын
Bruh spoiler
@kanyebreast60723 жыл бұрын
@@NUFC_2 Or you could not be so lazy,and look yourself
@NUFC_23 жыл бұрын
@@kanyebreast6072 I'm busy
@Mike_53 жыл бұрын
£22k a month for a How to Boil an Egg and make toast recipe website seems a bargain
@Skip_Stakey3 жыл бұрын
Their website now accounts for 0.5% of all Internet traffic
@yaboiavery59863 жыл бұрын
No way
@alexforest16583 жыл бұрын
just doesn't tho does it
@ChrJahnsen3 жыл бұрын
Haha! Pull the other one! 🤣
@rgarlinyc3 жыл бұрын
0.5% of all internet traffic in her home
@pippipster67673 жыл бұрын
World wide 🤣
@RachaelSA3 жыл бұрын
if you go to the site (weirdly, it still exists) and you click that you dont want cookies, it still sends them and the no button doesn't work. Isn't that against the law in the UK now because of GDPR?
@PavlinVelichkov3 жыл бұрын
GDPR does not stop sites from storing cookies. It governs whether/how cookies (both the site's and other well known sources like Google/Facebook) can be used.
@jasondonatelli23133 жыл бұрын
It's a recipe site. Of course there are cookies.
@MsMichaela9993 жыл бұрын
@@jasondonatelli2313 classic! 😅😅😅🤣🤣🤣
@MrWindermere1233 жыл бұрын
These entrepreneurs who borrow from friends and family are dangerous in that the friends and family may invest through personal loyalty or through fear of damaging the relationship by refusing the money. Some people who are not in business believe that every new business will be a money-spinner whereas the truth is the opposite - there are many failures within 5 years. Naive investors are likely to be disappointed. I would hate to be coerced in that way.
@wintermute83153 жыл бұрын
She literally stated that most of the cash came from friemds and family. And she wouldn't have received that money if she hadn't pitched them for it - which is coercion.
@wintermute83153 жыл бұрын
@Doctah Wahwee Emotional blackmail is a form or psychological coercion. And I strongly believe that this would certainly be a factor in her ability to secure such large amounts from family and friends - and go on to lose it all. Not all coercion is a gun to the head. And she isn't coercing the Dragons, because they have no emotional attachment she can leverage.
@emj86622 жыл бұрын
@Doctah Wahwee I don’t agree with your comments but I respect them…. @wintermute I totally agree with your opinions.
@emj86622 жыл бұрын
@@wintermute8315 I totally agree
@zoeyelh3 жыл бұрын
net worth 2018 £72k
@HolyRelicEnjoyer3 жыл бұрын
Lol imagine if they invested 92.8k loss
@trakrekkid3 жыл бұрын
Not surprising. Also wow the website is trash
@setpunks133 жыл бұрын
It isn't a bad idea. The whole point is having a place to browse recipes and find stuff you've never even heard of.
@Technicallyimright3 жыл бұрын
Surely a free Facebook page would work just as well?
@MrLTiger3 жыл бұрын
nobody is saying it's a bad idea. but a website with recipes is not worth a million pounds
@stephenmontgomery8530 Жыл бұрын
A very sharp lady who I m sure will succeed in life .
@jrbs3 жыл бұрын
You could tell from the offset that Peter was gunning for a fight.
@roberthutchins42973 жыл бұрын
"Allo! I´m Peter". "Allo, Peterkins!"
@roberthutchins42973 жыл бұрын
Theo´s going to tell her where he is! Then she´s going to tell him where she is. Then - hey!! - it´s the same place! After that, or maybe before, Pete´s going to tell her what it says on the tin.
@incremental_failure Жыл бұрын
Theo's questions are often nonsense. Sure, you can launch a competitor. You can also launch a competitor to Facebook, there are no barriers. See how that goes.
@doctorsocrates44132 жыл бұрын
I am not sure about her business but I loved the entrepreneur...she could pretty much set any other business up with ease.
@Anjula321 Жыл бұрын
she did , this failed. but she's now the CEO of not in a guidebook website which seems to be successful
@yvettemoore713 жыл бұрын
I think I was unconscious by the 45sec mark...Great alternative to valium...
