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Securing Funding - The Dragons' Perspective.
The BBC2 show Dragons’ Den is now in its fifth series and while the show is obviously edited to entertain (more than anything else); it seems as if the current bunch of contestants has not watched any of the previous shows! Week after week they appear – often repeating the mistakes of previous contestants

Entrepreneurship Tips: Assessing your Idea.
In a world increasingly affected by globalisation, increased competitiveness and maturing products, the need for creativity and entrepreneurship has never been greater.

Entrepreneurship Tips: Why you Should Enter a Business Plan Competition?
There has never been a better time to enter a business plan competition. However, despite a number of new competitions being launched in the UK in recent months, for many entrepreneurs, the rewards have not seemed sufficiently juicy to tempt them to submit an entry.

Dragons Den Master Class - The Numbers you Need to Know
Why do entrepreneurs consistently fail to appreciate how important it is to have financials to hand when pitching an idea? Why do they present a business plan without even a rudimentary knowledge of basic financial concepts, such as turnover or margins?