“Your Pitch Resembles Something Out of Del Boy’s Opportunities Book” | Dragons’ Den

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  • @Chi_Vid3
    @Chi_Vid3 3 ปีที่แล้ว +988

    I don't think these orthopedic products would help me, but I'll stand corrected.

  • @meneurdujeu
    @meneurdujeu 3 ปีที่แล้ว +635

    Richard Farley seemed like a really cool guy. Looks like a Scandinavian attacking midfielder who takes deadly set-pieces

    • @ibexdnb2879
      @ibexdnb2879 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

    • @chyatt93
      @chyatt93 2 ปีที่แล้ว +39

      he looks like the actor from team america

    • @meneurdujeu
      @meneurdujeu 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@chyatt93 who does he play for?

    • @DaisyDoom
      @DaisyDoom 2 ปีที่แล้ว +48

      Somebody said he looks the Prince charming from shrek and I cant ever see anything else now🤣

    • @meneurdujeu
      @meneurdujeu 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      @@DaisyDoom good shout. I definitely could see him with an underarmour baselayer under a short sleeved jersey taking corners and free-kicks

  • @lord_scrubington
    @lord_scrubington 3 ปีที่แล้ว +618

    "Modemed through cyberspace"
    Has to be the best techno-babble I have heard to date

    • @calvinthedestroyer
      @calvinthedestroyer 3 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      Yeah, that perked my ears up too.

    • @233kosta
      @233kosta 3 ปีที่แล้ว +47

      That set off a warning bell, but the "synergistic" bullshit got all the alarms blaring. Even their buzzwords are woefully out of date!

    • @lord_scrubington
      @lord_scrubington 3 ปีที่แล้ว +49

      @@233kosta yep
      The 90s called, they want their marketing department back

    • @233kosta
      @233kosta 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@lord_scrubington r/UnexpectedArcher 😁

    • @EnduroUK.
      @EnduroUK. 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      absolutely 😂

  • @RJ-pu4tz
    @RJ-pu4tz 3 ปีที่แล้ว +493

    "Honestly, the only direction I can give you is to the stairs" - Duncan 😂

    • @Lara-tm5nz
      @Lara-tm5nz 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      😂😂

    • @-null-null8857
      @-null-null8857 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      I keep pigeons for food and sex

    • @jenniferinfinitely9136
      @jenniferinfinitely9136 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Dunc is blunt and to the point 😂

    • @jonathan0834
      @jonathan0834 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      They should be allowed to say we're all out just Get Out

  • @salemkid1979
    @salemkid1979 3 ปีที่แล้ว +183

    Somewhere out there, Rory is hunting seaweed on the cold lonely beaches of east and west scotland.

    • @GITS99
      @GITS99 ปีที่แล้ว

      😭😭😭😭!

    • @CanyouseewhatIs33
      @CanyouseewhatIs33 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

      Best job in the world

    • @pontericky3506
      @pontericky3506 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      😂😂😂😂

    • @neva.2764
      @neva.2764 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      What's the Rory comment about please? I see if everywhere. Is it DD. related?

    • @sashaiscalledsasha
      @sashaiscalledsasha 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@neva.2764search "dragons den seaweed" on TH-cam and I think it's the first video to pop up

  • @MatecaCorp
    @MatecaCorp 3 ปีที่แล้ว +74

    “Modemed through cyberspace” what a guy.

  • @flabbybum9562
    @flabbybum9562 ปีที่แล้ว +34

    It's like showing people a tempting cake. Then gradually telling them they don't get it with the icing, filling, or spongy bits.

  • @AlmightyDoge665
    @AlmightyDoge665 3 ปีที่แล้ว +374

    *when the entrepreneur mentions a second business*
    Peter Jones: Is for me? 🌝🌚

  • @edwindsouza8816
    @edwindsouza8816 3 ปีที่แล้ว +231

    Not sure why Theo wanted their Ltd company accounts - they are obviously sole traders...

    • @annajones9701
      @annajones9701 3 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      You mean sole trainers

    • @mufubeats2950
      @mufubeats2950 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@annajones9701 well played 😂

    • @samrobinson9628
      @samrobinson9628 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Boom!! 🤣🤣

    • @wukupacademy
      @wukupacademy 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Had to back. Nearly missed this one..🤣🤣🤣

  • @christopherborum6551
    @christopherborum6551 3 ปีที่แล้ว +166

    The fact that they make money primarily by manufacturing the orthotics means they're going to be pressuring clinics to prescribe more, they even said that's what they focused on in year 3, makes the integrity of those diagnoses highly suspect.

    • @CyberBeep_kenshi
      @CyberBeep_kenshi 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Yupp, and those thing don't last forever and i bet they push to come back every year, ending up with new 'issues' and cost.

    • @AdamBechtol
      @AdamBechtol 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Good point

    • @umungus518
      @umungus518 2 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Welcome to the world of pharmaceutical companies. Now imagine a company with billions upon billions of dollars doing the same thing with drugs.

