Why would you go on Dragons Den? if you had a decent idea you believed in why would you offer 50% of your business to someone? I would sell the wife first.
The only reason I see to go on it would be that some of them have the contacts to open doors for your business.
Of course its worth going on DD if you have a viable idea. Those guys can really help get your product or service to market much, much faster than most people could ever dream of doing themselves. 50% of something big is much better than 100% of something small
I have often watched and enjoyed Dragons Den, The Apprentice and the like but do they offer a fair and accurate representation of what it is like to be a small business or entrepreneur?
Sure you get to see good and bad pitches but that is but one aspect of 'the game'
i think dragons just wana ringing big figures as to what the person has already sold... i dont think theyre mainly intersted in what the product does! .. lol