Dragons' Den "Outside the Den" BBC2

[kerching]

Series revealing the lives of the Dragons' Den Dragons.
Theo Paphitis was featured tonight.
Anyone else see it?

 

[lockie]

Yes hes got a nice house and actually seem quite down to earth.It didn't really go into him in much detail though which i would have liked to see.

 

[Matt1959]

sod it, I would have watched that - is it being repeated? I can't see any sign of it on the DD website. Theo seems a nice bloke, he was in the fly on the wall doc about I think Millwall football club a few years back...

 

[davidshaw89]

BBC iplayer link:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00fcdbw/comingup/

 

[JamieM]

I just watched it on iplayer. I like Theo, his book is good too.

 

[sm1]

Sky +'d it, shall see it soon, looked interesting.

 

[Matt1959]

just watched it thanks to Davids link - good stuff

 

[garyk]

Yes I think it skipped over important detail, like how he actually made his money, said he worked in a watch shop then for a couple of insurance companies and then it was like 10 years later and he had his money without mentioning specifics.

 

[debbidoo]

Yes I think it skipped over important detail, like how he actually made his money, said he worked in a watch shop then for a couple of insurance companies and then it was like 10 years later and he had his money without mentioning specifics.

I was a bit disappointed by that too.

I love Theo though, he seems such a nice man It was a really interesting programme, even without the glaring gap that Gary mentioned.

 

[Mark_Williams]

It was a great programme. Always good to see how other business people live, and the values they have in life.

 

[Power Lunch Club]

sod it, I would have watched that - is it being repeated? I can't see any sign of it on the DD website. Theo seems a nice bloke, he was in the fly on the wall doc about I think Millwall football club a few years back...

Look on BBC Iplayer for these programmes....usually held for a week

 

[kerching]

As mentioned,more detail would have been nice as to what Theo did after he moved on from the watch shop.Nice to see that he had an hands on approach,visiting some London stores checking that the products were scanning correctly at the tills.
Quite humble I would say.
Looking forward to next week's show.

 

[garysumpter]

I enjoyed this a lot

Gary

 

[Fuzzy]

I liked watching it and he seems a really down to earth guy. Though Mrs P was actually his mother Sorry Mrs P

 

[Online Trader]

If you want more info on him I can highly recommend that you read his book. You will then see what happened to him after he set up his own insurance/finance business and started to buy businesses............................. it all went a little bit Pete Tong and he lost the lot, but as all good entrepreneurs he came back fighting

 

[Aspect Investments]

I think the one next week will be better. James Caan on his boat in Cannes. I love Cannes, and I love boats.

 

[kerching]

By the way,what happened to Richard Farleigh?

 

[Ashley_Price]

Stop talking about it!! I haven't seen it yet!!

[STICKS FINGERS IN EARS AND SHOUTS] "LA LA LA LA LA LA..."

 

[The Printed Bag Shop]

I would also recomend the book its a creat read but ther is too much info on the football club that i was not interested in.

 

[Trendy]

This is on BBC 2 at the moment, just watching it now.

Very informative program indeed.

x

 

[Speedymail]

If you want more info on him I can highly recommend that you read his book. You will then see what happened to him after he set up his own insurance/finance business and started to buy businesses............................. it all went a little bit Pete Tong and he lost the lot, but as all good entrepreneurs he came back fighting

I've always like Theo, need to get this book.

 

[Dave.F]

Very interesting program.

Nice house, nice cars, nice life style.....

Few grey areas though, as others have pointed out....I think some of the 10 year gap was taken by the football club, which the program seems to keep to a very low profile:|

Looking forward to next weeks program

 

[Matt1959]

we have a local Rymans and its a very underwhelming store with lack lustre staff which I find surprising given the owners attention to detail

 

[sm1]

It did say he visits the London stores (not everywhere then)

 

[garysumpter]

we have a local Rymans and its a very underwhelming store with lack lustre staff which I find surprising given the owners attention to detail

Same here, two of them, both total dumps!

 

[ragingbullfrog]

Series revealing the lives of the Dragons' Den Dragons.
Theo Paphitis was featured tonight.
Anyone else see it?

I watched and was pleased to see my old boss on there from Watches of Switzerland. The legendary David Butcher.

 

[KM Trainer]

Fasinating and compelling viewing! I also would have liked to have known more about how he actually made his money, how exactly did he go from working in Insurance sales to buying retail etc? ! Anyway cant wait til next time

 

[sm1]

Noticed they showed a bit of Ling's pitch on there as well

 

[retailworld]

I've always like Theo, need to get this book.

