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Determining the level of harm for content will continue to be extremely difficult to adjudicate. As a result, social-media companies are likely to find that their headcount is going to grow significantly. Their cost of doing business will increase in response to their own success in embracing Metcalfe's Law of social scale and they may find the days of easy profit through automation receding into the past. It’s a really good way of getting parents to sit down with their kids and spend some quality time together, but it’s also all about teaching kids. The plants are all edible so they can eat the food that they’ve grown and it’s a really exciting way to engage kids with gardening and growing their own.’ Peter [Jones] is the most amazing person.” Roots says. “Surround yourself with like-minded people.”
Ending Statham's time in the den, Meaden declared that she felt he was “in a great position” as the “only person with the solution” but said he should make it a retrofit product, and so declined to invest. Mrs Davies said: “We are grateful to the support from Santander, who after seeing our business plans for the next few years, share our vision and are keen to assist our ambitious global growth plans.” Brave pitches, innovative ideas and fierce questioning - a staple of any Dragons’ Den episode, but particularly clear this week. As we reach episode ten of this series, I was excited to sit down and see which brave entrepreneurs would dare enter the Den. Grow Sow Simple was established in 2014 to 'get people growing' with products such as its biodegradable SeedCell that can be pushed straight into the soil, as well as Microgrow kits and children's 3D puzzle gardening sets.
Do your best with spreading the seeds. It isn't easy to move them once they are on the paper towel. Don't sweat it if they clump too much or are spread too far apart. It helps to have something or someone to keep you going when you go through a tough patch. “It had to be my Rastafarianism,” Roots said, “But it could be your dog, cat or friend.” Roots met his first mentor at his lowest point. What made the change is that he opened up and listened to someone for the first time – she was the first person who really believed in who he was. “You’re not Keith. You’re Levi Roots. You look to cook,” she said to him. “People who go through the struggle, like me, they need mentorship and someone who can say, ‘I can help you’.”
Dan Robson, who runs the company with his brother Joe, pitched his business on the show last night (19 January) where he secured the investment from fellow North East-based entrepreneur Sara Davies. The Dragons were clearly impressed by the confident pitch and their sales so far. One of the key selling points for me was their success in securing licensing from several high-profile football clubs. From West Ham and Chelsea, stretching over the pond to the US NFL, the duo held an impressive array of licences. A winning licence Finally, the third product (Build & Grow) is a children’s 3D puzzle made from 100 percent FSE-approved card with a small tray which is also made from card but sprayed with a special vegetable wax-based coating to make it hydrophilic. Kids simply build the puzzle, fold the tray into place, fill it with soil and seeds, then wait and they can grow a real garden in their puzzle.
Deborah Meaden was the last Dragon to air her concerns, simultaneously putting an end to Reynolds' hopes of securing investment: “Expansion for you outside of Scotland is the wrong thing to do. […] I'm out”. Jones wondered if the deal would represent a conflict of interest with his e-commmerce operation Brandpath but said that, “regardless of conflict of interest, I'd like to invest in you – you are probably one of the most appealing individuals to invest in that I've seen in the Den for a long time”. Jones offered all the money for 20% and said he would by happy to share this deal with Jenkins; who agreed. Entry requirements can be found at www.raeng.org.uk/ned-competition The Royal Academy of Engineering is looking for the ideas and innovations (which exist as either a sketch, prototype or model) that could make our daily lives more sustainable. A sustainable innovation is something that’s making our daily lives function in a less wasteful way – that’s wasteful in terms of energy, finances, resources. It’s something that is designed to make our lives and our impact on the planet better without negatively impacting on people or the planet. Starting a business can be pretty simple but it is rarely easy. Having a great idea is the start but being able to deliver on that idea is what turns it into a business. Some people think they want to start their own business but when they realise the risks involved or the personal attention it takes it just doesn’t suit .It is also about timing…a great idea at the wrong time will fail, or starting a business at the wrong time for you personally can also lead to failure BUT and here is the big but…turn that on its head…have that great idea, work out how to deliver on it and launch at the right time and it can be the most rewarding, satisfying thing you will ever ever do.
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