I was on Dragons’ Den – bosses edited me to look dumb and cut out the most important part of my pitch
A FORMER Dragons' Den guest has opened up about how he was made to "look dumb" on the show thanks to clever editing.
The entrepreneur took to Reddit to tell all about his time on the show, as he slammed the BBC One programme for "cutting" his pitch.
The businessman, who goes by the name Drew on the social platform, said he appeared on the show years ago with a bright idea.
He attempted to ask the Dragons for a £100,000 investment into his robot gaming platform - but instead was made to look "dumb".
"It was fun to do, but annoying to watch,"; the tech fanatic explained. "I wanted £100k for a robot gaming platform.
"They cut all the tech talk out of my pitch so I looked dumb, and made it look like I was asking for £100k for a pop-up beach bar.
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"It wasn't true, I wanted a couple of grand for that," he added of the add-on idea, which he hoped would generate business.
"I was chatting to the Dragons for about 90 minutes," he said of his pitch before it was edited down into just a few minutes.
It comes after a pair of chocolate shop owners who were savaged on Dragons' Den opened up about the success of their business.
Paul Maden and James Findlay beat the odds after their firm Cocoa Mountain got a dressing down on the hit BBC entrepreneurial show.
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The business was ridiculed by the Dragon's Den tycoons who branded it a place for "hippies".
But the savvy Scottish owners didn't give up and tasted sweet success with a turnover heading to just under £1million.
The chocolate shop is located in Sutherland, the most north westerly village on mainland UK.
Their confectionery has proved a hit with a range of famous faces said to include ex England cricketer Ian Botham, former Rangers boss Ally McCoist and actress Juliet Stevenson.
And even Prince Charles is a big fan with the royal reportedly wanting to marry his whisky Barrogill with a truffle produced by Cocoa Mountain for sale through his Mey Selections brand.
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It comes after Dragon's Den tycoons refused to invest in a "fat-shaming" brand which is now worth £5 million.
And a business whiz who defied the Dragons by turning down a £75k investment has had the last laugh as he now owns a six-figure tech firm.