Thursday, December 22, 2005
Investers Wanted for New Start Up
So, Entrepreneurialism is the new rock and roll according to Dragon's Den Dragon Peter Jones. He reckons that programs like the excellent Dragon's Den and The Apprentice are making business cool. Well... maybe he has a bit of a point. From the lengthy discussions on Berkshire Live it does seem that a lot of local musos are watching Dragon's Den at least. Last year (or early this year) local band Exit Ten were on The Rebel Billionaire - Branson's Quest for the Best.
I remember when Comedy was the new rock and roll and Newman and Baddeil sold out Wembley Arena for the biggest comedy show ever, I'm not sure what a live enterpreneurial show would consist of. "Our projected turnover in year three is £500,000" cue screams and much throwing of ties onto the stage. I hope it would involve lots of graphs. Probably by this time next year we'll all be innundated by Business related reality shows, so in reality maybe Business is the new Home Improvement or Cookery.
I do love Dragon's Den though, it is great TV. It uses every trick in the reality TV book. It's like a business version of the Pop Idol/X-Factor auditions. We all know that the auditions when we get to see the truly awful singers are the best bits of those shows. Once they weed the chaffe out I lose all interest. For those that haven't seen the show the premise in Dragon's Den is that would be entrepreneurs come into the Dragon's Den to pitch their business to 5 potential investors. Once there they pitch their ideas and then they get torn to pieces for everything from having a ridiculous idea to dressing scruffily to not knowing the figures. Luckily with Dragon's Den we don't have to see what follows the auditions in endless live shows (voted by the public). Instead, last night there was a 1 hour catch up show telling us how people had got on after last series. Just right.
I remember when Comedy was the new rock and roll and Newman and Baddeil sold out Wembley Arena for the biggest comedy show ever, I'm not sure what a live enterpreneurial show would consist of. "Our projected turnover in year three is £500,000" cue screams and much throwing of ties onto the stage. I hope it would involve lots of graphs. Probably by this time next year we'll all be innundated by Business related reality shows, so in reality maybe Business is the new Home Improvement or Cookery.
I do love Dragon's Den though, it is great TV. It uses every trick in the reality TV book. It's like a business version of the Pop Idol/X-Factor auditions. We all know that the auditions when we get to see the truly awful singers are the best bits of those shows. Once they weed the chaffe out I lose all interest. For those that haven't seen the show the premise in Dragon's Den is that would be entrepreneurs come into the Dragon's Den to pitch their business to 5 potential investors. Once there they pitch their ideas and then they get torn to pieces for everything from having a ridiculous idea to dressing scruffily to not knowing the figures. Luckily with Dragon's Den we don't have to see what follows the auditions in endless live shows (voted by the public). Instead, last night there was a 1 hour catch up show telling us how people had got on after last series. Just right.
# posted by Mike @ 12:26 