@OhSkyeLanta3 жыл бұрын
Idk, from the website it looks like they’ve moved into news and blogging and away from printing, but their website looks great, and the photos in the gallery make me drool. Probably Deborah called the ad guys at BBC and channel 4 to get them to run ads for the site during Bake Off, that’s what I was thinking this whole pitch.
@WinstonBuford2 жыл бұрын
Great pitch, great person. Very professional compared to most. unfortunately the business dont seem all that. wish her luck though .
@tennispennis75793 жыл бұрын
She certainly presents well and has belief in herself. Being of a certain age i dont think cooking is that hard and sites like hers are useful but not profitable. I also did not believe people would pay ££ for a box to be delivered to their door with all the ingredients and dumsbstructions on how to put it all together but........
@GwyndolinOwO3 жыл бұрын
the appeal to the boxes is that the recipe is picked out for you which is something someone that likes to cook but sucks at deciding can get behind. you pay for the convenience that you'll get everything you need for you and i'd use something like that if i was well off just to try it out (or if they were cheaper). It also forces you to try new things. we got once box ages ago and i never thought about trying to make a risotto until the box had all the stuff in it for one. But yeah- if you know what you want to make getting the boxes are next to useless but i like the "idea" of them The problem with sites like hers is the problem you pointed out. recipe sites don't really make a lot of money and there are a lot of them. a lot of sites similar to hers rely on ads OR if they have an ingredient list they can sell food on commission for brands that are willing to work with them (since cooks that are missing something might want to guy THAT brand for their food to look like the picture) So her idea isn't "New" but if she did get an investment she could potentially become bigger then ones that already exist but she's got quite a bit of competition already. She can still get it to work but it would be like trying to start a new Blue Apron when you already know about Blue Apron already. when you're asking for a huge investment its a bit of a risk. a market already existing means that you know people want what you have but it also means a chunk of those people found websites and brands that they grew to trust and that's stuff that takes quite a bit of business know-how to work around (and i can't say i know much of anything about it). basically she's working with a huge double edge word here. I don't think she has the chance to become the next "blue apron" since so many things just like hers exist already. its not that hard to get ads and a sponsorship these days.
@GwyndolinOwO3 жыл бұрын
AH- i also forgot how old this episode was so i have no idea how many of these sites existed back then, i just know everyone and their dog have a recipe site today so in a way its popular but i can't imagine all those people are millionaires today so seeing it on dragons den is just so odd to me
@Inadisguise3 жыл бұрын
absolutely hello fresh looks like screaming insanity to me too lol
@caitlinx38162 жыл бұрын
Lots of people would prefer that method including myself
@SirNoviTheChauvi5 ай бұрын
What the heck is she spending 20 grand a month on? And hundreds of thousands for a website, .. ludicrous
@Thundermoney3 жыл бұрын
After watching a recent episode of Dragons Den, Deborah confessed on the show that she lost a lot of money with this business 😂👌
@JCRoberts973 жыл бұрын
Which episode?
@vaibhavthakur61803 жыл бұрын
@@JCRoberts97 season 18 episode 5
@toniroberts81173 жыл бұрын
Somehow the business is poorly managed if deb lost money on this. This is a great idea. I’d definitely be a customer, but I’m not wanting to pay more than probably $15 a recipe book (printed). If it’s more than that I can find other places to do this. I’m only interested in printed books as many of my elderly family members don’t go online. That’s the other thing... there’s plenty of business that can and do make this stuff. She didn’t trade Mark this idea (or couldn’t) so this site has to be incredible and more cheaper than others. Clearly it’s not, hence why Deborah lost money.
@psoteriou38843 жыл бұрын
I could've told her that on the day.
@sirplantain2 жыл бұрын
@@toniroberts8117 For $100 - $200 you could purchase a printer, some paper, a binding machine (for binding the paper into a nicely bound book) and a laminator. I know it sounds like a lot (I guess because it is) however you could make your own recipe books and the benefit to using a manual binding machine is that you can add/remove pages to/from the recipe book. The other benefit is that you don't just have to make recipe books, you can produce all sorts of media book(let)s. If you get a 3 in 1 printer/copier/scanner you could scan pages from different existing cook/recipe books and create your own - that way you could just add the recipes that you like :)
@permabulk14543 жыл бұрын
I’m sorry but that lateral lisp is driving me so effing crazy I can’t even concentrate on the pitch
@npc-bl2vw Жыл бұрын
Thought Deborah was supposed to be smart. Absolutely ridiculous offer for some crappy website.
