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Re: The Changing Landscape of Early-Stage Investing

Leigh — Thu, 04 Oct 2007 20:26:11 -0000

Seriously F...i think we watched the same 10 min of TV... oy vey. and for the record, I can say with strong conviction, that owning a marketing company, and being an entrepreneur is NOT the same thing...

Re: The Changing Landscape of Early-Stage Investing

Fraser — Thu, 04 Oct 2007 20:16:04 -0000

Leigh - I can tell you that a few days ago I caught 10 min of the Dragon's Den.

It was hilarious(ly sad).

The entrepreneurs asked for $300k for 10%. The rich dudes come back and say, we'll give $500k for 50%. As they cut to commercial, the announcer comes on and proclaims that the "investors had their socks knocked off and are offering a better deal than originally asked, $500k!"

Not able to take it I switched over to Dancing with the Stars, and seeing Jenni Garth instantly wondered what happened to quality programing like 90210.

Re: The Changing Landscape of Early-Stage Investing

Leigh — Thu, 04 Oct 2007 20:08:08 -0000

So the dragons on dragons den yelling at entrepreneurs saying things like

"give me 50% or we are out. and then you have NOTHING but we are rich and successful and you are a plebe"

is not the norm?

(and I can't tell you if you they took it bc i was too disgusted and switched to mark cuban dancing with the stars and then i was too disgusted again and just turned the damn thing off)

Re: The Changing Landscape of Early-Stage Investing

Leigh — Thu, 04 Oct 2007 19:26:11 -0000

Re: The Changing Landscape of Early-Stage Investing

Fraser — Thu, 04 Oct 2007 19:16:04 -0000

Leigh - I can tell you that a few days ago I caught 10 min of the Dragon's Den. It was hilarious(ly sad). The entrepreneurs asked for $300k for 10%. The rich dudes come back and say, we'll give $500k for 50%. As they cut to commercial, the announcer comes on and proclaims that the "investors had their socks knocked off and are offering a better deal than originally asked, $500k!" Not able to take it I switched over to Dancing with the Stars, and seeing Jenni Garth instantly wondered what happened to quality programing like 90210.

Re: The Changing Landscape of Early-Stage Investing

Leigh — Thu, 04 Oct 2007 19:08:08 -0000

So the dragons on dragons den yelling at entrepreneurs saying things like "give me 50% or we are out. and then you have NOTHING but we are rich and successful and you are a plebe" is not the norm? (and I can't tell you if you they took it bc i was too disgusted and switched to mark cuban dancing with the stars and then i was too disgusted again and just turned the damn thing off)