Tycoon - Peter Jones Itv1 9PM Tonight

SF · Jun 19, 2007

Hi Guys,

Might be worth a watch

here is more info http://www.tycoon.com/

Fck me he loves his domain names peter jones doesnt he, someone mentioned on here he has a few co.uks must of just bought that .com on the quite - wooow

Enjoy

mally · Jun 19, 2007

I love dragons den and the apprentice, this one looks similar!

can't wait..

jwm · Jun 19, 2007

owner of the .co.uk will no doubt see a spike in traffic.

just checked whois for the owner of the .co.uk that must be a made up name :mrgreen:

keys · Jun 19, 2007

It is a genuine company, run by a big fish in the domain world.

jwm said:
owner of the .co.uk will no doubt see a spike in traffic.

just checked whois for the owner of the .co.uk that must be a made up name :mrgreen:

accelerator · Jun 19, 2007

Just visited the website and watched some of the contestant's videos.

Justin's fantastic idea is "a portable dispenser for carrier bags" - is he serious?

Lauren, 23, from Torquay, is giving up modelling to market hair extensions made from real human hair, so if anyone round here is bald - you're in luck.

Rgds

Accelerator

deconstruction · Jun 19, 2007

deff gonna give this a peek tonight... love dragons den, US apprentice (although i cant watch the uk one - drives me nuts)

am i sad that i read books on this sort of stuff all day too

:mrgreen:

retired_member16 · Jun 19, 2007

deconstruction said:
deff gonna give this a peek tonight... love dragons den, US apprentice (although i cant watch the uk one - drives me nuts)

:mrgreen:

Ive met Alan Sugar a number of times on a personal level and he is without a doubt the biggest arsehole I have ever met.

deconstruction · Jun 19, 2007

firestars said:
Ive met Alan Sugar a number of times on a personal level and he is without a doubt the biggest arsehole I have ever met.

i wonder what the trumps like to meet

gimpydog · Jun 19, 2007

tycoon .com

sold for $150000 in 2003, but it looks like he only bought it recently.

http://www.google.co.uk/search?num=50&hl=en&safe=off&q=tycoon.com+sold&btnG=Search&meta=

Beasty · Jun 19, 2007

Is it just me - or are none of the ideas that inspiring.

jonno · Jun 19, 2007

looks good, will have to watch this

Admin · Jun 20, 2007

Good program but what a let down the ideas are, an indoor helicopter - I can buy this now at Maplin.co.uk so I really don't get how this guy got through with just the idea of importing something that is here already.

The Vodka "fuka" or whatever it was she called, well it is obvious that will be binned next week, she can't even think of a marketing/business plan, what a joke, I would have hired a consultant for this even if it cost me the shirt off my back as the marketing opportunity of prime time national TV would cost 100 times as much. To come to the show with no ideas, no unique product, no branding or product name, why show up at all?

As for the student newsletter, ha ha ha

jonno · Jun 20, 2007

i wish i had applied (if i had known) now looking at some of those ideas

how a bin bag carrier is a worthwhile investment i don't know

what made me laugh is the fact that that woman with the vodka drink ditched a 60k job to appear on that slow

retired_member27 · Jun 20, 2007

I remember years ago there was a one off program right at the height of the last dotcom boom, and it was almost the samething as these tycoon, dragons den, etc programs except it was about internet startups and the guys in charge were all venture capitalists looking to invest in the best idea.

If I remember correctly the guy who eventually won had an idea for some educational website which he sold days later for a million pounds (ah, those were the days). The only domain name I can think of used by one of the startups was composer.com (which is a blank page now).

Anyone else remember it?

tifosi · Jun 20, 2007

accelerator said:
Just visited the website and watched some of the contestant's videos.

Justin's fantastic idea is "a portable dispenser for carrier bags" - is he serious?

Lauren, 23, from Torquay, is giving up modelling to market hair extensions made from real human hair, so if anyone round here is bald - you're in luck.

Rgds

Accelerator

Only if she fits them personally, and dressed in skimpy white lingerie!

er.. hmphh... better stop now!

S

tifosi · Jun 20, 2007

apd said:
I remember years ago there was a one off program right at the height of the last dotcom boom, and it was almost the samething as these tycoon, dragons den, etc programs except it was about internet startups and the guys in charge were all venture capitalists looking to invest in the best idea.

If I remember correctly the guy who eventually won had an idea for some educational website which he sold days later for a million pounds (ah, those were the days). The only domain name I can think of used by one of the startups was composer.com (which is a blank page now).

Anyone else remember it?

No but a shame really. Now is the time to run that sort of program. The surge started 18months-2yrs ago and is set to triple in the next 5yrs.

Shame the dotcom boom put a dampner in the present, but better for us in the long term if it's sustainable.

S