Dragon's Den(UK/CA)/Shark Tank

These shows are legit, at least the UK version (First; going strong w/ 10 seasons). Canadian version is more casual, less investigative patterns from the dragons. Some of the Sharks are proven dragons from Canada (Kevin/Robert) and they are more active in the Shark tank than Dragon's den. UK is great though. Fucking Duncan just ripping everyone and/or just being an ass. Only real shark/dragon is Mark Cuban.

Summary: Bunch of rich dudes who have money and time to throw and make punts for the drama. Entrepreneurs/Inventors/Delusional retards come to these Dragons/Sharks and offer some of their equity in turn for cash investment. They must reach the amount asked or they go home without any investment. Presentors offer their pitch, Dragons/Sharks listen to these pitches, and weight on the finance of the business, legitimacy of the product and sometimes morality of its products. Some of the offerings are legit, some are downright fucked up and ridiculous. Some presenters are delusional and painful to watch. mostly its about rich dudes taking more than offered price and weight in the risk and reward ratio with contingency.

Other than that, its worth it. These guys are not just rich, they got the personality, which is great for great TV.

UK version is a true business approach. investors go right into the number, ask for net profit, turn over, business dealings with other businessmen, their lives, their partners, debt and other equity shares with other shareholders, and business concepts...this happens in every single episode. these guys don't fuck around.

the format is pretty much the same. First business gets the investment, great business is saved for the last. for the montage, i think some of the pitches are completely horrendous...something I haven't seen in CD or Shark Tank....unimportant businesses gets skipped over etc, so yeah its pretty much the same.

i always wonder what goes on after the show. i am sure that there is a due diligence after the initial verbal agreement but how many of these deals fail because of the due diligence? i really want to find out.

haha, i watched shark tank first, so whenever the dragon offered something, I just immediately wonder if they are gonna set time limit but fortunately they don't in UK version.