Enviro-Thaw Leaves Dragons Speechless After Disclosing Turnover

Enviro-Thaw Leaves Dragons Speechless After Disclosing Turnover | Dragons’ Den

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Karina Oldale of Enviro Thaw is looking for an investment of £115,000 and in return, she's offering 17% of her family-run company. The company holds the European distribution rights for the environmentally friendly product that is commonly used to combat the effects of snow and ice throughout China and Asia. Enviro Thaw was established to expand the Beijing Santywell product line into Europe and provides de-icers that are effective to -55°C.
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@dalemitchell3635 2 жыл бұрын

I don't think I've ever watched one of these without eating

@aconcernedcitizen6056 2 жыл бұрын

What you eating today?

@Colby_0-3_IRL_and_title_fights 2 жыл бұрын

@@aconcernedcitizen6056 Burger wby?

@stephenkelly3459 2 жыл бұрын

@@aconcernedcitizen6056 I'm the same and today I'm eating 2 rolls on cheese and ham and a biscuit boost

@abemayunga1264 2 жыл бұрын

😂 I'm having rice and beans Yum

@dalemitchell3635 2 жыл бұрын

@@aconcernedcitizen6056 Chicken club sandwich, went down much better than this product

@movzfast 2 жыл бұрын

I like the way how everyone was calm and very friendly in this episode. Peter had the best advise and at least she got an offer from the kids inheritance money guy

@pimpozza 2 жыл бұрын

😂😂🤣🤣 "The kids' inheritance money guy" 👍🤭

@jackurokawa3838 2 жыл бұрын

You mean Theo the Fetus?

@justincase9888 2 жыл бұрын

The offer was just friendly. Who would give up 50 %

@aquapony 2 жыл бұрын

@@justincase9888 I cannot understand why Theo wouldn't give a percentage back if they hit their targets. In that case they already turned over at least 10 million so he would be quids in anyway.

@harrypot3381 2 жыл бұрын

@@aquapony he dint want the fucken deal ... he's a docuche and makes douchey offers regularly

@callumlgrady 2 жыл бұрын

As far as I can see, Karrina ran the company with her son (Sam) and her husband (Ian) for around 2 years after this episode aired, then began liquidating assets due to crippling debt. She then moved the Enviro Thaw brand to a company called Envira Products, this time without any family on the board. Sometime in 2018, that company exchanged hands to a serial entrepreneur called George Scott (although it's hard to tell what kind of deal was struck), who still sells Enviro Thaw products under Envira Products. Latest filing puts the company net worth at a huge £3,476. Karrina now works for Intele as a travel agent. Fun fact, she can speak French and German, and her favourite animal is the elephant. True story.

@sexyalejandro999 2 жыл бұрын

wow thank you for this information, you definitely saved me 2 hours of searching online

@rubberplantsandwich 2 жыл бұрын

It's a disappointing end!!

@ChainsGoldMask 2 жыл бұрын

Good on ya

@reganbrannigan3006 2 жыл бұрын

Unsurprising that the company failed. I don’t understand why people put such a huge amount into such a thing

@gorowlystomak3339 2 жыл бұрын

Oof.

@scottpollock6549 Жыл бұрын

I live in the USA, been watching Shark Tank my whole life. I love how *_CALMING_* Dragon's Den is compared to Shark Tank. So relaxing, no loud music, no loud sound effects, no loud 'Dragons/Sharks'. It's very pleasant to watch.

@chimp9465 Жыл бұрын

British versions of shows are very similar to how we do it, the British version of Kitchen Nightmares for example will trip you out lol, actually having restaurant owners who listen to Gordon's advice

@innerdumbasssystem Жыл бұрын

These are British shows you guys ruined. Like shameless or the inbetweeners or anything really.

@dannygreen5477 Жыл бұрын

Same with Kitchen Nightmares.. Those annoying damn sound effects.

@joey-pn3xe Жыл бұрын

Lol you literally described what we think of the U.S. Loud and annoying.

@max12211 Жыл бұрын

Oh my god I tried to watch shark tank the other day and had to turn off. It’s been so dramatised and crazy

@TobyE96 2 жыл бұрын

3 things guaranteed in life: -birth -death - eating food whilst watching dragons den videos on KZfaq

@anubusx 2 жыл бұрын

Jenny will be out.

@rtb0078 2 жыл бұрын

And tax

@riccardnilsson9834 2 жыл бұрын

Hahaa same for me

@Ravishrex1 2 жыл бұрын

Thats so true just at a sandwich

@BigBrex0124 2 жыл бұрын

The saying is actually death and taxes not birth and death

@ASH.......................1976 2 жыл бұрын

That was a classic when Duncan forgot his question 😄

@wizzotizzo 2 жыл бұрын

@@Smith6265 what

@MartinHiggins1972 2 жыл бұрын

He said, "That was a classic when Duncan forgot his question 😄"

@iceala 2 жыл бұрын

This thread has rightfully confused me.

@bmcgoo6027 2 жыл бұрын

Duncan and the other guy had had a few sherbets at lunchtime.

@B-RaDD Жыл бұрын

😂🤣😂

@WoFDarkNewton 5 ай бұрын

I like her, she seems like a good vibe. Not a pushover, but jovial and respectful. A very tricky line to walk, especially under pressure. She reminds me of some great history teachers I know.

