Reply to: Dragons Den

[Bob Dalek]

So anyway, Dragons Den.

1)£100K is a lot to someone running a business from home, who hasn't worked as a contractor. Tons of people earn £20K or less.

2)Did you not hear about the BBC news on that cable tie guy? A deal worth around £36million. That's because these guys have connections... I think that's the best thing, better than going to get some free advertising.

3)So because they're rich, they shouldn't be cautious with money? How do think they got rich? If they didn't want more money they would all retire.

4)For the dragons, it is probably nice to be famous. But they also get to test their skills on new businesses and see how good they are.

Too sensible.

[d000hg]

So anyway, Dragons Den.

1)£100K is a lot to someone running a business from home, who hasn't worked as a contractor. Tons of people earn £20K or less.

2)Did you not hear about the BBC news on that cable tie guy? A deal worth around £36million. That's because these guys have connections... I think that's the best thing, better than going to get some free advertising.

3)So because they're rich, they shouldn't be cautious with money? How do think they got rich? If they didn't want more money they would all retire.

4)For the dragons, it is probably nice to be famous. But they also get to test their skills on new businesses and see how good they are.

[Epiphone]

flip knows? I was channel hopping the other night and saw Peter Jones on something called "American Inventor" similar setup but more like X-Factor... what is he thinking??

He's raising his profile and being given a shedload of money by idiot Americans for the ignomy of it.

[gingerjedi]

b) If the panel are all multimillionaires, why are they doing DD? I thought this kind of thing was for broke celebs looking to make a fast buck.

Feck knows? I was channel hopping the other night and saw Peter Jones on something called "American Inventor" similar setup but more like X-Factor... what is he thinking??

[Ruprect]

Cmon guys - stop feeding the troll.

[bobhope]

Was he talking about sex in that quote?

Good spot. That's made my day.

[Moscow Mule]

Was he talking about sex in that quote?

[snaw]

AtW is Adrian Mole and I claim my £5 worth of used poems.

Was he talking about sex in that quote?

[bobhope]

I will consider doing it AFTER I become sufficiently wealthy not to care about it, and the whole objective would be to humiliate them. I would probably have to hire someone else to do that as I don't like lieing in people's faces.

AtW is Adrian Mole and I claim my £5 worth of used poems.

[AtW]

Newsflash ... no one would work at your bank.

No one who would put my clients money into serious risk, yes.

[sasguru]

Yes, salary.

But even this has got limits - if you are sniffing cocaine on your salary then you'd have to earn it in some other place, not my bank. Work in a bank should not be get-rich-quick scheme, it's hard stuff and clients should expect very good behavior from people who get paid their money.

The bank should be keeping their money safe - my rules would ensure that all risky employees go work for someone like Lehman Brothers, which is fine by me.

Jeez, its bad isn't it. You've convinced yourself you're some sort of Big Swinging Dick from the confines of your Brum bedsit.
Get help atw, really. Life is passing you by.

[snaw]

Yes, salary.

But even this has got limits - if you are sniffing cocaine on your salary then you'd have to earn it in some other place, not my bank. Work in a bank should not be get-rich-quick scheme, it's hard stuff and clients should expect very good behavior from people who get paid their money.

The bank should be keeping their money safe - my rules would ensure that all risky employees go work for someone like Lehman Brothers, which is fine by me.

Newsflash ... no one would work at your bank.

[AtW]

I can spend MY salary on anything I like! End of.

Yes, salary.

But even this has got limits - if you are sniffing cocaine on your salary then you'd have to earn it in some other place, not my bank. Work in a bank should not be get-rich-quick scheme, it's hard stuff and clients should expect very good behavior from people who get paid their money.

The bank should be keeping their money safe - my rules would ensure that all risky employees go work for someone like Lehman Brothers, which is fine by me.

[DimPrawn]

As the Jesuits say: "Give me a child at 7 and I'll give you the man".

Bloody peados.

[oracleslave]

I think this City pattern "get bonus and go splash it on Porsche" is a very good sign of employees who are risk to the bank.

It's simple really - obviously they want Porsche badly, so badly that they buy it straight away after they get bonus even though they should be aware that Porsche prices at that time would be at highest point, if they want Porsche the least they should do is wait until middle of next year or buy second hand from some idiot who splashed on it from other bank.

Now, I said that those guys want Porsches very badly. They needed bonus for that. So do you really think those guys won't put their bank at risk in order to hit their short term bonuses? Of course they would! That's where subprime crap is coming - in mid-2000 they would not find anything else to "earn" money on, so they went heavily into subprime, derivatives, anything to get their bonus to buy Porsche.

That's why I say categorically - any bank employee that blown his bonus on Porsche right after he gets it is a risk to the bank and should be fired immediately. Kopish?

omfg..are you starting to drool and froth at the mouth?

What happened to freedom of choice? I can spend MY salary on anything I like! End of.