As series 14 progresses, we thought we would review all of the pitches, selecting the best, the worst and the others perhaps leaning towards the more humorous side.
Category: Opinion
Some of the UKs leading business leaders and opinion formers share their insight and ideas for growth
SMEs need to do more to keep up with their customers or risk losing out
Today’s consumers are time-poor, so when it comes to shopping – whether it’s for a pair of shoes or an electrician, convenience and speed shape their choices. In fact, customers are increasingly embracing a digital lifestyle to help ease their hectic lifestyle.
How to attract more women into the diverse world of engineering
Manufacturers are experiencing a gradual shift in women taking up senior roles
Dragons’ Den: The Dragons roar for the final episode
What a series and what a variation of pitches we’ve sat and cheered on, tutted and chuckled at! The episode to finalise the series has yet again left us with a mixture of successes and failures, not to mention a contrast in propositions.
The Changing Faces of Business Technology
Technology has revolutionised the way companies can, and do conduct business. With the next generation of shopper ordering most of their products online, and expecting to receive them as quickly as possible, there’s pressure on retail businesses, in particular, to be constantly looking at new technology to be one step ahead of the game.
After the glory has gone – post olympics resilience
Britain is basking in post Olympic games glory. The best medal haul for 108 years and tables are being produced showing our world standing for medals per head of population, millions invested or even as a factor of our GDP.
Has Brexit crushed your hiring plans?
SMEs need a new talent strategy
Technology: the future is now
In the current business environment, change seems to be the new normal. In just ten years we’ve seen a huge amount of technical breakthroughs, and I expect there’ll be plenty more.
Dragons’ Den: How to narrowly gain investment in a popular market
We saw products from light fittings, to K9 gadgets, to baby products in last week’s Dragons’ Den. As always, variation was shown, but is the popular market sometimes the best one to capture the Dragons’ interest?
PPC for Business
Believe it or not, it has been 20 years since pay-per-click was first introduced to our screens, which, according to research, was developed by online directory site, Planet Oasis. Fast forwards to 2016 – PPC ads are now clicked by 67% of users for every search term, and Google made in excess of 67 billion dollars in ad revenue during 2015 alone.
Review: Fraser Doherty 48 Hour Start-Up
The expectations that I had for this book were very much confounded. I had merely imagined it would include repetitive lectures, constant pep talks and obvious, boring guidelines in regards to starting your own business – how wrong was I?
How to boost team confidence when working internationally
When working in a multicultural environment it is necessary to reflect on and voice cultural bias and possible misconceptions early on in the team’s relationship.
The Pokémon Go Privacy Tradeoff
With over 50 million downloads already logged on GooglePlay and countless more from the Apple App Store, Pokémon Go is officially a phenomenon.
6 elements that make a winning team
No successful big business owner is an island. You can keep a small business running by yourself, but if you are ready to achieve growth, then you need a team surrounding you.
The Dragons go nuts for Cocofina
If you love coconuts as much as I do, you will love Cocofina. Last night’s Dragons’ Den featured their successful pitch that dazzled the tastebuds of all five Dragons.