@bennyjetsaroundtheworld9047 2 жыл бұрын

Honestly we need this in Canada im tired of used cars being almost umbuyable because they're so rotted out from the road salt

@naxgulengames9863 2 жыл бұрын

I think that is where her biggest drawback is at that point. She only has rights to distribute in Europe and the U.K. if I remember correctly. If she could distribute in the U.S. and/or Canada she would make a killing. Especially with the fact that it is environmentally friendly and far less damaging to the surfaces it is used on. I would not see it making much on store shelves as regular people are less concerned with that and more concerned with there money but, airports, cities, and commercial businesses would eat this up.

@amh9494 2 жыл бұрын

@@naxgulengames9863 some parts of Europe get pretty epic winters too.

@Katarax 2 жыл бұрын

@@amh9494 yes but 100% of canada and about 80% of the US get snow and ice bad enough to need the roads salted... with the huge eco push these days cities/state/province government offices would buy this in the millions of tons... again as far as like home use it is something i would probably buy a bucket if it didnt have a shelf life to have at my house if the price was right on it...

@amh9494 2 жыл бұрын

@@Katarax true but she had the rights to Europe there's definitely a market in Scandinavia for eco friendly products and plenty of ice and snow in the winter.

@matthewking5612 2 жыл бұрын

The term you're looking for is probably 'unroadworthy' and I'd also replace 'almost' with 'completely'.

@cbrad-eo6nt 11 ай бұрын

Ice lady is an incredible negotiator and a solid, no-frills presenter. Good for her.

@chipbuttytime3396 3 ай бұрын

18 months her company lasted.....

@rebeccasykes3862 2 жыл бұрын

Naw I actually felt bad when I could see tears in her eyes, she's too pure

@dazediss6629 2 жыл бұрын

Just a nice lady that’s been taken for a cheap ride by a Chinese businessman. That’s the reason why there’s so many billionaires in China.

@tedcrilly46 2 жыл бұрын

@@dazediss6629 Yep. Her tears say more than real evidence every could.

@superyachtchef 2 жыл бұрын

Their went out of business in 2014 and unfortunately hurt the family deeply 💔

@divinesoul23 2 жыл бұрын

@@dazediss6629 yep. As soon as she mentioned China and the insane goal she had to hit, I thought, "They're getting rich off of you...and you haven'5 realized it."

@jasonbuckley4118 Жыл бұрын

@@superyachtchef lol what no.. their company is valued 7x of what it was worth when she proposed on Dragons Den.

@jesusbermudez6775 2 жыл бұрын

She was very composed and assured that she was going to succeed. She just could not convinced them, because they are not barking mad.

@SeriviusR 2 жыл бұрын

I got a feeling of desperation from her body language, may have just been nerves though?

@Arigator2 2 жыл бұрын

She didn't seem at all composed or assured to me. But I'm American so maybe it's a cultural difference.

@jesusbermudez6775 2 жыл бұрын

@@Arigator2 Maybe

@mariosavva999 2 жыл бұрын

🤣🤣🤣

@potatoradio 2 жыл бұрын

Going to need to buy my 4th bag of the U.S. equivalent in 6th years here in Idaho. That's if it's not sold out like it has been several times the last few years.

@xXESSwiftXx 2 жыл бұрын

I love the choice to not add background music over Dragons Den. It feels more real.

@420_24seven 2 жыл бұрын

I read that comment whilst listening to the backround music

@motttta 2 жыл бұрын

@@420_24seven You mad lad

@XJokermanX 2 жыл бұрын

Why would there be background music

@LordSummerIsle73 2 жыл бұрын

@@XJokermanX in shark tank they have constant music

@XJokermanX 2 жыл бұрын

@@LordSummerIsle73 oh ok

@Greg-fl4cb 2 жыл бұрын

I love her optimism and she comes across as a genuine person but it would have been a very risky deal for any dragon.

@Gladwebs 2 жыл бұрын

Great idea, but too expensive my friend 🇨🇦

@dwadd7528 Жыл бұрын

scammed by chinese

@tooshlong Жыл бұрын

Closed down in 2018.

@fgcpeak9591 Жыл бұрын

Genuine intentions don't make money

@sherrix6881 Жыл бұрын

She a straight clown 🤡 shoes and everything

@PhaRoaH87 2 жыл бұрын

I see the usual lunch time crew are here on their breaks 😂

@Adam23200 2 жыл бұрын

😂😂can’t go wrong with lunch and a bit of dragons den, we sometimes have it on in the works canteen 😂😂😂

@lotte5320 2 жыл бұрын

HAHA

@MrJoecool9999 2 жыл бұрын

She is certainly no Saleswoman - one of the biggest selling points should have been the fact that it works down to much lower temperatures than rock salt - we had spells in recent years where our local council don't bother putting down salt if the temperature goes too low - because it does not work....!

@MrJoecool9999 2 жыл бұрын

@Stabswache Yes i wondered about that - the Dragons are usually bending over backwards to be environmentally friendly - but didn't seem to want to know what was in it or what it might do to the environment....!

@Deiikyss 2 жыл бұрын

She’s a travel agent now

@kathleenbratti9258 Жыл бұрын

Possibly because the temps in England don’t go that low?