    • @_toph_
      @_toph_ ปีที่แล้ว

      @@umungus518
      "so the movie goes like this: the biggest drug cartels in the world get together and buy up all the media and all the politicians and force all the people in the world to stay locked in their homes. and people can only come out if they take the cartel’s drugs, and keep taking them over and over. i threw the script away! i mean, who was going to believe that crazy idea?"
      - woody harrelson

    • @sam-psonsmith9951
      @sam-psonsmith9951 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@umungus518 now imagine...just theoretically...a company....that invents a problem, because they sell the solution....Would of course never happen...no..never.

  • @sublime2craig
    @sublime2craig 3 ปีที่แล้ว +426

    Man that "Del Boy Trotter" reference went way over my American head, now I'm loving this show called Only Fools and Horses. British humor is on another level!

    • @silverreverence6176
      @silverreverence6176 3 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      Glad your enjoying it!

    • @davemeads859
      @davemeads859 3 ปีที่แล้ว +34

      It's One of the best shows ever made glad you're enjoying it

    • @meneurdujeu
      @meneurdujeu 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Grandaaaaad!!

    • @upsonpratt6394
      @upsonpratt6394 3 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      This Dragon's Den episode was well worth it if it introduced you to Only Fools & Horses.
      Glad you're enjoying the show!

    • @The_Genie_
      @The_Genie_ 2 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      You should try 'Red Dwarf' if you like British comedy.

  • @Zzzzz_Zzzzzz______
    @Zzzzz_Zzzzzz______ 2 ปีที่แล้ว +62

    Why can I always imagine Evan Davies quietly highfiving himself everytime he makes a pun? 🤣

  • @233kosta
    @233kosta 3 ปีที่แล้ว +142

    Can't believe they actually managed to unironically shoehorn "synergy" into their pitch

    • @wintermute8315
      @wintermute8315 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Synergistic, even.

    • @233kosta
      @233kosta 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@wintermute8315 Indeed!

    • @TrulyMadlyShallowly
      @TrulyMadlyShallowly 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Also 'looking to align' for 'we want your money'.

    • @233kosta
      @233kosta 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@TrulyMadlyShallowly I wonder if those tech support scammers won't get more money if they said that too

    • @snooganslestat2030
      @snooganslestat2030 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@wintermute8315 That did sound silly. There was no need for it, (over) use of buzzwords doesnt make a better product.

  • @mattyrat4958
    @mattyrat4958 3 ปีที่แล้ว +96

    He's confusing profit with his personal salary.

    • @JoJo-zx9sc
      @JoJo-zx9sc 3 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      That’s exactly what I thought-now he’s made it look like the business isn’t making a damn penny… I’m no expert, at all, but even I knew what he meant…

  • @AndrewJJ-0114
    @AndrewJJ-0114 3 ปีที่แล้ว +194

    I'm only 2 minutes in and already I know this guy is the type to go through everything he is going to say with a thesaurus to make himself sound more clever.

    • @Clifford_McKinsey-Lynch
      @Clifford_McKinsey-Lynch 3 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      they got off on the wrong foot

    • @moneymanflacko7206
      @moneymanflacko7206 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Dunno jesus what u smoke, but the pitch was bang on. Words weren’t “sophisticated” at all..

    • @helenaville5939
      @helenaville5939 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @ JesusJuenger. Sounds like you have pretty low self esteem and had to dig deep to come up with that bizarre criticism.

    • @TheVanderfulLife
      @TheVanderfulLife 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      *theosaurus

    • @beeble2003
      @beeble2003 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@moneymanflacko7206 It was full of buzzword bs.

  • @Patricia_Angeles
    @Patricia_Angeles 3 ปีที่แล้ว +216

    I used to work in a shoe recycling shop, it was really sole destroying

    • @JRichards93
      @JRichards93 3 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      Did you leave at your own choice? Or did you get the boot?

    • @Gedagnors
      @Gedagnors 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I'm shoe you at least had pretty good salary.

    • @bash547
      @bash547 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Couldn’t you just repair the sole at your shop? 🤔

    • @RockyDave
      @RockyDave 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      ...but my sore foot got heeled.

    • @icystrangers5482
      @icystrangers5482 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      oh, put a sock in it, you guys!

  • @gtabro1337
    @gtabro1337 3 ปีที่แล้ว +43

    From experience - they do cost £200+ and I've got mine over 3 years ago, BUT those are extremely strong production-wise and fit in a lot of shoes, so I haven't had to buy a new pair yet and got rid of the slight discomfort in my knees.