@psoteriou38843 жыл бұрын
I expect that would have been £100k of Deborah's money down the kitchen sink. Site is terrible.
@davidfield99783 жыл бұрын
Is it still going? Cant believe in the age of social media it would be viable.
@psoteriou38843 жыл бұрын
@@davidfield9978 just looked at company check.co.uk and 2018 net worth is: -£72093.00 Total current assets £160.00, cash: £0.00, Liabilities: £72253.00
@End_Domestic_Violence3 жыл бұрын
@@psoteriou3884 Thank you chief, very helpful.
@RonnieVaiArovo3 жыл бұрын
Good on her, competent dragon slayer!
@Nixter19740073 жыл бұрын
11:05 she's right. I had 4 plates of "this" last week. Nice with croutons and tomato sauce.
@smith0779062 жыл бұрын
Nobody realized if the company sells for £1 million the 10% would only bring 100k not the ten fold!
@shirro57003 жыл бұрын
Wow, this is a first for me that I'm impressed in a entrepreneur, great pitch and well executed in answering the questions
@jeffreyklima76123 жыл бұрын
You must be easily impressed, this was a terrible pitch, and even worse idea
@jeffreyklima76123 жыл бұрын
The company also only has 70k in capital, so she's burned 600k, and gone nowhere
@AirQuotes3 жыл бұрын
I saw a comment saying they're still going with 700k in the bank
@robmarrin67203 жыл бұрын
Trolls everywhere, it was a great pitch and a great idea because it's family driven from concept to customer.
@Billy_Boozer3 жыл бұрын
agreed - very impressive
@banglaline38593 жыл бұрын
I want to share how my mother makes her Fish and Chips ...lolll
@knfbnny3 жыл бұрын
I've built load balancing webserver platforms with a database backend for these type of startups, you can charge them money but they are always the worst clients .. for that reason: I'm out
@dadestor3 жыл бұрын
We call that a website you tool
@lpc19633 жыл бұрын
The calendar says 2009, why are they releasing pitch videos only 12 years later?
@CPTZK112 жыл бұрын
She really IS good at raising money
@daveymorgan9093 жыл бұрын
Peter thinks he knows it all in thinks she won't make any money . Then along comes Deborah eager to invest lol
@Ev3rmoving3 жыл бұрын
He was right. Her site is barely making anything.
@Enamm823 жыл бұрын
The guaranteed returns are the best episodes...
@christo26903 жыл бұрын
Funny how she says 10x return .. As if the dragons gna own 100%
@Evskin3 жыл бұрын
Anyone know how it’s getting on now?
@shadaba.qureshi4367 Жыл бұрын
My Dish Ltd is on Bloomberg, so is Carol Amelia SAVAGE a no nonsense entrepreneur. My Dish Ltd is still an active working company, while Carol is now also the CEO and Founder of another company called 'Not in the Guidebooks'.
@bleakdeadly12813 жыл бұрын
When was this episode released? Doesn't this concept become irrelevant with KZbin and Facebook?
@stawfiq53 жыл бұрын
6 or 8 years ago
@craigstirling93183 жыл бұрын
@@stawfiq5 2008
@robertj52083 жыл бұрын
Very impressive entrepreneur! Would love to know her backstory. Perhaps my fave entrepreneur amongst dozens of episodes I've binged onnthiscweek!
@sbaxter42072 жыл бұрын
Wow 15% 100k. well done!
@landon5583 Жыл бұрын
Theo: What's to stop someone else from starting up a competing electric car company and taking away all your customers? Elon Musk: ...
@_tor Жыл бұрын
Her website is littered with adds. Ironically Most of the adds are for intermitant fasting.