@MrJoecool9999 Жыл бұрын

@@kathleenbratti9258 Is that the only country they intended selling it....?

@beeble2003 Ай бұрын

Salt works down to something between -10 and -15. Most of England never sees temperatures like that.

@Loruca 2 жыл бұрын

Being safe for pets is what got me. I bought a bag of something that looks like this a couple of years ago. It was four times more costly than rock salt, and I used it up a lot faster than I would salt. I've taken to using wood chips or mulch. It doesn't melt the ice but it does give my dog and me traction. Totally compostable and from the environment. The nice thing is when there's a thaw the wood chips float on top of the water and it remains on top when the water freezes again. The only downside is I have to keep the stuff indoors because when it freezes out in the garage it be comes a solid block.

@mcfcguvnors 2 жыл бұрын

she works in a travel agents now

@wizzotizzo 2 жыл бұрын

@@mcfcguvnors what

@amh9494 2 жыл бұрын

@@wizzotizzo YOU 'EARD

@thomaseriksen6885 2 жыл бұрын

I'll chime in with what little I know. If you must "de-ice" then run with cheap salt and hot water BUT preventative measures like shoveling immediately after it stops snowing are a lot better in the long run. Dont step on it and compress it before going to sleep to the sound of raindrops. Cheers from norway

@Loruca 2 жыл бұрын

@@thomaseriksen6885 The water freezes. And the salt isn't good for my dog's feet. I've had to deal with a lot of ice.. I read an article years ago that the city of Edmonton uses the wood chips or mulch because of the Chinooks, which cause a constant freeze/thaw cycle. I don't have that cycle here, but I do find that the wood chips do provide traction. Yes, shovelling and plowing are essential. I get a lot of snow where I live.

@neilpa 2 жыл бұрын

Didn't think this looked like a terrible investment, but Touker didn't even get out of bed for this, so must have been......

@anubusx 2 жыл бұрын

And Jenny was still out.

@dougdougeson8692 2 жыл бұрын

I’m surprised she made it out of bed to get to the den. Forklift must’ve been working overtime

@tomsunshine6209 2 жыл бұрын

And Duckon is from Scotland after all it had to be about money.

@khandadonb111 2 жыл бұрын

Love how you've stopped spamming after being roasted so much 😂😂

@neilpa 2 жыл бұрын

@@khandadonb111 YOU'RE the one that got roasted. Now go back to your degeneracy and accept the reality instead of looking for comments to reply to.

@junkrat1 2 жыл бұрын

The old dragons den special. "I'll give you the money for half the business"

@fosfeen 2 жыл бұрын

Lol. Also half the business would mean half of the stock. Which is already more than the total investment. So even if the business fails, Theo would have gotten his money back.

@wyattsayer 2 жыл бұрын

The old I’ll give you the money for 99.9% of the business

@christophersmith49 2 жыл бұрын

Yeah man the classic special :) hahaha. Give me half for nothing basicaly. For borrowing few bucks. I love to be on that side of table compared to be crappy 0.05% on a savings account.

@christieatuh 2 жыл бұрын

crazy asking

@alangardiner872 2 жыл бұрын

@@fosfeen if???? They, He could liqidate the stock....

@cody2470 2 жыл бұрын

Always hope these work out. It’s a shame that the company is dissolved now :(

@penepatitenor 2 жыл бұрын

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

@VikingGekz 2 жыл бұрын

😂😂😂😂

@penepatitenor 2 жыл бұрын

N’ice going there!

@cody2470 2 жыл бұрын

@Bubba Smith seems so, there’s another company with a similar name. On their website the lady in this video is listed as part of the sales team. Seems they’re still going which is nice to see!

@joelyons886 2 жыл бұрын

@Stabswache bumbum 😂😂😂

@jaymac7203 2 жыл бұрын

"I'll offer you the full £110,000 but I'll have to extort the sh*t out of you, sorry not sorry" lool 😭😭😂😂

@Wykesidefruitmachine 2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, at 50% he'd have literally immediately acquired more than that in stock value alone, 'at cost'!

@andipandi5641 2 жыл бұрын

@@Wykesidefruitmachine academic what it costs.. the whole thing hinges on whether they can sell it in bulk at a profit .. and he thinks that if they can manage that - it will require a lot of his work.. and if they can't - he has put all of that work in to maybe be sitting on a loss..

@AWidgetIHaveNot 2 жыл бұрын

It may be an apocryphal story but when Anita Roddick was raising money to fit out her first Body Shop cosmetics store her husband was away and she agreed to fit the shop out in exchange for a third of the companies shares. The Body Shop went on to become a global chain. The silent partner/investor went on to earn £400m from those shares and basically spent life on a yacht. The Roddick's repeatedly tried to buy him out but of course he wasn't interested! Extortion sometimes pays off which is why speculative silly offers make sense sometimes.

@davidohara7669 2 жыл бұрын

Extort? They went belly up.

@jerrythelobster7 9 күн бұрын

it required a LOT of work and you can check for yourself - she didnt make it at all.

@trollingisasport 2 жыл бұрын

I don't think I've ever watched this when I wasn't eating out my wife.

@martynhawthorne7294 15 күн бұрын

Strange me to 😂😂 tell your wife I said hi

@youvebeenslain6085 2 жыл бұрын

"Never be so sure of what you want that you wont take something better". and "half a watermelon is alot better than a whole grape"

@Bea_remembrance 2 жыл бұрын

The airport information at the end got my juices flowing.

