Meanwhile, some of their older students were invited to take part in a Dragons’ Den-style pitch competition.Īnd certain themes emerged. The younger children put their wares (or ideas) on show in an outdoor market - complete with stalls. So what was the attraction? Well, for one thing, the festival provided those who attended with an opportunity to present their business ideas to each other - and to experienced and well-established entrepreneurs. Next year, I think we’ll be able to get in excess of 2,000.” “Around 1,000 young people came to EntFest and this is an opportunity that is only going to grow. Genuinely enthused when he sees an exciting investment opportunity but often uncomfortably blunt when he feels a pitch from a would-be entrepreneur is disappointing, daft or delusional.īut when I catch up with Jones - a couple of days after the festival - it is the enthusiast that shines through. Now anyone who has watched the show may well consider Jones to be one of the scarier Dragons. Today his businesses activities stretch across sectors that include food, television and digital media, but he is best known - at least to the public at large - for his lengthy tenure as an investor on BBC Television’s Dragons’ Den, the U.K.’s variation on the Shark Tank theme. After a foray into the world of corporate employment, working for Siemens Nixdorf, he found success with diversified telecoms company, Phones International Group, which he launched in 1998. Jones began his entrepreneurial career making personal computers.
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