Businesswoman's Assassination Joke Stuns The Dragons | Dragons' Den

hello my name is Gayle Blanchflower I'm the founder and the inventor of outer-box a unique concept in disposable outdoor falesha furniture the products consist of a ground seat back support a low level table and a parasol which all fall flat for easy carriage waste just under two kilos furthermore they are protected by intellectual property rights worldwide the products offer the consumer a lightweight and eco-friendly alternative to the existing the existing competitive competitors and furthermore they can be used for advertising and promotions just get my breath after the pitch is a vital part of getting an investment and Gail is struggling to get her ideas across shell Clear Channel and other major companies have already expressed interest in Europe licensing is expected globally to summarize outer-box will provide fun functional furniture at affordable prices reusable recyclable responsible Gail's looking for 125,000 pounds and is prepared to give away 5% of her company Gail can we just say it doesn't look very comfy it doesn't seem very sturdy it takes that has been tested up 250 keys right Rachel a mold to me yes it molded to me all right go to sleep it rains you're quite sure this doesn't just go yeah it's because the way it's printed like it any anything printed with the varnish it will roll off for a light shower and the winds it's wind resistant it's weird so 100 percent some of the British wind resistant what do you think your market is for this product well we have done test marketing as I said we've got been to Wimbledon went down very well they were breaking the ranks for the Q's for him and he'll so what do you mean when will you see you went to Wimbledon Wimbledon and tested the product what did you all in the new solder what did you do well we weren't allowed to - you can also have to take a trade stand with in real terms what did you go we went to the park where the people were queuing to go out on the daily basis and you sold on this product how many did you sell and we unfortunately you have to move your cars by 7 a.m. so where we arrived at 6 so we managed to shift about 50 because we had to carry them over our shoulders to get them into the park to sell and yeah Ward price 5 pounds that that was just for the chair goes just for the chair for henman Hill Gayle's proves her cardboard furniture can sell and has interested the dragons now they want to find out more about her Gail what's what's your background advertising what are you done for the last 10 years in business launch sky television well you say that but I mean if you did launch sky television I'm sure a few people have put their hands up and so they don't sky television what did you actually do tell us truthfully what did you actually do what was your job done I worked in a company called arc advertising arc advertising I also worked on Wembley yeah and running Wembley Stadium an arena at Wembley Arena advertising Gale should be trying to endear herself to the Dragons to win them over but they're not finding her answers very forthcoming so you work for this advertising agency in your market tier and how long we therefore I was there for about five years great and before then before then I was at a company called gears grouse where I worked on House of Fraser House of Holland advertising exec good and when did you when did you leave the job and underwater moment when you got you got married a year ago from there quite a 98 and then my husband got a job with the IBM global so we had to move to Dallas how much money is it cost you to develop it to this stage so you were in Dallas for five years one year I'm sorry I misunderstood well my sympathies yes exactly yeah that's why they shoot presidents yes Doug Richard doesn't appear amused at her quip about the assassination of John F Kennedy and Simon Woodruff is beginning to get frustrated I'm not getting any sense of who you are what your problems have been you know what what what excites you what scares you the only problems that I can say over the past year is is getting British companies to wake up to the fact that's why Europe have to have taken up these products far quicker I'm sad to say go I don't get a real sense that you know exactly where you're going or what you're doing and I don't get a real sense of being able to connect with you and for that reason I'm not invested for you that's fun and pizza Jones is heard enough as well just look at what I've seen I do think personally that it is totally flawed I can't imagine for the life of me somebody wanting to buy that and spend the time to put that together I personally believe that if it was windy that table would not stay there it will blow away I think the whole concept would need to be redesigned for you to get anyway but I actually don't feel that it's going to be something that anybody would want to buy and for me it's not going to be an investment today that's your opinion Gale is looking for a hundred and twenty five thousand pounds for five percent of her business Peter Jones and Simon would refer out but Doug Richard wants to know more about gales plans but are you I give you 125 Kay what do you spend it on I was need key personnel I need a logistics and distribution person who understands printing to be able to look after the artworks for all these people that we were already expressing interest I need a proper sales person I'm a fairly good sales person but I need a proper parker sales person with European experience where do you see the primary revenue from this product common advertising fun so it's desirable to the consumer but it's even more desirable to guy who prints his logo on it well what advertising do you see on the beach no I'm I actually think you're a really cool product and concerts festivals I mean Glastonbury hundred and fifty thousand people I you don't I think you have a cool product I think what's interesting to me is how you monetize it I think she'll shell for example her know she caught me off basis she'll why would they want a brand I mean they don't strike me what's at 1.6 million people pay her 400 pounds for the privilege of sitting on grass at Grand Prix's Oh Grand Prix's right shell catcher she'll sponsors Ferrari right Gail is clearly determined not to be intimidated by the dragons but she's coming across as abrupt even - Doug Richard who likes her product Rachael Eleanor wants to know why forgive me for pointing something out here Gail but you seem a little bit sort of defensive and almost not engaging almost there's a sort of I just trying to understand is listening to hear you answer some of the questions it was a bit of a kind of defensiveness what's call sir have you had lots of knock backs not at all not at all now I suppose it's the fact we've got a lot of people sniffing friends at the moment and what do you mean by sniffing around you competitors no no no but there is no competition the competition is sniffing around you and people wanting orders right so what's why is that making you defensive perhaps it's advice from my corporate lawyer the dragons are losing patience with Gail I don't actually believe in your product I think it's something that I might buy or a toy shop and take home for the kids on a Sunday morning when I'm having a barbecue for a bevel laughs and then shorten the bin but apart from that I just I wouldn't remind him on it I think it looks I think it looks a bit silly I just don't think I'll who's grown up enough to have my name on I don't believe in you and I don't believe in a product so I'm not investing Peter Jones Simon would roughened Duncan Bannatyne have made it clear they won't be contributing to the hundred and twenty-five thousand pounds Gail is trying to raise in the Dragons Den Doug Richard is also ready to give his verdict the sustainability of the business is very very questionable and so our I would have to believe that you had another three up your sleeve and I suspect you probably think you do but I haven't I don't see that and thus unfortunately I can't invest because I don't see that in you yet Rachel L nor is the only dragon left girl I think it's one thing to have a great product I think it's quite another to actually make it happen and make it into a viable business I think the product might work but I'm not convinced that you can make it happen in fact I think when you're starting out particularly it's very important to take people with you and I think some of the responses you've shown today and I think a bordering on almost you having a bit of an attitude problem and it's it's really going to put you on the back foot in business and so what about the product possibly would I bat you actually know you don't come across as very likable and for that reason I wouldn't actually invest in this so I'm sorry thank you Gayle's bid for the Dragons cash has collapsed in the end it was her manner and pitching style which seemed to have put them off this that woman because she has an attitude problem I don't know what it why she was so I'm angry and upset it's your anger inside a dangerous dress does it make her an entrepreneur or it makes her something else what was going on there what you being defensive or without your name banner or was this night it's not my normal area at all but I didn't want to disclose too much information but it was more than that there wasn't I mean there was somehow there was a sort of I felt it was there to win and yet somehow you clutch defeat from the jaws of victory in that exchange it could well be but I just didn't want to disclose too much personal business information they got quite personal didn't they I mean they were sort of telling you there's then prerogative how do you feel will make citizen Geordie being defensive you old enough to take it on the chin you're being defensive now then I have nothing I haven't nothing to be dishonest about okay certainly an interesting thing you can do with cardboard will look very good luck well thank you very you

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Id: NB4Gyx3Kv7s

Length: 11min 50sec (710 seconds)

Published: Wed Apr 08 2020

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