Kirsty Henshaw of Preston coolly put out the Dragons fire on BBC Dragons Den last night. Entering the room with her Worthenshaws Iced Pudding Kirsty presented the product with a modest certainty and assuredness that couldn’t fail to impress. At times it all seemed too good to be true; a product that was healthy, gluten and nut free, looked like ice cream but wasn’t, all done by one young person who admits to not being academic, works 2 and a half jobs to pay for it and has a young son.
Having been encouraged by a large supermarket and a large ice cream manufacturer it seemed all the boxes had been ticked. Theo offered a substantial investment more than requested, and then Peter and Duncan coming in equal, Kirsty was comfortable in accepting a joint offer that took 30% of the business for the sum she wanted, £65,000. In the end this iced pudding might be invented in Preston but didn’t seem likely to be made in Preston, even so this is a good example of entrepreneurial activity. Let’s watch this space, this is really good stuff. No doubt the appearance was a great advert and reading the website the product is already out there in many health shops.
Here is a link to the BBC Kirsty page:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/dragonsden/entrepreneurs/kirstyhenshaw.shtml
Here is a link to Worthenshaw’s website: http://www.worthenshaws.co.uk/
Coconuca, coconice.