@sunnykipdenny90973 жыл бұрын
I can’t stop thinking about banana bread now. Lol 😂
@kylewilliams43983 жыл бұрын
Growing up in a Christian English primary school having world culture day having banana bread for Jamaica 😂😂
@beeble20035 ай бұрын
So... if a £1M profit gives the Dragon a tenfold return on their investment, that means she's going to give all the profit to them.
@disterbed1003 жыл бұрын
I'm sorry but I've just checked out the website and it is awful! Ads literally everywhere actually to the point where it's oversold and unprofessional. I feel sorry for her that she spent so much on that website because it really is not good enough, a good concept but poorly executed.
@remchaill98983 жыл бұрын
Commercially speaking, it doesn't matter if you think it looks pretty or not. As a business, what matters is if they're successfully selling the ads, and apparently they're selling a lot. I doubt you're in their target demographic, so you can't really judge.
@Sir_Henry_Bossocks3 жыл бұрын
I think the website looks great
@elobiretv Жыл бұрын
@@remchaill9898 lol it absolutely matters if it looks good or not. If it looks bad nobody is going to use the site and then they aren't going to get much money for the ads, which is probably why they have a ton of them
@stormchild8313 жыл бұрын
Wow, she really knew her stuff ! didn't she ! : )
@intelligentdesign89942 жыл бұрын
Theo knew he wasn't going to get it, he was just throwing a spanner in the works as a final test of her character to see where her prioroties lie. It's the kind of thing that coincidentally happenes to us in every aspect of life. And ultimately we have to make a choice. Theo is instinctively the games master. He was just helping deborah.
@johnrambo70723 жыл бұрын
I swear the Greek dragons face always lights up whenever someone brings food in
@Dr--Prepper3 жыл бұрын
Do you mean Duncan?
@yoevfx39953 жыл бұрын
@@Dr--Prepper I thought Duncan is Scottish
@Billy_Boozer3 жыл бұрын
@@yoevfx3995 No I think Duncan is Greek
@dibassarkar28983 жыл бұрын
@@Billy_Boozer No Duncan is Chinese
@Locutus3 жыл бұрын
There is no Greek on the panel.
@justanotherviewer48213 жыл бұрын
A bit disappointed to check out their website and see the coronavirus bar at the bottom - not sure that is what they should be doing - or maybe it is an advert. The website look like a hobby blog... absolutely shocking that this could be someones fulltime job, attract investment of 6 figures and (at some stage) be spending £22k pcm on it. You could host this on AWS free tier and work on it part time.
@anthonyze3 жыл бұрын
To be fair this episode was probably filmed over 10 years ago
@wintermute83153 жыл бұрын
What's that got to do with anything, Anthony?
@anthonyze3 жыл бұрын
@@wintermute8315 because the comment mentions spending £22k a month and I doubt they have sustained that over a 10 year period. That’s why it’s relevant.
@wintermute83153 жыл бұрын
@@anthonyze And the OP said nothing of the sort. Still unsure what the point of your interjection was.
@michalwalks3 жыл бұрын
1st 2nd. But seriously, the site is still around and it really looks good, modern and well done. Theo is correct for once in stating the lady is impressive.
@adamandeve35923 жыл бұрын
Looks decent, I wonder if they have made money though.....
@SteamDeckGameplay3 жыл бұрын
Website looks really basic and it's slow as hell It would take a solo dev a few weeks to build, I guess all their money was spent on advertising. No way they're making much money
@leeshanpillay12533 жыл бұрын
Hats off to her for sticking her ground
@ellekay47582 жыл бұрын
does one of the recipes say "by sports"......
@Xposthmous3 жыл бұрын
Deborah is the Judi Dench of Dragon's Den.
@jasperpike242 Жыл бұрын
Gordon Bennett you get 1000s of recipies on KZbin for nowt. Why would you even look at her site?
@lcur63963 жыл бұрын
The company seems to still be up and running, with Deborah Meaden as one of their board advisors
@kzrr3 жыл бұрын
what's interesting is that the copyright at the bottom of the website was last updated in 2018
@JoshF8483 жыл бұрын
@@kzrr there isn’t really a lot to update on most company websites
@danfrost3043 Жыл бұрын
Lovely lady, I wish her all the very best with her business.