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| Name | Samantha Gore |
| Pitching | Saboteur Crime Prevention |
| Investment Required | £120,000 |
| Equity Offered | 20% |
| Brief Description | Second appearance in the Den with the latest addition to her range of anti theft devices – an electronic curtain closer. |
Last year Samantha appeared in the Den with an anti-theft device. Her "fake TV" didn't work during her poitch and she walked away without investment.
Undettered Samantha returns to the Den with another anti-theft device, a retro-fitting curtain closer that people who are away from home can use during their absence.
However in an unfortunate repeat of her last encounter, again her demonstation fails.
While that clearly unimpresses the Dragons worse is to come - she tells Peter Jones that her curtain prototype retails for £69.99.
She explains the high cost is due to the fact that it costs between £400 and £500 to have a curtain track system set up in the first place.
Deborah Meaden chips in and says she simply doesn't like the product - the curtains (when they eventually work) draw back ar too slowly.
Samantha replies that at least they show their is movement in the house and in an era when many people can no longer rely on neighbours to keep an eye on things, they serve a need.
Duncan Bannatyne wants to know how much money Samantha has made on her previous invention, the fake TV.
Samantha confesses she has only made a profit of £10,000 so far.
Duncan wants to know whether he was right the last time not to invest in Samantha to the tune of £275,000.
She concedes he probably was.
Theo Paphitis want to know what she wants from the Dragons and she admits in an emotional exchange that she is primarily after help and business advice.
James Caan thinks that Samantha has wasted her precious second chance in the Den. he concedes that she clearly has get-up-and-go but that she hasn't demonstrated in the year she has been away that she is commerically viable as an inventor. For those reasons he is out.
Theo points out as a personality she is the sort he would want to instinctively support but that he could never see that he could make money on either of her inventions. maybe next time she came back he might but for now he is out.
Peter Jones disagrrees with Theo. he would not encourage samantha to return to the Den a third time and her ideas are simply not good enough - "until you get an idea that is commerically viable, you don't desrve investment." With that he declares himself out.
Deborah Meaden is a little more emollient. She thinks Samantha has success in her - but it will not come with this idea. She, too, is out.
Duncan asks himself whether this is an investment he could make work for them both.
Samantha tries to convince the Scot that it would be money well spent but he is having none of it - he too is out and Samantha, for the second time, leaves the Den emptyhanded.
No investment
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Michael Pritchard, Anyway Spray
Samantha Gore, Crime Prevention
Ronan McCarthy, Spit n Polish
Jason Roberts, Tech 21
Paul Ward, Germwarfare
William T Sachiti, Clever Bins
Tony & Steven, Commercial Cleaning
Lawrence & Frank, Lid Lifters
Adejare Doherty, The Wholeleaf Co
Shaun Pulfrey, Tangle Teezer
Henry Clayton, The Millie Mova
Carol Bailey, Bags of Life
Natalie Ellis, Road Refresher
Eddie Middleton, Westhawk
Steve Smith, TrueCall Ltd
James Seddon, EggXactly
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KEEP GOING, PETER IS A COMPLETE JOKE!!
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Don't let them get you down. Just because they got lucky with one or two ventures doesn't mean that they are infallible. The secret of success is failure and how to handle it, the more failures you have the better because it means that you are getting closer to success. Look at the failures of any of the great inventor/innovator/entrepreneur and you'll see what I mean. Perseverance is the answer.
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Looked to flimsy, she said at the start it was ready to go then later said it was a prototype. Good on her for having a 2nd go.
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Who writes this? It's full of typographical errors and poor grammar. Does no-one proof-read their work before posting it?
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