Images from the Dragons Den
The CBC ran the first episode of its new venture oriented reality program last night. Dragons' Den panelists Robert Herjavec, Jim Treliving, Jennifer Wood, Laurence Lewin, and Kevin O'Leary lost little time in eviscerating the first few entrepreneurs.

The "Fast Recliner" exercise machine was an obvious no-go. "Time Out Naps" was too embarrassing to mention. "THE MAGIC BANANA!!!" may just be the sleeper product of the decade. But not for this audience. "It's My Card" was so-so. The "Green Tide Energy" project really is a great concept but won't even get off the drawing board for less than 100 million dollars never mind the $500K asked for (and let's face it, the engineer who pitched this idea lacked the social skills needed to pry money away from this crowd).



The evening's winner of a sort was "Cenebal Organics." Jennifer Macdonald was the evening's most polished presenter and her product, an Omega 3-based salad dressing, was easy for the panel to wrap their heads around. Her decision to give away 50% of her company for $200K was questionable. Given the growing demand for organic products and her obvious skill at selling the idea, she probably was a few weeks or months away from getting market traction.

All in all, Dragons' Den did not disappoint but a few of the presenters probably should not have been there.