@slydawgg 2 жыл бұрын

Crying because she’s just realised she’s been ripped off. Poor lady my heart goes out to her and I wish you the best of luck for the future.

@willman85 2 жыл бұрын

By who?

@Exarhadsgfds 2 жыл бұрын

@@willman85 winnie the pooh

@jordanreynolds1498 2 жыл бұрын

The Chinese

@willman85 2 жыл бұрын

@@jordanreynolds1498 She was the one who chose to spend £240,000 on the venture, nobody put a gun to her head. In her own words she discovered a product that she wanted to bring to the UK. She had always known what targets she'd have to hit. If she bit off more than she could chew then that's her own fault, not the manufacturer. If anyone ripped anyone off it's herself ripping off her children for their inheritance.

@jordanreynolds1498 2 жыл бұрын

@@willman85 🇨🇳🇨🇳🇨🇳🇨🇳🇨🇳🇨🇳🇨🇳🇨🇳🇨🇳🇨🇳🇨🇳🇨🇳🇨🇳🇨🇳🇨🇳🇨🇳🇨🇳🇨🇳🇨🇳🇨🇳🇨🇳🇨🇳🇨🇳🇨🇳🇨🇳🇨🇳🇨🇳🇨🇳🇨🇳🇨🇳🇨🇳🇨🇳🇨🇳🇨🇳🇨🇳

@JoshF848 2 жыл бұрын

Knew this would be an entertaining one the moment she said seventeeeeen percent like that

@hardlines2635 2 жыл бұрын

With Gus Fring and Walt gone and Jessy not cooking I suppose she saw a gap in the market for the blue stuff.

@thisismagacountry1318 2 жыл бұрын

Mmmmmm, roof pizza

@arottingcorpset90 2 жыл бұрын

Finally a Bb reference

@paulp4452 2 жыл бұрын

Hahaha! Lovely stuff.

@jrbs 2 жыл бұрын

"Stud farms" Immediately zooms in on Deborah 1:35 🤣

@BoilerUp985 2 жыл бұрын

Well Deborah has a personal involvement with horses and has her own, so that probably accounts for the pan.

@elmodiddly Жыл бұрын

It is horrific to see a woman who has been completely and utterly ripped off through pure ignorance and greed. Her business has since closed and I can only feel sorry for her.

@highjim7778 4 ай бұрын

what happened

@Britishdave09 2 жыл бұрын

In Canada and US, there's already competing products. The problem is that like this product, they cost 100 times what rock salt costs, especially by the ton, to essentially do the exact same.

@mrcrazybristolian1825 2 жыл бұрын

Checked to see if this company was still going it says “Company Status: Company is Dissolved” you really couldn’t write it 😂😂

@samwise5493 2 жыл бұрын

That's because it's rebranded.

@mrmonkeynews587 2 жыл бұрын

@@samwise5493 Rebranded to what?

@wonkydogleathercraft6698 2 жыл бұрын

Clearly rebranded in to a different name thats all. Same directors but they have increased turnover 700%.....you couldn't write it

@1601tgc 2 жыл бұрын

@@wonkydogleathercraft6698 you don’t dissolve a company to rebrand it. Maybe they restructured, maybe they sold the licence and liquidated the company, maybe they failed …… but dissolving a company has nothing to do with rebranding.

@DeiseRebel 2 жыл бұрын

I love this show, love the dragons and love the people who bring their ideas.

@thomaseriksen6885 2 жыл бұрын

@MrNotoriousjim 2 жыл бұрын

100% this, and if it is coming down hard, shovel every few hours so it is less on the back. after it stops coming down i do salt, but about a small tin can full for the whole walk just so there is a little grit for the little i could not get up.

@peterd788 2 жыл бұрын

The company lasted 18 months until it was struck off the register. It never filed any accounts.

@DaveWhoa 2 жыл бұрын

their website is still running and you can still buy the product from retailers. I'd wanna know exactly what it's made from first though, which is Calcium chloride, magnesium chloride, potassium chloride and sodium chloride

@thestarshavefallen 2 жыл бұрын

Dissolved in 2014 correct. The product still exists but the case may be that another entity has the distribution rights from the manufacturer in China.

@peterd788 2 жыл бұрын

@@thestarshavefallen The new company was started by her and it was shambolic and was slated for compulsory strike-off again. That was suspended. Two years later she resigned and got re-appointed which lasted 8 days. It's now, for the third time, awaiting strike-off from the Companies Register.

@thestarshavefallen 2 жыл бұрын

@@peterd788 nice research mste. I suspect there must have been a major fundamental flaw to this product that was not made clear in the pitch and I really expected grit salt to go on the other ice block to give a comparison. If I'm to really speculate, the particle size makes spreading more difficult with existing machinery designed for salt, it seems light, airy and by her own admission disssapears completely (more reactive with environment?) therefore it might not be as easy/stable to store in a grit container as salt is or be as effective at adhering to surfaces like salt does.

@BenjaminGoose 2 жыл бұрын

@@DaveWhoa "their website is still running" That really means nothing. It costs peanuts to leave a website up. Hosting is cheap.

