The tiny box company is worth 10 million and employees over 100 staff. Rachel really did take that small company to the next level by hard work and determination.
I found it fascinating how quickly the dragons figured out Christian and they were right. Now that is another reason why they are where they are. The skill of reading people is soooo important.
@@fredpuntdroad8701 Well, it's been around for quite a few years and generally meant a middle aged women, typically white, who complains to the manager or police to get her way and bully others.
The way Guy sneakily highjacked Duncan's increased bid to improve his own counterbid back to the trio. Very smart play, you could tell Duncan was impressed by his smile
As critical as he was, everything he said was right - freeze frame around 24:32 and everything else he said. But clearly she worked at improving the business to the standards she envisioned herself at - to the standards the investors saw in her. Good on her, well deserved.
The difference between Duncan and Theo was that Theo took the time to ask the guy about his obvious addiction problems first and made his decision with all the facts.
In case people were curious about Christian Richardson, the man from the Tiny Box Company pitch who revealed his passion was broadcasting in the follow-up: he goes by the professional name Robin Banks and he had success in radio and as a TV personality. He's a husband and father now, and at least from outward appearances it seems he was able to keep clean.
@@Romans8-9 you over value custom work than someone buys it with duty money and you call it income frm Art business, bank it than you can use it without questions where the huge amounts came from 😉. It's a practice by drug dealers and criminals, illegal sources of funds
@@muziendlovu6373 Ok but why would Peter Jones need to launder money through an art dealer? These are known successful businessmen with legit companies. To say they need an art dealer to "launder money" is just baseless and slanderous imo.
Yeah but remember that rich people are weird when it comes to art. They balk at having to pay too much for something practical, but if it's something they can put on display in their Grand Foyer or whatever then it's suddenly like kids in a candy store. Normal people would NEVER spend that kind of money on art, so it's kind of hard for most of us to see buying a bunch of sculptures as an investment. It's almost as confusing as why some people will pay millions of dollars for NFTs. The plebs (like me) will never understand, and it always makes me vomit just a little in my mouth when I see those kinds of sales go through.
Part of the reason the Dragons were so keen to have the art instead of a share of the profits is simply for tax avoidance. Double win for the Dragon, assets that also keep up or exceed inflation.
I think it would definitely be taxed at current market value as a taking, but that can be downplayed when filing taxes. And yes, if should hold or exceed the value of the investment, so that's a benefit. Idk if they sold, but the dragons could always sell pieces themselves for a good profit if all else fails. They have a good name in the UK and the show benefits that. Or they could keep the pieces and simply consider it a patronage of the arts and not feel like they overspent, but got some value themselves as people.
@@Honey_Daddy when you sell the art, if you profit you still have to pay capital gains tax if you make a profit and the ceiling is being reduced to 3k where you have to pay said tax which is probably around 20% for these guys, furthermore if the dragons did end up having to sell the pieces then that would likely be because they wouldnt sell anywhere else or other issues causing the business to cease trading for whatever reason, in which case the perceived "value" of these items would also plummet through the floor so if they did have to sell the items themselves and pay capital gains tax, they might be able to recover their initial investment
Against a backdrop of difficulties including cancer, fire, flooding, an IT hack, and now Covid-19, she has grown Tiny Box to a thriving company of 80 employees. Rachel is Dragon's Den's most successful female entrepreneur to date
I've got a couple of tiny boxes. I think they originally contained chocolates or something. They make pretty storage boxes and maintain their integrity well. She was right
I am not an art expert by any means, but those sculptures look mint. They're appealing to look at, beyond what they're all about. Great building and detail. Phenomenal.
But it just made me think it’s not much different than the roller blades i have and it has the stopper on it. Maybe it is due to the angles like she said 🤷🏾♀️. It’s a shame that guy wasn’t all in like he said.
The skaters on the Isle of Wight should have these supplied. The owners of the ice-rink there closed it down and hundreds of people were sadly affected. It costs them a fortune to pay the ferry fares to be able to practise off-island.
@@IRCW so true 😂😂 but I had to read a few comments to see if it was worth the watch.. & you never guess what!! I still didn’t get to the part where he forgot to hold his drink lmao
He wasn't exactly wrong, there's a reason most packaging isn't recycled and it's because new is always cheaper. Recycling is of course good and definitely needed, but that's what he means by a "crusade" it's trying to solve an issue not be profitable.
The art one is interesting… he started the process in 2007 when the economy was booming, but the exhibition was in 2009 post-crash. I guess there were far less people buying music sculptures for tens of thousands of pounds!
Art is very resilient in times of financial crisis. The market only took a slight dip after the 08 recession. There has also been prior recessions were the art market did not get impacted. When in times of financial crisis, there will always be rich people buying up art still.
26:20 - well she accurately predicted where the whole packaging industry was shifting 15 years before it happened. Everything is made of recycled materials now.
My algorithm: I'm asking for 100% of your attention for 3 days straight of dragons den clips Me: I'd like to make you an offer... I'll give you 100% of my attention, for 3 days of clips but I'd also like a full episode of Dragons On Tour. 🤝
@@ZeeNastee Same. They're ok works of craftsmanship, working the forge and all, but seem super cringey. Posters of musicians always seemed weird to me too.
I am supposing there aren't enough indoor ice skating rinks to accomodate potential learners ... and these rinks tend to be a seasonal, i.e. most people to skate in the winter... Three tiered entrée is good - 1. retail 2 fitness (aerobics combined w/skating) and 3.education - schools in London presently As a lifelong ice skater (started at age 4), I'm all for everyone to have a try... Observing the skaters, it didn't appear to me to have the fluidity of movement of skating on ice...which is something part of the experience (and skill set) needed for ice skating. I've no idea if this a major problem in adjusting ultimately to ice.
I knew that guy that partnered with the small box female owner of the business wouldn't hold on. I was right. Theo could see through him, too, and that's why he didn't invest.
Love the Ice-blading idea! I always wanted to have something like that as a kid! My main interest as a kid was inline skates. I loved watching the ice skating on the Olympics. It was and still is my favorite sport (as well as boxing!) I didn't live near an ice rink but I thought it was the most elegant, beautiful looking form. It wasn't overly feminine because it takes a lot of upper/lower body strength so it appealed to me more. It didn't just show a female athlete, it showed a strong female athlete. I loved the track rink racing and the figure ice skating combined! Still, ice skating is a rich girl's game. Top end quality of learner skates for an adult female is £900!
...£900 for learner skates..? Jackson Ultima DJ2470's, competitor level figure skates come in at $350. This is about as much as you can possibly spend on Ice skates? Most are usually the $200-250 mark.
The 3rd one with the 2 Karens is hardly a success if they haven’t even gotten patent confirmation let alone sales surely..? The other 2 businesses fair enough.
@@BlissetEris he wasn't even right tho. Failed to see the market and now that company is making alot of money because of the demand. He doesn't understand why ethics is important to many people because he's a rock head.