    • @roseedge5626
      @roseedge5626 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      NHS can prescribe them. Much cheaper. You got ripped off

    • @Dadaadad268
      @Dadaadad268 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@roseedge5626you take pleasure with this don't you

  • @zacharyjacobson7506
    @zacharyjacobson7506 3 ปีที่แล้ว +236

    Theo Paphitis’ Feet is why they call him Theo The Feet Us

  • @getin3949
    @getin3949 3 ปีที่แล้ว +46

    I paid almost $500 for a pair of those bogus inserts. Not only did they not help me but I could only wear them in one pair of my shoes. You have to have a shoe that has an insert that can be removed so you can put their insert in it and how many pairs of shoes do YOU have that you can pull the insert out of?
    Now, with that said. Both my sister and my mother have worn shoe inserts most all of their lives and cannot walk without pain without them so they do work for some people. These guys are definitely what they say because they sound just like the doctor I went to and I had bunion surgery.

    • @TheFbiFilesRepeat
      @TheFbiFilesRepeat 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Hi company owner

    • @getin3949
      @getin3949 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@TheFbiFilesRepeat Right, I'm a 67 year old retired female living on social security and very little at that. I only wish I was a company owner.

    • @reginamushi6582
      @reginamushi6582 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I am a Podiatrist and agree with most of what you say

  • @Lomojo31
    @Lomojo31 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    They have these sorts of machines at a runners shoe store in my neighborhood...and after watching them use it on a handful of customers while we browsed, the advice was always "you need additional ankle support"

    • @ljamest3828
      @ljamest3828 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Spot on. They told my brother that too, and this was after he'd lost both legs in a car accident in 1987

  • @pimpozza
    @pimpozza 3 ปีที่แล้ว +98

    When I see Richard Farleigh in these old uploads, I still feel so bad for him that they kicked him out. He had even moved permanently from Australia to the UK to continue on his Dragons Den journey.. but, alas, the powers that be couldn't care less and poor Richard was gutted!

    • @cwang6951
      @cwang6951 3 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      He had the wrong skin colour

    • @kennyryan625
      @kennyryan625 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Somehow I think he’ll have managed. I wouldn’t lose too much sleep over him

    • @wintermute8315
      @wintermute8315 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@cwang6951 You're a weirdo.

    • @caspianmanpredator163
      @caspianmanpredator163 3 ปีที่แล้ว +50

      @@cwang6951 true, unlike black man Peter

    • @MarzipanCat.
      @MarzipanCat. 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Why was he removed?

  • @selfridgesforever4399
    @selfridgesforever4399 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    1:02 this is where Peter knew they were chatting bs 😂😂😂

  • @InfiniteFears
    @InfiniteFears 3 ปีที่แล้ว +62

    Nothing beats having dinner and watching a fresh new old school dragons den video.

    • @Asif-kh-n9r
      @Asif-kh-n9r 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Your*

    • @thevexoffender8197
      @thevexoffender8197 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      It’s lunch.

    • @Jimmie92
      @Jimmie92 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Lunch

    • @Deleted11100
      @Deleted11100 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@Jimmie92 if you’re a posh toff it is. It’s dinner everywhere else, and tea if your having it later in afternoon

    • @InfiniteFears
      @InfiniteFears 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@Deleted11100 thank you very much for this

  • @sweatybandit0
    @sweatybandit0 3 ปีที่แล้ว +41

    Peter's face when Theo took his socks off was quite disturbing

  • @jamesharris184
    @jamesharris184 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    They felt the anatomical chain of stairs on the way out.

  • @anushmohan7527
    @anushmohan7527 2 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    Peter forgot to point out, "Modemed through cyberspace to a lab."

  • @toriamigo
    @toriamigo 2 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    I used one of these at a sports shop. I was having a lot of issues when I started running longer miles. They were able to tell me more about my gait and what shoe was the best for me, plus I got a custom made sole. I never had any problems after that and was able to run further, longer and so much more comfortably. I know this episode is old.

    • @craigross4565
      @craigross4565 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Have you been paid by these too for promotional purposes

    • @herrzyklon
      @herrzyklon ปีที่แล้ว +2

      ​@@craigross4565there is actually something to it, believe it or not. Your gait can tell you a lot about current and future issues for example. Sir Alex Ferguson was one who was interested in signing a young Raheem Sterling for Manchester United. But when the sports scientists at the club raised issues around sterling's gait, the advice was that his career would be shortened due to the effect of it on his knees (may have been hips, I forget). Therefore the advice was not to sign Sterling.

  • @bradleymilton9372
    @bradleymilton9372 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    I love Richard Farley he is one of 7 kids and he had a really rough up bringing just shows anyone can make it

    • @ryansretrotech
      @ryansretrotech 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      He is one of 11 kids.

  • @disiamtheillusion
    @disiamtheillusion 3 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    Imagine the great businesses we'll never see or know of because the humans weren't narcissist enough to force their way into the market w a rehashed idea or alleged invention

  • @jm-nv5bl
    @jm-nv5bl 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Del boy and rodney should do comic relief appearance that be great

  • @MADMAX7330
    @MADMAX7330 3 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    I was suspicious of them right from the ultra polished pitched and extra fluffy words. If they want to know its not working, maybe its because their shoe insert costs 3x of the shoe.