@novaturbkkk 2 жыл бұрын

I think it's an excellent product and that lady giving the sales pitch handled it with ease. Lovely talker, well dressed and a down to earth Yorkshire woman (gods country) All the blessing and wishes 🙏

@lasercat538 2 жыл бұрын

Turns out it didn't do very well

@coveralljohn 2 жыл бұрын

@@lasercat538 gods fault

@lasercat538 2 жыл бұрын

@@coveralljohn actually it was your mom's fault

@coveralljohn 2 жыл бұрын

@@lasercat538 Your mom told me shes embarrassed about you.

@lasercat538 2 жыл бұрын

@@coveralljohn Your mom said that your existence is a stunning endorsement of abortion

@spidaminida Жыл бұрын

I can't help but feel that she didn't make a big enough deal about the non-corrosive aspect of the product. Salt is so corrosive and it creates an environment where machinery breaks down much more quickly, I can't imagine how this would not be a great idea in industrial environments.

@manikenpachi2760 2 жыл бұрын

This is such a good show it gives you a good perspective of how these business people have their mindset

@rishabhjain7543 2 жыл бұрын

No. That's not at all how VCs or angel funds work.

@cozen9673 2 жыл бұрын

Its just a entertainment show

@wootle Жыл бұрын

Its not remotely like this IRL. This is for entertainment and these Dragons are there for the exposure. Many of them today are famous only due to this show.

@dsmsl9734 2 жыл бұрын

i do find it ironic that this company has itself now...dissolved. Karrina is now a Travel Consultant (no really) specialising in trips to Iceland

@HistoryonYouTube 2 жыл бұрын

I think someone else took over the business.

@Gorrgrim 2 жыл бұрын

sounds about right she has a really great salesman personality she probably makes a great travel scammer.

@wideawake914 2 жыл бұрын

What selling that ice.

@clairelouise4063 2 жыл бұрын

i'm guessing its an ice to eskimos situation....and next year she will come back with coals to newcastle...i love her!!

@edmundblackaddercoc8522 2 жыл бұрын

Iceland deliver now.

@wallaceluna6241 2 жыл бұрын

I think she failed to prove the long term affects that her product can "prevent". Salt is very corrosive n when used alot that'll amplify the corrosion it can do. In an Airport/Trucking industry she could potentially save them "Maintenance" money if she can prove the claim with numbers ofc.

@raymondberg7385 2 жыл бұрын

I think the problem she had was the fact that she basically only had a exclusivity agreement that was contingent on either a massive contract, or a ton of minor contracts, with a pretty strict timelimit. Had her company owned the recipe it would have been something entirely different, but they didnt, soo..

@chasekruse7047 2 жыл бұрын

As an Aircraft mechanic, this would never get used for aircraft (at least FAA/American certified ones). The air industry prefers liquid and air based, this product is chucking tons of FOD (Foreign Object Debris) at aircraft, and I cant see the FAA approving its use for safety reasons. On top of that it wouldnt even save on maintenance since literally all we use is fluid or the aircraft already has built in anti-ice/de-ice systems

@wallaceluna6241 2 жыл бұрын

@@chasekruse7047 I'm not saying her product is the cure all. But if she wanted to sell it to say airports or truckers. She failed to show what it COULD do to help those industries. Just saying "Oh itll help" With no evidence is a cuck lmao. If its like salt but not as corrosive then it could have its place. But like you said Foreign objects will be getting into the engines with this tho.

@Skyfighter64 Жыл бұрын

@@chasekruse7047 I can see where you're coming from, I'm also an A&P mechanic, but there's a hundred access roads or other surfaces that still use rock salt on a given major airport. Using something like this would save money for businesses operating on airports, at least in theory. My bigger concern is that it doesn't look like the product was having a strong enough impact on the ice block. Rock salt would have melted a not insignificant portion of the ice block in the time the interview took.

@alkaholic4848 Жыл бұрын

@@chasekruse7047 Are you just talking about de-icing the aircraft itself, or how they keep the runways clear?

@JAZIBKALEEM 2 жыл бұрын

Should have gotten the distribution rights for Canada as well. It snows like crazy here and people would have loved this.

@helvete983 2 жыл бұрын

She had Europe, Scandinavia alone would have made her millions if she could have cracked that market.

@twisttrax 2 жыл бұрын

Theo wanted 50% because he knew it had potential but needed a lot of work. She should’ve taken it. If her family had the other 50% that’s better than 83% of nothing.

@jasonbuckley4118 Жыл бұрын

absolutley not. I felt like she was getting kicked on the ground when he asked for 50% after she said she staked $280k but good thing she didnt say yes beacuse her company is now worth 7x more than what it was when she proposed it to Dragons Den. she was staking 17% for $115,000. so she valued her company at $676,470. she invested ~$280,000 $280,000x7 = $1,960,000 networth for only the money she invested. ($280,000 + $676,470 )/2 = $477,235 middle ground to make everyone happy. $477,235 x 7 = $3,340,645 networth if was an adverage of what she invested and what she valued her company at. $676,370 x 7 = $4,734,590 networth if what she valued her company at the time was correct.

@lemonjuice3551 2 жыл бұрын

Regardless of the product and business I thought that was a flawless performance from her. Son and husband must have been proud.

