So what about Theo Paphitis? The Dragons are famously competitive: Does Theo measure up?Įnter The Dragon: How I Transformed My Life and You Can Too is at least snappier to read than its title. There wasn’t much takeaway value, though Farleigh’s rags-to-riches tale was heartening.ĭuncan Bannatyne meanwhile took time off from snarling at the inventors of dog treadmills and revolutionary shower caps to write Anyone Can Do It.īannatyne wasn’t promising much more than a pep talk, but his book worked better than Farleigh’s, perhaps because Duncan made his initial money selling ice creams, whereas Fairleigh earned his wodge investing other people’s billions - not really an option for most of us. Perhaps I’ve become a Dragon’s Den groupie? I’m certainly not reading these books for their literary qualities.ġ00 Secret Strategies for Successful Investing by Richard Farleigh is like the brain dump of a share bulletin board poster with verbal diarrhea. On Saturday I picked up another - Theo Paphitis’ Enter the Dragon - in a Waterstones’ 3-for-2 offer. I have already read a couple of books by panelists from Dragon’s Den, the BBC TV show that puts would-be entrepreneurs in front of self-made millionaires for their money or their ridicule.
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