  • @Casey-Jones
    @Casey-Jones 3 ปีที่แล้ว +168

    They were looking for a dragon to be their men-toe

    • @Japan_C1
      @Japan_C1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      please shut up

    • @cuttlefisch
      @cuttlefisch 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      It's quite a feet even getting this far, to be honest.

    • @scott7008
      @scott7008 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      High arches

    • @scott7008
      @scott7008 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Distributor s have territory rights, but no core business proprietary rights. they are selling smoke

    • @robertkustos2931
      @robertkustos2931 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I a shoe you that's right.

  • @WobblesandBean
    @WobblesandBean 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    "taxing in the whole kinetic chain" Oh, sod off.

  • @johnq4951
    @johnq4951 3 ปีที่แล้ว +32

    I can tell you why it's profitable in Ireland but not the UK: NHS

    • @rohilthomson
      @rohilthomson 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Yeah, why pay for a quality product that can help you in the long run when you can keep returning to the hospital for shitty service for free.

    • @johnq4951
      @johnq4951 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@rohilthomson you'd think but you can never beat free.

    • @Deleted11100
      @Deleted11100 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@rohilthomson shitty service? Move to a foreign country if you feel that way

    • @boorhaave5880
      @boorhaave5880 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@rohilthomson Fortunately we have knowledgeable people like you to educate us about the quality of hospital services

    • @tedcrilly46
      @tedcrilly46 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      HSE in Ireland.

  • @TaxingIsThieving
    @TaxingIsThieving 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    2:40 "Oh no!" How terrible to be asked to take your shoes off.
    "And we're off to the races."
    3:55 "Your toe is off to Liverpool."

  • @arthurmorgan8529
    @arthurmorgan8529 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    I went to jennys house to ask what she thought of this but she was out

  • @DrTune
    @DrTune 3 ปีที่แล้ว +37

    1:20 "the information is modemed through cyberspace to our laboratory"

    • @getin3949
      @getin3949 3 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      It's just a gmail to the office.

    • @marcusholtzheimer9316
      @marcusholtzheimer9316 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      That guy had all the jargon to be vague and confusing lol

    • @kierangdelaney9256
      @kierangdelaney9256 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      They lost me at walk over “this computer chip” seemed more like a peripheral to me

    • @ChaseEverything
      @ChaseEverything 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      "Taxing in the whole connecting chain" 🤣🤣🤣

    • @truthwillprevail.7213
      @truthwillprevail.7213 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@ChaseEverything kinetic

  • @IronHulkTriathlon
    @IronHulkTriathlon 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Hear! Hear! Peter! Loved seeing the dragons throw down on those scamer jabronies.

  • @Professional_Youtube_Commenter
    @Professional_Youtube_Commenter 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    basically every single person has a flaw on their foot and they will sell you an expensive "remedy" to fix it. the remedy for your specific fault seems to be the one-size-fits-all shoe insert!! what a scam.

  • @Jessebella1
    @Jessebella1 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Never seen only fools and horses in his life, there is no way Del would have used half of those long words, like a "laboratory" for one.

    • @TaxingIsThieving
      @TaxingIsThieving 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Working class show, of course he's never watched it.

  • @theovolz3073
    @theovolz3073 3 ปีที่แล้ว +61

    I’m going to hate this show if they start showing teasers at the start of every episode….

    • @danielcurtin619
      @danielcurtin619 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Same. I instantly tapped the screen to skip until I saw them walking the stairs 😂

    • @niels-brouwer
      @niels-brouwer 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      100% agree.

    • @hamzze211
      @hamzze211 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      They really shouldn't continue to do this.

    • @W_Europe
      @W_Europe 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      I hope they do this from now on

    • @MarshallLore
      @MarshallLore 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I know. Afterall, we're not Americans

  • @Bondek1996
    @Bondek1996 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Do like the older series. This lineup was one of the best.

  • @chakalaka3960
    @chakalaka3960 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Deborah's face when they confirm what the product does 🙂😩😂

  • @CyberBeep_kenshi
    @CyberBeep_kenshi 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    So many red flags with these guys. Emotionless pitch, very high prices, medical examination in like 5 seconds......, 'buy this or some day you will have a problem'
    This is very icky

    • @beeble2003
      @beeble2003 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Incredible amounts of buzzword BS, too.

  • @johnmightymole2284
    @johnmightymole2284 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    The reason it worked in Ireland and not UK is because in Ireland we are used to paying for healthcare .

    • @oxymoron02
      @oxymoron02 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      We pay for healthcare in the UK; it's called taxes, and it's great value for money.

    • @johnmightymole2284
      @johnmightymole2284 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@oxymoron02 yes it's a great system. Unfortunately here we pay at point of use to see a doctor. €50 usually. So people are very accustomed to pay for l kinds of treatments, directly. Hence there are lots of private physios. Even public hospitals bill for the accommodation and food.