@maverickstclare3756 2 жыл бұрын

strange, I thought she was absolutely awful. Zero charisma and she's supposed to be *selling product*

@sean_haz 2 жыл бұрын

@@maverickstclare3756 I'm with you, I think its a good product but with a bad demonstration, really needs to show the lack of residue etc, she didn't show what happens to it once it dissolves at all

@jawsch Жыл бұрын

I'm amazed they aren't interested. Here in the US, this product would do well if sold to businesses and towns because in a lot of places like Kentucky where we get bad ice storms and the salt does serious damage to our roadways, which then result in a lot of maintenance and repairs on roadways, this product would be a huge advantage. Even with double the cost, the eventual savings to cities and businesses just in the reduced damage to roadways would be massive. I agree with everyone that I love how calm and straight forward this is. No dramatics

@Yakanhikoerotikkushiti Жыл бұрын

Because she didn't had her numbers. She was pretty much giving a random number on how much she will make because she simply feels positive about it. That's not good enough. She wasn't even selling none of these. They were just on hold and to top it off her distributor for this is china. That's a giant red flag in the sense your better off creating this product on your own land than to have some socialist company slowly crawl into the infrastructure of societies businesses.

@alkaholic4848 Жыл бұрын

How does ice damage the roadways? I know it rusts cars etc, but never heard of it damaging the roads themselves before.

@jstra 2 жыл бұрын

It's always fun to look up these companies to see what happened. It looks like the dragons were right on this one.

@Goady1000 2 жыл бұрын

Apparently not as slightly different name change but she's listed as an owner

@hercules_144 2 жыл бұрын

Envira Products

@garywillis7428 2 жыл бұрын

@@Goady1000 I don't think so. I could see some companies accounts, but only for 2014. Maybe I didn't delve deep enough, also don't think I've ever seen it on sale either.

@jstra 2 жыл бұрын

@@Goady1000 She resigned as director a while back. If I remember it's a guy called Scott or Steve now registered in Scotland. Under the new name I mean.

@BugattiBoy01 2 жыл бұрын

@@Goady1000 It says the company was disolved in 2014? what did you see

@hesbri 2 жыл бұрын

Ironically the company is ‘dissolved’ on companies house!!

@waiser4604 2 жыл бұрын

i mean yes, as expected given she didnt have the support or investment of someone who knows exactly how to do these things.

@tedcrilly46 2 жыл бұрын

YEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAAHH!!

@ishitrealbad3039 2 жыл бұрын

They all forgot to aks the most vital question; Does the rock salt dissolve ice/snow faster than the blue balls?

@benx6549 Жыл бұрын

That wasn't the most important question 😅

@jetsetjourneysofficial 2 жыл бұрын

would love to know when each pitch was broadcast

@davids3539 2 жыл бұрын

Dunno how many cuts there were in the video, but that block of ice was till standing by the end of it.

@brockcamps4972 2 жыл бұрын

If it is twice the price of rocksalt is is prob cheaper than the products airports actually use which I'm led to believe is a urea derived product to protect alloys on aircraft. Noticed in demo it actually melts ice without being agitated .

@helvete983 2 жыл бұрын

You cannot use particles that large at an airport as a deicer due to safety issues, sucked into engines etc.

@b-dogs1038 2 жыл бұрын

a strangely confident & dismissive type. •I’d be wary of anyone that only sees upside for their product

@GreatScottByJoe 2 жыл бұрын

Exactly she didn’t want to discuss any obstacles and her pricing is basically what killed this, too greedy. Also she put so much of her own money in which was ludicrous and agreed licence terms that were untenable! I’d bet she thought about all the above but still pushed it through.

@jessicataylor7174 2 жыл бұрын

@@GreatScottByJoe It didn't help that the other 2 business partners didn't bother to come to the negotiations either but gave her limitations on what she could agree to. If they'd been serious about it they'd have been there.

@jennag4541 Жыл бұрын

No matter what happens to this business I really love this lady. She's a little fighter.

@LivingOnaPrayer123 Жыл бұрын

Everytime Theo returns home from a Dragons Den episode... His Children-"dad, how much inheritance money have we got left in the bank now?"

@deanh5299 2 жыл бұрын

I wish they’d mention in the description when each episode aired

@peterlohnes1 2 жыл бұрын

2012/2013

@andrewdaley3081 2 жыл бұрын

@@peterlohnes1 thanks. 🇬🇧👍

@GugzDhanjal 2 жыл бұрын

Ice for lunch with a sprinkle of rock salt

@cjsnowdon Жыл бұрын

Loved how Duncan said the women at Tesco tried to scare her with 2k worth of forms The tesco lady should have gone higher, this lady would have completed 2k worth of forms Surprised she actually thinks though, someone else will read and check 2k worth of forms - OUCH Her kind of spirit melts your heart

@memyself717 2 жыл бұрын

I actually bought this and tbh it was very good, works much better than salt.

@AwesomeMetalBands 2 жыл бұрын

Lovely lady and very intelligent.

@jeffbanks9955 2 жыл бұрын

I'd be aiming more for north europe then rather than britain. it doesnt get cold enough here to justify the price difference to councils and businesses as rock salt is only good down to around -5 degrees

@lauriesicardaskey 2 жыл бұрын

Theo, Theo, what about declaring about your children's inheritance strategy. He went very high knowing it was an impossible ask. Prat.

