Episode 10

Well I think this is the last episode of the season - or at least last episode with pitches.

It was one of the better episodes in that it had a lot of pitches from people that actually were making some money. Unfortunately this led to some lofty valuations.

Name	Summary	Asked (k)	Offered Percentage	Deal	Terms	Participants	Length
Omega Tree Stand	Tree Stand	150	10	No
E-mail 2 Inc	Email 2.0	100	2	No
Hydroponic Lettuce	Hydroponic Newfie Food	500	49	No
Angel's Touch Christmas Ornament	Clapper Touch	200	40	No
iGreen Technologies	Fuel Cell Bike		0	No			Short
xgiftcard.ca	Gift Card Exchange	125	0	No			Short
The Flexnet	Goalie Net		0	No			Short
Barnies Horse Treats	Horse Treats	300	20	Yes	300K for 50%	All the Dragons
Nadarra Skin Care	Cosmetic	70	0	No			Short
Lokkit Fiber Optic Security System	Protable Alarm		0	No			Short
Brewsit Bottle Caps	Homemade alcoholic Juice	25	50	No			Short

Episode 9

Of course the last thing shown got the deal in the end. First the noteworthy things along the way. Arlene offered a partial deal to the cereal bar people but when no one else anted up she backed down.

I was surprised that Dickinson didn't get in on the Home Organizing box deal. It seems like something that's all about marketing and she only wanted a tiny amount of money. In the end Jim, Robert and Laurence went for what seemed a reasonably solid pitch. It wasn't really clear to me though why she needed the money again. As the dragon's pointed out, she had orders in hand. If she begged and borrowed to get the money to fill those orders I think she would have been a lot better off then giving up her company to the dragons.

The discussion with the spring water pitch was mildly interesting with some fireworks between the dragons. Robert described how he didn't have the easy road that O'Leary apparently did. However, he still felt it was possible to overcome starting from nothing. Good news for most budding entrepreneurs

The baby carrier was a colossally bad idea. Are people who are irresponsible enough to almost drown their kids seriously going to plan ahead and buy something that lessons the chance of that happening.

Here's the summary!

Name	Summary	Asked (k)	Offered Percentage	Deal	Terms	Participants	Length
Snow Shovel on Wheels		50	10	No
The Cereal Bar	Fast food cereal	350	25	No
Corporate Takeovers			0	No			Short
Majestic Swing Ball	Game		0	No			Short
Dumpster Signs	Vacancy signs for homeless		0	No			Short
Labrecque Enterprises	Spring	500	20	No
Waterkid Baby Carrier		650	20	No
Home Organization Box		50	20	Yes	50K for 50.1%	Herjavec, Lewin, Treliving

Episode 8

Again an episode with one deal.

First the dragons seemed firmly against the airline seat covers. Sure the valuation was a little high but they dismissed the idea outright. "Carry comfort's" one idea of something to cover the airline seats was impractical but the utility poncho was a decent idea. I think the Dragon's have forgotten that regular people travel coach. I wouldn't buy one of these things but when I see people bringing pillows and blankets onto planes I definitely think there is a market for them

The pop-up pylon company that did get funded in the end seemed like it was a decent idea. I don't see it being used for road construction but it might be practical for emergency kits in cars and for service trucks.


Here's the summary

Name	Summary	Asked (k)	Offered Percentage	Deal	Terms	Participants	Length
Carry Comfort	Airline Seat Cover	200	30	No
Smiles Made Easy	Cards	100	30	No
Pickers Mitt	Fruit picking apparatus	25	51	No
Jamato Sweet Tomato Jam	Jam	150	10	No			Short
The Hoodo	Inflatable Hoodie	50	?	No			Short
Bottoms Up	Drinking Game	?	?	No			Short
Bala Scarfa	Scarf	150	?	No
Touchyourtoes.com	Soft core	250	10	No
Pop-up Pylon	Collapsible Pylons	150	30	Yes	150K for 50%	Lewin and Treliving

Episode 7 or "What is wrong with people"

The summary from last week is below. The underwear people came close to a deal but in the end only Dickinson wanted in.