    • @jamie2866
      @jamie2866 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      And you have weird feet

    • @johnmightymole2284
      @johnmightymole2284 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@jamie2866 yes that is true most of us would fall over without the inserts.

  • @i.canalista7718
    @i.canalista7718 3 ปีที่แล้ว +29

    The only direction I can give you is to the stairs. The best quote so far

    • @ChaseEverything
      @ChaseEverything 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      That was actually a Low key savage line...

  • @peterd788
    @peterd788 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    If he can make 170k profit in Ireland and he wants 70k to help the UK company (a market nearly 20 times the size of the Irish one) why doesn't he take 70k from the Irish profits to grow the UK company and keep the equity? Did I miss something?

    • @andipandi5641
      @andipandi5641 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      he says cos he does not know how to do the appropriate "marketing"..

    • @peterd788
      @peterd788 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@andipandi5641 Which is bullshit. The reason why international companies lump the UK and Ireland together is you can market to both as one entity with some price localisation and a local voiceover in adverts for Ireland. The British don't even mind if the voiceover has an Irish voice in the UK. For most successful Irish companies the obvious first place to expand has always been the UK. Paddy Power, when it decided to expand, didn't choose Greece as its first port of call. It chose the UK, used the same marketing strategy and the same tactics. Look at Flutter now.

    • @andipandi5641
      @andipandi5641 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@peterd788 in the context of there is in this instance self-evidently something different about the UK market..

    • @dertdood
      @dertdood 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@peterd788 i think his point was that he has been a doctor for 10 years in ireland. so he was well-connected there and could basically just sell these devices to his existing contacts. whereas in the UK he doesn't know enough orthopedic doctors to get everyone to buy it.

    • @peterd788
      @peterd788 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@dertdood I was part of a startup in Dublin over 20 years ago and from day one we cultivated contacts in the UK because it's a market that offers no cultural, legal or procedural resistance to an Irish firm. If you were based in Ballsbridge you could get to London quicker than Cork and find common purpose with the footy in the pub. Maybe because he was Canadian he was a bit nervous but I suspect he was just a conman.

  • @alanphysio
    @alanphysio 3 ปีที่แล้ว +68

    Takes me back to late 90s/ early 00’s when folk paid £300 for insoles. The dragons dodged a bullet here- it’s all about good trainers now. 👍 ps- watched this while having breakfast…… roll on another at lunch 😃

    • @justbuns6404
      @justbuns6404 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      This is still going. I had a mild defect and my foot hurt. Was told I needed special shoes and insoles. Close to €700
      Didn't solve anything. Switched to barefoot shoes and my problems were gone.
      Orthopedics is a scam

    • @ADecadeDrifting
      @ADecadeDrifting 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Alan, what did you have for breakfast / lunch buddy? Excited to find out!

    • @alanphysio
      @alanphysio 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@ADecadeDrifting 😂😂 can’t remember - probably some soup and crusty bread- ideal for a 12 mins DD 👍

    • @warfoxrommel5172
      @warfoxrommel5172 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@justbuns6404 Are you referring to sandals?

    • @justbuns6404
      @justbuns6404 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@warfoxrommel5172 No, there is a type of shoe called barefoot.
      They have flexible soles and look mostly like regular shoes.

  • @erepsekahs
    @erepsekahs 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    The barefaced bravado of these two individuals is astonishing. I'd love to hear about their 'doctors' degrees.

  • @AlAl-bk5ei
    @AlAl-bk5ei 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I get that custom sole inserts can help some people but basing the results on only one step per foot makes it seem unreliable
    I remember seeing Dr.Scholls kiosks in stores and at least then if it need one I can get it right off the shelf on its side

  • @huskiehuskerson5300
    @huskiehuskerson5300 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Unit of investment- Theo per Phetus

  • @calibcrockett
    @calibcrockett 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Has no one else noticed this is the exact same thing as those Dr. Scholl's machines at Wal-Mart. You stand on it with your shoes off and it scans your foot and recommends which of their shoe inserts are the right fit for you.
    I've actually had them before and they are pretty nice 👌

    • @snooganslestat2030
      @snooganslestat2030 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Iv never seen one of those. Are in the insoles expensive?

    • @nickimillennium
      @nickimillennium 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@snooganslestat2030 nope. $9-$15 range

  • @tommydenato8863
    @tommydenato8863 3 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    He said "cyberspace" lol

    • @DrB81
      @DrB81 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      This was about 15 years ago.

    • @tommydenato8863
      @tommydenato8863 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@DrB81 still said it

    • @DrB81
      @DrB81 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@tommydenato8863 You’ve missed the point. It was perfectly acceptable to say that back then. You can’t judge someone’s language from the past Mr hindsight.

    • @tommydenato8863
      @tommydenato8863 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@DrB81 I didn't miss the point. You just have the humor of styrofoam.

    • @DrB81
      @DrB81 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@tommydenato8863 You’re questioning my humour when you think your comment was funny. Sad little amoeba.

