Dragons’ Den – hungryhouse pitch (part 2 of 2)
Apr 29, 2011 in
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The co-founders of hungryhouse.co.uk, Shane Lake and Tony Charles, entered the Dragons’ Den on Monday 19th November, and received an offer of investment from Duncan Bannatyne and James Caan. Part 1 uk.youtube.com
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18 comments
plutopianation on April 29, 2011 at 3:25 pm
@davidscd I use them too, just shows what Dragon Jones knows, he thinks he knows everything about the internet/computer business because he runs a telecommunications company but he actually knows considerably less. His loss
topsyish on April 29, 2011 at 3:31 pm
@danishh1 Maybe only two cuisines but how many restaurants?? If you get all the Italian restaurants and all the Chinese restaurants – I know of a Chinese restaurant in Naas (look it up to see how small and out of the way it is!) served 700 meals in one Valentine´s night – take away mostly! The other thing is that there were 3 other Chinese restaurants in the town at that time!
eikons on April 29, 2011 at 4:04 pm
In the Netherlands, we have a site named “Thuisbezorgd”. (“Home delivered”)
4 years ago I’d never imagine myself ordering food online, nowadays this site has grown so dominant that every takeout that doesn’t participate in their program has a short life expectancy. I use it regularly for anything varying from pizzas, chinese or even drinks.
The brilliant thing about this system is that you get to see people’s reactions and opinions of the takeout, giving me confidence to place my order.
dimmakmac on April 29, 2011 at 4:58 pm
i love how they lold when he said 10% each
veknashs on April 29, 2011 at 5:13 pm
@zomgomgomgz funny part is they weren’t chucked out after they said that
colinluzio on April 29, 2011 at 5:31 pm
These guys are pretty big now. I love it when the dragons slag them off, don’t invest then they go on to make money
rbrtchng on April 29, 2011 at 6:15 pm
@bencorgan Ever heard of Yelp? Ever heard of Google business map? Hell, ever heard of a newspaper? They all do what these people are suggesting, but nowhere near as organized and specific, and they’re all hugely successful. Don’t ever under estimate the power of the web.
simonjeste on April 29, 2011 at 7:14 pm
@Belayka maybe they just wanted an excuse to appear on British TV?
davidscd on April 29, 2011 at 7:22 pm
I use this website like once a week. Every student loves this site.
EXYU4YOU on April 29, 2011 at 8:06 pm
@Belayka Marketing
speakupforjustice on April 29, 2011 at 8:14 pm
@Belayka the reason why people stick to one place because they don’t know of any other place…I think most people would like to try new things if they only knew where it was located and all that…
speakupforjustice on April 29, 2011 at 9:08 pm
i like this idea, because i always lose menus and phone numbers of restaurants…anyways who wants to keep all that clutter , basically i use Google to find the number and am always looking for new places that may be better… This website would make it much easier since i could compare places, customer ratings, distance…and provide me with an easy platform where i wouldn’t have to waste time calling anyone since i just order from online
Belayka on April 29, 2011 at 9:37 pm
I’m struggling to see why they need a 100k investment. Maybe I missed that bit.
DoNotLaughAtMe on April 29, 2011 at 9:55 pm
buying online its a great idea! like when you go there, just go on your touch screen device, and click on what you want to buy. Instead of a waiter going to your table. The data sent is instant so, they know what to cook for you and your table number. or something
I’M IN, well actually I think restaurants should just do their website themselves. providing internet locally in their restaurants.
I’m out
Tot4ln00b on April 29, 2011 at 10:22 pm
The big problem is that investors underestimate the value of a good website, websites with little content, like a webcomic can actually revnew up to a million a year. I just want to make the example of a Filehoster…they make millions! And all they do is supply a simple PHP upload and a few fancy user managment systematics, and the joke is they have zero loses, since they aren’t hosting any contents, and therefor don’t have to pay licenses. they gain money from premium users
bandosnoob15 on April 29, 2011 at 11:04 pm
i like this idea it will also save restaurants money
NateSean on April 29, 2011 at 11:33 pm
I’d be more interested in investing if these guys didn’t look like they were holding back a major crap that was about to fill their pants.
I’ve seen their website and I have to agree that anyone could do this. And believe it or not, not everyone has Internet access, even in this day and age. The money may keep them afloat but I’m not turned on by the idea.
Belayka on April 29, 2011 at 11:47 pm
The main problem with this concept is that most people tend to stick one or two indian, chinese, thai, pizza, burger restaurants etc because they know they’d get good quality everytime for their money rather than taking a risk going somewhere else.