@markhowells3835 2 жыл бұрын

Still not seen this on sale anywhere 2021

@XO43137 Жыл бұрын

I like her style. Unexpectedly confident.

@VTSRIK 2 жыл бұрын

When I started a new Job they was bemused I watched this as my lunchtime ritual 😁 a sammich, crisps, drink and whatever pudding is available 👍🏻.. eventually they sat beside me to watch 🤣

@mohammedyakub3760 2 жыл бұрын

Sammich 😂

@johnbrewer9833 2 жыл бұрын

@@mohammedyakub3760 wonderful marketing name for a ham sandwich.

@amh9494 2 жыл бұрын

@@johnbrewer9833 or a sandwich made of a person called Sam...

@t-rex4211 2 жыл бұрын

A single airport uses 500,000 tonnes in a single winter. That’s about 250,000 m³. Surely that can’t be right

@Boshek2019 6 ай бұрын

I wish and hope she has succeeded since then She seems like a lovely lady

@fusiliers1 2 жыл бұрын

Only 1 airport would do Heathrow last year had about 2-3 days of light snow

@Jasper-Holland 2 жыл бұрын

No letter of intent, just verbal words. Company buys 260k in stock with probably no way to sell. Ouch. Should have started slowly instead of putting so much capita

@huzcer 2 жыл бұрын

Shipping. You can't bring in this sort of stuff from China in small amounts. Now shipping cost from china has gone up by 800% so might be difficult for the next few years.

@Jasper-Holland 2 жыл бұрын

@@huzcer that makes sense, but shouldnt you wait for the contract before shipping the stock? Makes it so much riskier

@huzcer 2 жыл бұрын

@@Jasper-Holland by sea (this stuff is obviously not going by air) the lead time from order to production to dispatch to delivery from China would easily be months tho - unless your customer will commit to buying months in advance you can't do that.

@darrennorniron 2 жыл бұрын

The company dissolved in 2014. Shocked Theo even made an offer

@mrsose1872 8 ай бұрын

Loved the distain they all looked at her with when she first came in before she started to talk

@Tokilainen Жыл бұрын

She seems so wonderfully lovely that lady i want to see her succeed.

@Bimbus225 2 жыл бұрын

3:33 Theo showcasing his Dr. Evil impression

@anubusx 2 жыл бұрын

lol How about no Jenny.

@fourlamb1 2 жыл бұрын

Lunchtime 😊

@readmyprofiledont5060 2 жыл бұрын

Don't Read My name.....,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,.

@amandadue3132 2 жыл бұрын

Breakfast for me

@TheMafio88 2 жыл бұрын

Same, enjoy!

@joshie2205 2 жыл бұрын

I’m eating a turkey sandwhich on my lunch break. Good watching!

@miguelmarques957 2 жыл бұрын

loved it...

@mohamed.maher. 2 жыл бұрын

Where's the fifth dragon?

@paulleadbeater480 2 жыл бұрын

Jenny. She's already out.

@ralphschraven339 2 жыл бұрын

It's a true shame she wasn't successful in this business venture. However, truth be told, there are already similar products out there in the market for half the price. Also, in such a huge market for a single type of product that does one thing and one thing only, if it poses a clear advantage, you should be on the fast track towards getting more orders than you can fulfill. I was very surprised she got an offer. I would've expected them to grill her for not bringing a product that has stacks of orders and being in need of a cash injection but instead having a quarter-million pound's worth of stock and no actual orders in sight. When your product is hit-or-miss, if you already have metric tons of product stashes and no way to get rid of it, I think you already know which of the two it is.

@alkaholic4848 Жыл бұрын

Yeah they never got onto what she intended to do with that £115,000. Stockpile even more of it lol? 😄 I suppose maybe the could've spent it on marketing? Though you have to wonder why they didn't do that originally. Rather than spend £250,000 on stock, spend £200,000 on stock and £50,000 on marketing. Maybe the manufacturer wanted a minimum order, but in that case that's when alarm bells should've started ringing.

@e.a.p3174 4 күн бұрын

Selling icemelter can be a tricky proposition. I live in Canada and the years I sold it we had below normal snow and ice for several years

@1001nancymcmillan 2 жыл бұрын

I hope they keep an eye on her , see if she succeeds , i sure hope it goes through the roof. ... do a special ... on "the ones that got away" . 🤜💥🤛

@John01GM40 Жыл бұрын

you do realise that that this was from 2013? The You Tube video was uploaded in 2021, but the programme was made years ago and her company dissolved in 2018. No she did not succeed and had been trying to sell that product since 2010 using an earlier company

@Steve-eq8iz 2 жыл бұрын

We've had this stuff in Canada for decades. I don't think it works as well as rock salt personally.

@johnfloyd2551 2 жыл бұрын

Yeah but that rock salt rusts out vehicles less than a decade old.. as seen on cars from the northern states here in the u.s... I live further south and try avoid buying used vehicles from the northeast and upper midwest.. it's pathetic what those late model cars already look like..

@AussieOutlaw 2 жыл бұрын

Enviro Thaw Limited is a dormant company incorporated on 5 April 2018 with the registered office located in Larkhall, Lanarkshire. Enviro Thaw Limited has been running for 3 years. There is currently 1 active director according to the latest confirmation statement submitted on 4th April 2021

@useitwice 2 жыл бұрын

Thats it? I thought something would happen! Anyway, I wish her the best, she seems nice.