  • @jarednil69
    @jarednil69 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Theopa FEET US🤣

  • @Alephu5
    @Alephu5 3 ปีที่แล้ว +85

    The Canadian guy and his buzzwords are triggering my 4000 BS sensors.

    • @TheManInBlueFlames
      @TheManInBlueFlames 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      He's not just using buzz words. He knows the science and knows if you break it down that if you use an insole, your walking posture and your whole upper leg and body will change for the better. I have mild cerebral palsy and struggle to walk flat feet all my life and its caused some problems. If they had these insoles when I was younger maybe they would have helped me instead of plaster casts and splints.

    • @World_AA
      @World_AA 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      "greatest economic minds in the UK" - cringe

    • @Alephu5
      @Alephu5 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@TheManInBlueFlames Yes it's quite standard technology but he's one of those typical salespeople that tries to dazzle with jargon. You can guarantee that he'd pitch it as "using AI" in 2021.
      Edit: added quotations

    • @Nashy119
      @Nashy119 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Words like "cyberspace" and "synergistic". I think they want to sell me a time share.

    • @TheManInBlueFlames
      @TheManInBlueFlames 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I've talked to actual experts in the foot field and doctors and such. When I was younger, I was given a very similar explanation, without as much of the jargon. He is basically saying the same thing.

  • @RockyDave
    @RockyDave 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Dragons take turns to shoe them away. I can see the connection with Del Boy... He was another sole trader.

  • @peteT269
    @peteT269 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    The dragons really tied them up in knots.

  • @Jon-tb2ty
    @Jon-tb2ty 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    They where wrong I trailed a pair or work boots made by a company using a very similar machine to this one, making separate insoles to fit the shape of my feet now everyone that works for the firm and it's a world wide one has a pair, I'm out and I don't always get it right, springs to mind.

    • @BenjaminGoose
      @BenjaminGoose 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      "They were wrong I"? They were wrong you? What?

  • @michaelnedsmar9106
    @michaelnedsmar9106 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Theo Defeatist & Duncan Ballantyne the best dragons by a longshot

    • @FurryWulfz
      @FurryWulfz ปีที่แล้ว

      Theo the Fetus you mean.

  • @JP_C3
    @JP_C3 3 ปีที่แล้ว +61

    Two well dressed young men - bravo

    • @Deleted11100
      @Deleted11100 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Thanks for that Simp Dixon

    • @boorhaave5880
      @boorhaave5880 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      They're pretty much all well dressed in this show

    • @johnmc3862
      @johnmc3862 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Username checks out.

    • @wintermute8315
      @wintermute8315 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Are you having a laugh? Bloke on the right has a knot in his tie about as wide as his entire neck. Looks like a little kid playing dress-ups in his dad's wardrobe.

  • @Gamer528
    @Gamer528 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    🤣 Theo trying not to look impressed @1:50

  • @Shrooms-up6sv
    @Shrooms-up6sv ปีที่แล้ว +2

    medical expert peter jones shaking his head during the pitch, lol - basically heard 2 accents he hates and said f this!

  • @RonnieVaiArovo
    @RonnieVaiArovo 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    0:29 Irish accent
    0:46 American accent
    Me: Impressive 🙀

    • @kennyryan625
      @kennyryan625 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      0:46 Not American. Canadian.

    • @wintermute8315
      @wintermute8315 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@kennyryan625 What continent is Canada on again...?

    • @numberonehater1239
      @numberonehater1239 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@wintermute8315 A Canadian accent is not the same as an American accent. No need to be pedantic. Quite clear they’re talking about countries not continents.

    • @DovahFett
      @DovahFett 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@numberonehater1239 They can sound quite similar though. Cultures, including accents, can and do spill over borders, so you can have someone who was born and raised in the US, and someone who was born and raised in Canada, sounding nearly identical to each other because they aren't actually that far removed from each other despite residing in different countries. For an example of this, look at the stereotypical Minnesota or Wisconsin accents, which can sound very similar to a Canadian from somewhere like Manitoba to an untrained ear.

    • @tumblindice5412
      @tumblindice5412 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@DovahFett but stereotypical Wisconsin accent isn't how we actually speak

  • @LeMerch
    @LeMerch ปีที่แล้ว +1

    He said in Ireland there’s 3 million people, when there’s 7.2 million. Over two and a half time off. How can he be that off in his own original market!

  • @AlexFromToronto
    @AlexFromToronto 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    “…the information is modemed through cyberspace…” 😂😂

  • @SteamDeckGameplay
    @SteamDeckGameplay 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    Cyber Space? You mean the internet?

    • @RogueBoyScout
      @RogueBoyScout 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Remember when we used to "Surf The Web"? 😂

  • @mrelano65
    @mrelano65 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    When Peter starts shaking his head you know it's doomed.

  • @terencepetermccoombe7413
    @terencepetermccoombe7413 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    They were a right couple of plonkers!

    • @RockyDave
      @RockyDave 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Yes, but apart from that they were okay.

