Dragons Den star brings solid to tears in emotional pitch for £50,000

Mr Chew was in search of £50,000 for 20 % of his condiment firm, Mak Tok’s Authentic Chilli Pastes.

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As the final season of Dragons’ Den has come to a detailed, it’s attention-grabbing to look over earlier years to discover emotional pitches all through the years.

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Mr Chew was learning overseas and deeply missed his mom's dwelling cooking.

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His mom despatched him her recipes, and what components he might want to make the meals he cherished.

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After following the directions and making the sauce, he and his cousin determined to begin promoting this to make some further money.

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He defined to the Dragons that he was promoting the paste at native farm retailers and delis throughout Yorkshire.

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At that point he had managed to promote over 8,000 items of the product.

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‌As he suffered from social nervousness, he needed the Dragons’ experience and contacts to market his product as he finds it exhausting to community and pitch the product to folks himself.

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The entrepreneur stated: “I suffer from social anxiety so I’m not the best person to go out there and talk to people and I’m not great at phoning up people, I get really scared to do that.

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“But what I can do is stand in front of people and tell people about my product and my little story.”

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Sara Davies needed to take an opportunity on Will as a result of she needed to present him a break due the enjoyment he unfold within the Den.

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‌She stated: “When I got here into the Den, I set myself some clear parameters. This is every part I stated that I would not do.

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"There's loads of chilli pastes but there's only one Will, and I think you are great. I just, I love you and I really want to make this work with you."

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In tears, she continued: "I just think someone needs to give you that break.”

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Her kind words brought Will to tears and fellow Dragon Touker Suleyman who was wiping his eyes.

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Despite his courage to pitch to the Dragons, some of the cast could not invest as they were not familiar with the industry and it was deemed “risky”.

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Touker believed that Will had the makings of “being a real entrepreneur,” however he explained there are better Dragons’ equipped for business. He said he could not invest and he was out.

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Peter Jones said it was “risky” to invest at this stage because an investor would basically have to be running the operation with Will at this point.

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Sara offered Will the full £50,000 in return for a third of the business. This was 13 percent higher than what he came in looking for.

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Overcome with happiness, he said: "I began my enterprise due to my mum, and she or he's at all times been behind me all the way in which.

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"And without her support and everyone else that's behind me, I wouldn't be here today talking to you guys."

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Episodes of Dragons’ Den can be found on BBC iPlayer.

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