Yes, I need to read it as well... reads Bannatyne's first book - really enjoyed it.

 

[retailworld]

I've always like Theo, need to get this book.

If anyone wants his book (or Bannatynes or Caans) please send me a PM. If I can get a few people who want one, I can obtain trade paperbacks (hardbacks without the physical hard cover) for about £10 a throw (including postage).

 

[i234i]

can anyone pm me if its going to be on again any time with other dragons or if its a series

cant find anything

thanks

 

[Ashley_Price]

I was rather disappointed with this programme. As I had recorded it I was able to fast forward through a lot of the stuff I wasn't interested in, which unfortunately seemed to be a majority of the programme.

I thought the point of it was to look at the man himself, yet while we had little snippets here and there, it seemed to be more about advertising Dragons Den and how those that Theo had invested in had got on since the programme.

However, there was one piece I did find very amusing.

He was in one of the Ryman shops (he owns the chain) and was saying that "Retail is Detail". He was testing the sharp objects that weren't to be sold to under 18s and was testing that the tills came up with a warning message to the cashier to check the person's age. On one item this didn't happen, which he was (quite rightly) not happy about.

Yet despite his "Retail is Detail" saying, he missed that the sticky label on these products said "Not for sale to under 18's". There should not be an apostrophe before the "s".

Sounds like "Retail is Detail" unless it comes to correct punctuation, even if you are a stationers.

 

[Ashley_Price]

If anyone wants his book (or Bannatynes or Caans) please send me a PM. If I can get a few people who want one, I can obtain trade paperbacks (hardbacks without the physical hard cover) for about £10 a throw (including postage).

I am not sure about the Caans book, but my local bookshop has the paperback Bannatyne book for £6.99.

 

[LINGsCARS]

However, there was one piece I did find very amusing.

He was in one of the Ryman shops (he owns the chain) and was saying that "Retail is Detail". He was testing the sharp objects that weren't to be sold to under 18s and was testing that the tills came up with a warning message to the cashier to check the person's age. On one item this didn't happen, which he was (quite rightly) not happy about.

One product he thought was dangerous was a paper trimmer machine thing.

I am not 100% sure, but attacks and abuse with these paper trimmer machines are quite rare I think.

"Motherflipper, I'll slice your bus ticket, please slide it under the plastic guard rail" is about as threatening as it can get.

We should thank Theo for this.

However, internet-savvy good-for-nothing youths wanting this dangerous attack weapon can obtain it on-line from Rymans with no warning about being under 16, as far as I can see.

 

[Ashley_Price]

One product he thought was dangerous was a paper trimmer machine thing.

I am not 100% sure, but attacks and abuse with these paper trimmer machines are quite rare I think.

"Motherflipper, I'll slice your bus ticket, please slide it under the plastic guard rail" is about as threatening as it can get.

We should thank Theo for this.

However, internet-savvy good-for-nothing youths wanting this dangerous attack weapon can obtain it on-line from Rymans with no warning about being under 16, as far as I can see.

I don't think this is down to Theo - I think there is a law now that no sharp objects (within certain limits) can be sold to under 18s.

 

[Ashley_Price]

However, internet-savvy good-for-nothing youths wanting this dangerous attack weapon can obtain it on-line from Rymans with no warning about being under 16, as far as I can see.

I'm not sure how many under 16s have a credit card to buy the item though.

And if you say "They could take their parents'" why not buy something that actually is dangerous?

 

[LINGsCARS]

Somehow, I don't think a paper trimmer is a sharp object.

Frankly you could hurt someone much more with a photocopier than with a paper trimmer.

Personally i would welcome every teenager to buy paper trimmers instead of drugs, alcohol, stanley knives and guns.

I mean face it, if they bought those high powered staple-guns from Rymans, that could be like an Uzi, you could staple a whole bus queue in the face and escape with 20 wallets. Staple Death Attack Horror

"Stationery Wars"! The attack of the pencil sharpeners - they contain a sharp blade, but just about every primary school child owns one.

 

[Ashley_Price]

Somehow, I don't think a paper trimmer is a sharp object.

Frankly you could hurt someone much more with a photocopier than with a paper trimmer.

Personally i would welcome every teenager to buy paper trimmers instead of drugs, alcohol, stanley knives and guns.

Hey, look at the nasty paper cuts you can get?

 

[LINGsCARS]

Hey, look at the nasty paper cuts you can get?

Or a hole punch in the face?

 

[kerching]

What about the iteady guy,turning up for a meeting with the manufactures in that silver ferrari.Presumably he was alreday in bussiness proir to the iteady concept.As going from zero to having a ferrari within 12 months is pretty rare.