  • @reedfish99
    @reedfish99 หลายเดือนก่อน

    There should be a show where they say to the dragons, here’s a problem I’ve found, here’s my idea, how can I move forward with it and structure it in a way so that when I present to the panel, you will want to invest? Like a screening for business, that also filters the idea before they waste time, money and energy on it!

  • @dubiouscaesar3709
    @dubiouscaesar3709 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This pitch needed Tej on the receiving end, not guaranteed an investment, but he's got the contacts that would've given this product a chance.

  • @hezar5166
    @hezar5166 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I don't think they mentioned any issues with how podiatrists have been prescribing insoles for the last (I dont even know how many years).

  • @MGrahamnz1
    @MGrahamnz1 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    This time next year Rodney!

  • @leedsdrumacademy
    @leedsdrumacademy 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    The blue shirt doctor is super passionate about this. Love it 😀

    • @sandgrownun66
      @sandgrownun66 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      They're not medical doctors, just chiropractors.

  • @cuttlefisch
    @cuttlefisch ปีที่แล้ว

    They are now based in Ontario, Canada.

  • @hamza361
    @hamza361 3 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    Duncan the savage again “the only direction I can show you is to the stairs”

    • @RogueBoyScout
      @RogueBoyScout 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      He never fails to make me laugh at clowns who think they can bamboozle him LOL.

  • @pimpozza
    @pimpozza 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Peter would approve of their dress sense 👏

  • @DrB81
    @DrB81 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Sadly these entrepreneurs believed their pitch was a shoe in until the dragons gave them the boot. Accepting defeet and turning on their heels to flee was the only thing left for them to do. No doubt one of them has a rich ankle that invested.

    • @omaigad11
      @omaigad11 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      😂

    • @selfridgesforever4399
      @selfridgesforever4399 ปีที่แล้ว

      😂😂😂

    • @MilhouseDaunt
      @MilhouseDaunt หลายเดือนก่อน

      How has the comment not gotten a million likes?

    • @DrB81
      @DrB81 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@MilhouseDaunt😂👍

  • @nicolepretorius1178
    @nicolepretorius1178 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I feel daft here. But what is the actual issue that upset the dragons?

    • @jonathanp896
      @jonathanp896 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      The entrepreneurs had a successful business selling orthopedics in Northern Ireland which was trying without success to expand to rest of Britain. They wanted to split the business in two and have the dragons invest in the unsuccessful part whilst keeping the successful part entirely for themselves.

  • @gaaraxnaru
    @gaaraxnaru 3 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    Anyone know how they ended up turning out? It was a pretty good idea. And it seemed to work in Ireland.

    • @kerberos623
      @kerberos623 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      do not know what they turned out, but the same tech is available all over now. went to a clinic in sweden that did a similar scan of my feet to make inserts.

    • @David-ve5iq
      @David-ve5iq 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      U can probably Google it.

    • @jw451
      @jw451 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@kerberos623 my chiropractor sold me those several years ago. He said they were a Candian company . had exactly the same setup and sent data to Canada .Insoles would be delivered 4 or 5 weeks later. If he could get that .Cant see why any other qualified practitioner wouldnt be ableto

    • @Billy_Boozer
      @Billy_Boozer 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      The company was liquidated when the 2 guys became arch enemies

    • @Sir_Blinkford
      @Sir_Blinkford 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      The Canadian got itchy feet and left the company

  • @robertmackley249
    @robertmackley249 3 ปีที่แล้ว +31

    "With the help of Theo Paphitis' nascent bunion" is gold dust.

  • @jamesmarson9511
    @jamesmarson9511 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I feel like this system would find a problem with every foot

    • @grylltheonion
      @grylltheonion 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      To be fair, foot problems are common, and the shoes we wear don't help.

  • @villeporttila5161
    @villeporttila5161 3 ปีที่แล้ว +40

    My man's shirt and tie colour combo is absolutely tragic. Looks like he's on his way to a sixth form prom

    • @roni2977
      @roni2977 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I agree!! Eye sore!! It's to distract people.. a sales strategy 🤣🤣🤣

    • @wintermute8315
      @wintermute8315 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      The proportions are truly awful.

  • @philipmann5317
    @philipmann5317 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This only makes sense to people who have serious foot problems, like I do. Orthotics are not cheap.

  • @boozypixels
    @boozypixels 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Oh cyberspace, that means it's like the future or something. One day I hope to drive on the information superhighway

  • @jh4803
    @jh4803 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    These dragons think that they know everything..
    It's so annoying when they look down on people

    • @maxpayneful4328
      @maxpayneful4328 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      It was pretty much snake oil though, the technology shown here never took off and for a good reason, because it’s an over glorified foot scanning device. I agree, sometimes the dragons can be pretentious arseholes, but not this time, these two were essentially selling a scam.

