What is Gener8? Web browser founder who wowed on Dragons’ Den

Internet giants such as Google make billions from tracking our online activities and selling data to third parties but we get little in return, according to one entrepreneur, who wowed Dragons’ Den with his plan to change that. The founder of web browser Gener8, Sam Jones, wants to put the power of data ownership back … Read more

Dragons’ Den: CEO Steven Bartlett makes history as the youngest ever Dragon on the BBC show at 28

Dragons’ Den: CEO Steven Bartlett makes history as the youngest ever Dragon on the BBC show at just 28 By Aisha Nozari For Mailonline Published: 13:41 BST, 13 May 2021 | Updated: 13:41 BST, 13 May 2021 It’s the show in which budding entrepreneurs have three minutes to pitch their ideas to five multi-millionaires in … Read more

Dragons’ Den’s entrepreneur quit job amid Covid to run new art business

An entrepreneur who secured a £50,000 investment from Dragons’ Den’s Deborah Meaden has revealed how she bravely quit her full-time job during the pandemic to run her brand-new business. Zena El Farra, 28, from East London, took a sabbatical from her full time job at a bank to found MasterPeace, a mindful art studio, in … Read more

Dragons’ Den’s entrepreneur quit job amid Covid to run new art business

An entrepreneur who secured a £50,000 investment from Dragons’ Den’s Deborah Meaden has revealed how she bravely quit her full-time job during the pandemic to run her brand-new business. Zena El Farra, 28, from East London, took a sabbatical from her full time job at a bank to found MasterPeace, a mindful art studio, in … Read more

Seven Dragons’ Den success stories

The five business titans of the BBC’s Dragons’ Den haven’t always got it right over the past years. Just think of when they turned down a request for £100,000 from Brewdog’s co-founders in 2008 that would now be worth £360million. Or when they refused to give James Nash £250,000 for his Cup-a-wine idea, which was later picked up by … Read more

Seven Dragons’ Den success stories

The five business titans of the BBC’s Dragons’ Den haven’t always got it right over the past years. Just think of when they turned down a request for £100,000 from Brewdog’s co-founders in 2008 that would now be worth £360million. Or when they refused to give James Nash £250,000 for his Cup-a-wine idea, which was later picked up by … Read more

Dragon’s Den star Peter Jones’s Jessops becomes latest victim of high street bloodbath

Jessops, the camera retailer owned by Dragons’ Den’s Peter Jones, has filed a notice to appoint administrators after it was badly hit by lockdown restrictions. The company, which was bought by Mr Jones’s PJ Investment Group in 2013, currently employs 120 staff and runs 17 stores. It has hired insolvency specialists FRP and said it … Read more

Dragon’s Den star Peter Jones’s Jessops becomes latest victim of high street bloodbath

Jessops, the camera retailer owned by Dragons’ Den’s Peter Jones, has filed a notice to appoint administrators after it was badly hit by lockdown restrictions. The company, which was bought by Mr Jones’s PJ Investment Group in 2013, currently employs 120 staff and runs 17 stores. It has hired insolvency specialists FRP and said it … Read more

Dragon’s Den star Tej Lalvani confirms he will leave the show after its 14th seriesire

‘It’s been a true pleasure’: Dragon’s Den star Tej Lalvani confirms he will leave the show after its 14th series to focus on expanding his empire By Jason Chester for MailOnline Published: 15:35 GMT, 28 January 2021 | Updated: 15:36 GMT, 28 January 2021 Tej Lalvani has revealed he will leave Dragons’ Den after the upcoming … Read more

Former Dragons’ Den star investing in hospitality sector

Confident: Sarah Willingham is banking on a big return for hospitality Dragons’ Den entrepreneur Sarah Willingham has four children dotted around the house doing lessons on their iPads and laptops during our interview, but she’s surprisingly relaxed about home-schooling.  When her youngest child, Marly, was five, she took her whole family out of school for … Read more