Whether you watch the Shark Tank, Dragons Den or the array of other extremely popular business investment programmes on the TV, very often it is not quite what it seems. Research in previous years has shown that a significant number of deals agreed on the TV are never followed through in practice. Dragons Den in the UK is rumoured to have a 50% success rate which means that only one in two of those agreed in front of the cameras actually happen. So, do these programs simply play up to the television cameras or are there valid reasons why investments might not occur? Read full article