@davidc7759 2 жыл бұрын

One of the first things I do is look up and see if they are still in business.

@wordimobi5765 2 жыл бұрын

Theo was crazy to make the offer, given the risk and effort required; she was even crazier to reject it.

@robertschriek1353 2 жыл бұрын

She should have called his bluff and accepted it

@contactsiva18 2 жыл бұрын

She did well enough to convice Theo to even make that offer in the first place.

@Sb-er6bs 2 жыл бұрын

Jenny is made of ice so she's out

@brentdallyn8459 2 жыл бұрын

looks like simple chunks of Calcium Chloride covered in a hand safe coating of some sort

@hamelindabell1222 2 жыл бұрын

I've always liked Karina. Great episode.

@azraphon 2 жыл бұрын

"I've made a terrible commercial mistake and I need a millionaire to cover it" is never an appealing idea. Shockingly the company was dissolved in 2014 and the distribution rights sold to someone else.

@billyjesus5442 2 жыл бұрын

laughing like demon!

@makatelli 2 жыл бұрын

There were so many red flags.

@Retostl 2 жыл бұрын

Dissolved by her blue salt I suppose? Haha

@billybollockhead5628 2 жыл бұрын

Oh wait, website dated 2015..

@watnoudan 2 жыл бұрын

Well shes still going strong with it...so she probably made it. I think in any case, this episode was great PR for her!

@Legitti 2 жыл бұрын

Basic UK grandma, believes everything she's told but got no clue what to actually do.

@lincoln7184 2 жыл бұрын

@The kantaral I could get rich buying it in bulk then flicking it off on Amazon for 10 times the price then taking the concept to DD and rejecting any offers

@dazediss6629 2 жыл бұрын

@The kantaral Yeah but the Amazon product is another ridiculous franchisee. The actual manufacturer don’t even sell the product - they just sell distribution rights to gullible idiots, like this lady. That’s the reason that theres so many billionaires in China - there’s zero financial risk on their part because they offer a franchise goal scheme which is impossible to hit. This company was dissolved (purposefully selected word) 8 years ago. The manufacturer then just go out and look for the next nice old man or woman who is extremely naive in business and take them for a ride too.

@evo5dave 2 жыл бұрын

Company is still going and she's still involved. Website is pretty slick. Hope she made it a success.

@BantheDan 2 жыл бұрын

nah mate it's been dissolved (pardon the pun)

@AlwaysBolttheBird 2 жыл бұрын

The site is probably just paid for hosting for a couple years but it doesn't seem like it actually exists

@Nords555 2 жыл бұрын

they liquidated it all, sold it to another guy, and now she is a travel agent.

@Ciprian-Amarandei 2 жыл бұрын

always a good idea to import chemicals from China and pour it on EU customers

@hamill06 2 жыл бұрын

This was my exact thought the second she mentioned China and then her market being the UK and Europe 😂

@KingStr0ng 2 жыл бұрын

They keep calling it "optimism" when it's really just arrogance. Delusion. There's being optimistic, and there's also having an ego and not knowing when to quit.

@redroger7745 6 ай бұрын

He was trying to buy 50% of her stock for £115k

@geraldsolis2312 2 жыл бұрын

She is so polite.

@piyushlht9 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for uploading it finally ..... In 2021 .. hope this lady is alive 🙏

@michaelsorensen7567 2 жыл бұрын

For double the cost, I'd have expected the one cube to be half gone by the end of the segment.

@StruanRobertson29 2 жыл бұрын

Got to admire these people who take chances rather than just taking a wage somewhere. That's how you get rich, but there is a risk obviously. Must make you feel alive.

@anthonyreidy8230 2 жыл бұрын

Very admirable but you know what they say people that don't take risks will achieve nothing in life if Christopher Columbus wasn't a risk taker he never would have discovered America with that said I hope she does well in her business

@StruanRobertson29 2 жыл бұрын

@@anthonyreidy8230 exactly

@StaThinkTite 2 жыл бұрын

Honest it depends on who you are, or what you value in life. I like stability, I want a future where loosing all your money is not even in the ball park. I value money because stability follows after money, but I wouldn't risk it all for an influx of money, ut just seems foolish to me.

@jaym1889 2 жыл бұрын

@@anthonyreidy8230 vikings discovered it hundreds of years before him, they were the true risk takers!

@anthonyreidy8230 2 жыл бұрын

@@jaym1889 I need the Vikings discovered America it's just that they teach you in school Christopher Columbus discovered it fake teachings just like fake news

@thefonzkiss 4 ай бұрын

Should have taken the offer. The one thing she desperately needed is sales. And that’s Theo.

@50shadesofgday64 Жыл бұрын

I think if she managed to market it into North America it would take off. Especially in Ski Resorts in Canada.

@KarlHamilton 2 жыл бұрын

The company is dissolved. I'm here all week.

@adamkoch212 Жыл бұрын

Company is dissolved today unfortunately. I really think that product could be used here in Scandinavia. It's been a running problem whether to use gravel which obliterates the paint on the cars, or to use salt which is bad for the local environment and also corrodes the cars.