RTÉ has announced details of it’s plans for the series Dragons’ Den. The Bafta-nominated series will debut on RTÉ One in early 2009.
The hit format, commissioned for Ireland by RTÉ, will offer budding inventors and entrepreneurs the opportunity of a lifetime, with the chance to secure investment in their fledging businesses.
About to go into production, the series is seeking would-be entrepreneurs to pitch for the chance to get funding for their unique idea and see that elusive business dream catapulted into reality.
In the eight-part series, many hopeful entrepreneurs will get to pitch their business schemes in front of five wealthy and successful venture capitalists, the eponymous Dragons. Will they invest and finance the dream? First, the entrepreneurs must convince the experienced Dragons of the merits of their business ideas.
The Irish Dragons are successful entrepreneurs and business leaders who have been there, done that. They are: Gavin Duffy, Bobby Kerr, Sean Gallagher, Niall O’Farrell and Sarah Newman. Crucially, it will be the Dragons’ own hard-earned cash on the table. These are shrewd business people who have heard it all before and who are not afraid to say 'no' in the harshest of terms. But if they spot an idea with that extra special something, they and they alone will have the power to make dreams come true and invest money from their own pockets.
If you have what it takes to appear in Dragons' Den and have an idea that is investment-ready, the show is ready to hear from you. Potential applicants can apply on line: at www.rte.ie/dragonsden or call (01 ) 4066433.
