For anyone who has ever had an idea to make money, Dragons Den, The Pitch is the team building event.

Teams will step into the intimidating world of business financing, determined to make their dreams come true. All they need is the cash. To get this, they must face the Dragons, all of whom are formidable business thinkers or inventors with the money to make things happen. But this is no lottery - the contestants will need all their powers of reasoning, presentation and persuasion to convince our business experts that theirs is a product worth investing in. The Dragons know what makes a successful idea, how much it's worth and how much cash is needed to get it off the ground. 

The Rules

• Each business pitcher (team) can pitch for a specified amount of funding for their idea or product.
• If the pitcher can convince one or more of the Dragons to meet that specified amount (usually in exchange for shares of their company), the pitcher walks away with the cash.
• If the pitchers find themselves short of the specified amount of funding, they lose it all.
• Each pitcher is free to bargain with the Dragons in order to get the specified level of funding.

Each team will comprise around 6/7 people who will be tasked with hand picking representatives who will be responsible for selling their team’s business idea to the Dragons.
 
The challenge is for teams to design and promote their own business idea under their allocated theme.

Enter the Dragons….

Each team will have two minutes to present their finished concept.  This is billed as the climax of the event and the excitement will be high as the final creations are shown for the first time on the big screen. After each presentation the Compère will hand over to the Dragons for their own view of the promotional piece. The Dragons may consist of your company seniors, our very own eccentric inventor and perhaps some ‘local’ business gurus.

The Dragons will ultimately decide among themselves which is the overall winning team. There will be prizes for category winners and an overall prize winner that will gain the grand prize. There will be additional spoof prizes for “outstanding” individual contributions, bloopers and other humorous moments that will be rewarded with comical gifts.

Your Dragons Den package includes; 

• Development of bespoke project plan, creative briefs and working document
• Event staff training and dress rehearsal as part of the planning process
• Team Pack - consumables which include a selection of stationery (Rulers, pencils, rubbers, paper, storyboard.) for teams’ design of the creative concept
• Handouts, creative briefs and hints & tips document
• Four event assistants to assist and advise teams as necessary. One per category, based on the structure outlined above
• Event Facilitator to Compère and run the session
• Comprehensive marketing supplies store
• All necessary travel costs
• Full Event Managemet

Extras

• Venue Hire 
• Photography/Video
• Branded clothing
• Hotel accommodation
• Evening dinner