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Reading: Dragon’s Den – Would you enter the dragon’s lair?

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While on holiday in the UK, I came across the TV Show on BBC called “Dragon’s Den“. This show isn’t a copy of the Apprentice, as it uses a very different format. Entrepreneurs approach a group of venture capitalists with their various ideas seeking additional capital for expansion.

It’s a fascinating series: Take a gander, yourself!

The group of VCs have to decide whether or not they will are ‘in’. There is some controversy associated with the program, but it is interesting. I would like to see more of the ‘follow-up’ to each of the deals. There’s also a book that I’m reading right now.

Story: The Box – How containerized shipments changed the world, the WTO, and your life

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This story is one that was featurd on BBC News/Worldwide yesterday around lunchtime: The Story of the/a Container Box.

bbc the box

The BBC says:

BBC News embarks on a unique project telling the story of international trade by tracking a shipping container around the world for a year.

The idea is devilishly simple: follow the box around the world and track its movements, contents and journey. Then report on TV each stage of the way. Viewers can follow the story on the website, on the TV, and on GPS. There’s not much on the site yet, except for a good story on how the container system was first created by Malcom McLean. It has revolutionized trade since then, especially for NICs, like Taiwan. Should be worth watching as this is one fact of life that has helped our dollar go further .