I found the last deal, Printakid, upsetting. The entrepreneur gave way too much up. She had a reasonable business that sounded like it was growing on its own but, for some reason, she decides to give it all away. She gave away 51% but she might as well have given away the whole thing. Her company is no longer her own and the day the deal closes she could be out on her own.

Name	Summary	Asked (k)	Offered Percentage	Deal	Terms	Participants	Length
Fryed Rocket	Single foot roller skates	250	20	No
Bluewater Technologies	Robotic underwater log cutters	10000	0.1	No
K9 Kamper	Camper for dogs	50	10	No
Saxx	Underwear	250	0.1	No
Stainless Steel Monuments		?	0	No			Short
Stemcell Consumer Guide		?		No			Short
Aerotag	Luggage Tags	?	0	No			Short
Mrakic Gold Holdings	Underwater gold holdings	2000	0.25	No
Garage Door Sports Screen		100	51	No			Short
Tampac	Plastic Bag	?		No			Short
Bend-No-More	Foot attachment for golfing	100	0.3	No			Short
Printakid		100	25	Yes	100k for 51%	Dickinson

Episode 6

Well Episode 6 of Dragon's Den aired tonight. Sadly I missed part of it but here's what I did catch

Full Length
Pitch: CanadaParty.ca Request: 150K for 10% Status: No Deal
Pitch: Doggie Treats Request: 200K for 30% Status: No Deal
Pitch: Custom Jeans Request: 100 for 20% Status: No Deal
Pitch: Better Bra Request: 50K for 20% Status: Pity Deal - Lewin and Dickinson for 50K @ 20%
Pitch: Pizza Box Plates Request: ? Status: No Deal

Shorts
Pitch: Booty Board - No Deal
Pitch: Herb Something - No Deal
Pitch: Folding Bench - No Deal

No real surprises overall

Episode 5

Here's the rundown from Episode 5.

Pitch	Request	Status
Where's My Stylist	250k for 40%	No Deal
Digital Rifles	500k for 20%	No Deal
Cutless Razor	200k for 20%	No Deal
Spice Mixes	80k for 30%	No Deal
Short - Electric Gym Network		No Deal
Short - Lucid Air Pack		No Deal
Short - Pony Shoes		No Deal
Lit Cosmetics	200k for 25%	No Deal
NaturPack	300k for 20%	No Deal
Kinclo Mat	300k for 25%	Deal - 300K for 60%

The shocker was that a collection of 9 mats actually got money.

Episode 4

Maybe I didn't get this right, but this seems like the first episode I've seen where there wasn't a deal.

The fancy water transportation devices (aka bottles) came the closest but it didn't quite pull it off

Name	Summary	Asked (k)	Offered Percentage	Deal	Terms	Participants	Length
Baby Kaede Cloathing Company	Baby Clothing	100	40	No
Home Safe Environment Testing	EM Field Detector	500	40	No
Anivac	Horse vacuum	150	20	No
The Stair Walker		100	?	No			Short
Obbi	Art Thing	?	?	No			Short
Leisure Skates		250	30	No			Short
Coretection		500	15	No
Cold Buddy	Animal Pins	?	?	No			Short
Add-vanced Bottle System	Efficient bottles	350	20	No

Episode 3

Well this is the first episode I saw this year. It seems to be as interesting as last year. Hopefully it keeps up.

One new thing though was that they now have these really short segments where they just give some snippets of the pitch. They don't give the full details of what the people wanted so that's why some of the details are missing

Here's the summary from last night

Name	Summary	Asked (k)	Offered Percentage	Deal	Terms	Participants	Length
Altitudetech	Altitude tents	250	25	No
Dr Rasam	Soup Recipe	25	25	Yes	25K for 70%	Treliving	Short
BCP Pet Carrier	Bike Pet Carrier	?		No			Short
The Door Defender	Door Bumpers	?		No			Short
Sap World	Tree Wine	?		No			Short
Exotic Dancer TV		200	20	No
Synchrohearts	Couples board game	200	25	No
Plethora of Products	Random Ideas in a Bag	?		No
Atomic Tea	Tasty Tea	120	25	Yes	120K for 50.1%	All