    • @jamesf449
      @jamesf449 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@maxpayneful4328 The panel that measures foot pressure and extrapolates information in order to determine MSK discrepancies and dysfunction in gait, is a piece of equipment that has long been used in podiatry. That doesn't mean to say that their pitch was deserved of investment, however, to say that the "technology shown here never took off", is simply untrue. I don't wish to start a debate, but as a podiatrist who uses such technology (albeit an updated version of), I feel as though I have to defend it somewhat.

    • @mahirasef9455
      @mahirasef9455 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      they don't look down on people but if someones going to come in asking for your investment you are going to quiz them on every nook and cranny. One loose screw and the whole thing comes down

    • @maxpayneful4328
      @maxpayneful4328 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@jamesf449 Fair enough, but I’m sure what they were selling wasn’t unique to them and it wasn’t their invention.

  • @kylestewart4444
    @kylestewart4444 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Obviously I can see why you would like to keep your already successful business off the table when looking for an investment into a much less successful company but I also see how it’s a bit insulting and not at all reassuring to be the investor finding out that you want to use their money to grow your failing business while keeping your profitable business completely separate.

  • @ibexdnb2879
    @ibexdnb2879 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Duncan is ruthless...

  • @eddie30991
    @eddie30991 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    They didn't understand the profit question. He said the profit went back into the company so profit was zero.

  • @damnmister
    @damnmister 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Sometimes I like to use long words to make me look more photosynthesis

    • @shahjahonsaidmurodov
      @shahjahonsaidmurodov 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      How about pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis (the longest word according to google)

  • @laurenevans9182
    @laurenevans9182 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    The episode where Theo is diagnosed with bunions

  • @AntiMatter930
    @AntiMatter930 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I think I'll have some sole in the oven tonight for dinner

  • @lj7169
    @lj7169 3 ปีที่แล้ว +32

    The American guy is just thinking "who's Delboy?!"

    • @liveyourdream1556
      @liveyourdream1556 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Yeah, I only know Hellboy 😂😂😂

    • @proxy7362
      @proxy7362 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@beckyweisfeld6977 shush

    • @aggrogator4045
      @aggrogator4045 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      He was Canadian, don't lump them in with us

    • @chadibouaazzi3364
      @chadibouaazzi3364 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@beckyweisfeld6977 🇺🇸 what’s a Haratio Alger Character?

    • @noneofyobusiness1503
      @noneofyobusiness1503 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@aggrogator4045 i know right... canadians are way nicer ppl than yanks lol

  • @JSSTyger
    @JSSTyger 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Its a red flag if people pitching for investment have to confer with the head office.

    • @Abi-ec8xm
      @Abi-ec8xm 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      What does that mean?

    • @JSSTyger
      @JSSTyger 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@Abi-ec8xm usually mean they dont have control of the company.

    • @lifotheparty6195
      @lifotheparty6195 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Most people out pitching opportunities aren’t the owners.
      Not so on this show, but just in general

    • @JSSTyger
      @JSSTyger 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@lifotheparty6195 For investment?

  • @paulmartin7078
    @paulmartin7078 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    tbf i do wear orthotic insoles in my shoes and they alleviated my back and hip pain really well - i think they may actually have something useful if they could sell it

    • @roseedge5626
      @roseedge5626 ปีที่แล้ว

      It too expensive to sell.

  • @roseedge5626
    @roseedge5626 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The NHS prescribed my custom orthotics. I got them for the price of sny other NHS prescription. Before that, I spent £20 on aamazon orthotics insoles. This is a rip-off

  • @justanotherviewer4821
    @justanotherviewer4821 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Two clowns... had they pulled the wool over the eyes of the dragons the deal wouldn't have gone through when their teams looked over the accounts and the fine details of the deal. They may have even pulled the clip before it made it on TV or reduced the time taken.
    Pitching UK & Ireland, and trying to do the deal with just Great Britain... an area they are failing to get into... made lemons out of themselves.

  • @davidjeffreys9063
    @davidjeffreys9063 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I think the gent on the left would be more suited in a Krays film going round duffing people up, certainly looks like a Kray, that part would suit him

    • @No-mn3bw
      @No-mn3bw 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Like the crustaceans? Or do you mean the krays?

    • @davidjeffreys9063
      @davidjeffreys9063 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@No-mn3bw The Krays. Didn't realise i spelt it with a "C". I've corrected it now

  • @BenjaminGoose
    @BenjaminGoose 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    1:25 "to our lavatory" WHAT? XD

  • @queenie3388
    @queenie3388 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I find myself wondering if they are " Doctors"

    • @sandgrownun66
      @sandgrownun66 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I had the same suspicion. Real doctors wouldn't be trying to flog this system. They are just chiropractors. The Dr is just a courtesy title, which makes them sound legitimate.

  • @JaneDoe-ls6dg
    @JaneDoe-ls6dg ปีที่แล้ว

    Duncan: Dyoo think we're dumb?
    Also Duncan: Does every electric toothbrush have a battery in them?

    • @dar1e
      @dar1e 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Theoretically, it can have a cable