Videos

Some of the best ideas are often the ones that appear to be most simple.

Here are some videos of the most successful 'Dragons Den' stories from around the road...

See what all of these people have in common with one another....

Ben Gulak, a 19 year old from Ontario, Canada 'came, pitched and slayed all 5 Dragons' with the Uno on Dragons Den, Canada. His was the most successful pitch of Dragons Den worldwide.  He looked for $1.25million (€900,000) for 15% of his buisness when he pitched and went away with 5 Dragons on board having given away only 20%.

He says the biggest thing is ' don't let people get you down, if you really believe in something, keep going after it, and if you want it badly enough there is always a way, you can make your dreams come through....'

Chris and Richard from the Wand Company entered the Den in the UK looking for £200,000 (226,000) in return for 10% of their business. Their product was the Magic Wand Remote Control. They secured the monies for 20% of their business. See their product by visiting http://www.magicwandremotecontrol.org/

Closer to home, Daithi O'Reagan, a former inter-county hurler with Clare, of Handcraft Hurleys, secured €20,000 for 15% of his business. This is an excellent story of a man who in difficult circumstances, re-grouped and turned a difficult situation around for himself. You can buy your own hand-crafted hurley by visiting http://www.handcrafthurleys.com/

View Daithi's visit to the Dragons Den here: Daithi O'Regan - Handcraft Hurleys

The 3 videos have a common thread running through them; the motivations and determination of the people to succed and also a dedication to making sure that they can be the absolute best they can be.

A personal favourite motivational speech of mine; given by Al Pacino before the last game in the movie Any Given Sunday... enjoy.