19 Year Old Entrepreneur Shocks Dragons With Their Pitch | Dragons' Den 

Shark Tank has much more enjoyable investors though. They add life to the show.

@@ExtraordinaryFate it’s scripted

I watched Cuban in action today in SS, shouting everyone down. It was a painful soap opera.

@@billymabum3514 Not quite ! but some parts are cut yes, to fit the show.

DD is much better than SS any day. SS Australia is the only one that I liked so far

A bit of a D move by Theo to signal enthusiastic interest and then pause without making an offer.

You expected millionaires to be decent and considerate human beings???. . . I'm sorry but that's your own fault cuz they'll always disappoint you in that aspect.

@@nf6386 it's called "experience in business negotiations"

​@@barobaro1 Spoken like a bitter commie

I would of said 25%

Replace Debs with James Caan 👍🏽

Pretty sure that’s Deborah is one of the OG’s. Also, my comment was more reflective of an actual group that has actually existed at once.

What does OG mean?

@@noonegirl Original

Had a feeling Theo wouldn’t budge. I think the comments all the others gave about his experience caused his arrogance to rise even higher than usual.

They were investing in the person more than his product......

@@jumble-1238 i actually think if peter went direct on sharing the money with Theo, then Theo would have accepted it. But the fact that he tried to negotiate and give 5% back on top of that for no clear reason when the pitcher is happy with the percentage was the reason Theo rejected it. It's like saying young man Theo is stealing you so me and him will join and we will give you 5% back lol. That's why you can also see Theo took his time to explain why he prefers to be alone and you can hint the reasons are related to the fact that peter acting like negotiating a good deal for the pitcher. I don't usually see Peter going wrong in negotiations but this one he went wrong , he should have either offered a competitive offer or just shared the percentage without the unnecessary blabla

Peter back then was probably not the richest and most influential.

Thanks a lot! I really needed that today: I am smart, and I know that now.

Judge Judy 🤔

@@AliKhan-yx1dy It’s called opinions my guy.

@@AliKhan-yx1dy Close 2nd haha

I'd agree with that. I do however think the bombshell was moreso him saying he didn't think it was a good product.

@@butchcoolidge2445 he also said he could be wrong straight after

@@Junaid-vw6zg That's to save face in case it's a hit. They've been wrong before and missed out on big opportunities.

This was from10-12 years ago

@@zlatkostevanovic5891 Ok if you are going to secondee me, I ill Crocodile Dundee you, how about that

@@jessebella9322 why not ?

@@marchumphreys3865 Why not what not

@@marchumphreys3865 Thats true

@@jessebella9322 well before you deleted your first comment you asked why ? , so yeah I replied and said why not ? Lol Have a great day.

Thanks a lot for the compliment!

Undercutting another dragon would be too damaging to his ego.

@@dtz1000 I get that. That's why they very rarely undercut. It's just Theo is an expert in this area. I think 25% is fairly reasonable considering the intitial offer.

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Bro this is 17 years old lol

This was 20 years ago & i still see students from architecture carrying those black mega folders over this.

@@coldestbeer His company dissolved because of cloud storage and tablets. He started a company that focuses on smart kitchen products which is apparently doing quite well.

keep in mind that this episode is from 10+ years ago

Well I’m pretty sure his company is dissolved now so I wonder how he’s doing.

@@Joe-Mama25 He has another company.

It's probably made of something fairly stiff but since we didn't really get to see it or test it, I agree with you.

I thought I was getting a bout of tinnitus but thankfully it was just the sound of all the bees in your bonnet.

Totally agree. Theo couldn’t believe his luck. His whole lifetime ideas for 35%.! Also he had invested 18mnths and £10,000 in the business. Theo got a bargain

Yes but also not always. I have a similar story. Started from nothing , no parents

@@forhimbyher2689😅

to secure the inheritance ........😁😁

No they aren´t. His first company dissolved.

The experience part is basically this: Theo has immense competence in this field, meaning essentially any competitive offer some other Dragon could put forward wouldn't be worth it for them, because Theo would still be a preferred investor, even at let's say double the price. Now, if Theo chooses *not* to invest, that essentially means he doesn't see potential in the product, in a field where has lots of knowledge. So some other Dragon thinking "hey, this is a good product" now sees the most knowledgable person in the room not wanting anything to do with it. So why would someone who has *less* knowledge think to know better than him?

Theo owns stationery chain Ryman and Robert Dyas.

It depends if you were the same age this year he pitched ;)

@@sebastiangranlund1357 I was 20 when it aired.

Well done!

Export his money to import goods

Listen up MickTheDick, in this life you're either a smart fella or a fart smella

Before 'drop shipping'

@Lee Claxton CEO of Smarter, smart kitchen appliances company generating £mm revenues

Selling 50$ wifi kettles for 129 pound

@@barsnack7999 lol yes wouldn't say its a company I'd use 😂

Batty boy

Exactly my thoughts! It's just the novelty of a new product that will appeal to the unthinking masses suffering from "chronic consumeristic boredom".

@@greatbalance And a bunch of wealthy guys with overly developed ego's who have the wherewithal to PUSH a product upon the unthinking masses.

I think it’s meant to say they’re pitch? No wait, there pitch. Your welcome 😉

It's their own pitch, go back to school

I don't think he was in a bind

hahaha! 😂 Classic Jenny!

Blunt.

Because you're watching on a Nokia 3310

Because it was broadcast around 16 years ago apparently. Before the time of such good picture quality we have these days. Probably before the time of even 720p or 1080p.

Lots of people for art projects.

Thats why his first company dissolved.