Dragons Den’s Steven Bartlett backs youngest ever candidate who made £124k profit at just 18
DRAGONS’ Den’s Steven Bartlett has backed the show’s youngest ever candidate following his incredible backstory.
The latest episode of the BBC One business show saw the dragons meet 18-year-old Myles Dickinson-Brown.
While Myles had initially impressed the tycoons because of his famous grandparent, his entrepreneurship did too.
As he prepared to pitch to the dragons, Myles said: “I am only 18, so I think overlook that.
“They think ‘he’s only 18 you know, he’s too young’ .”
Myles saw a gap in the market for a designer item and despite only finishing his A-levels, made a go at the business and decided to drop out of university.
He invested £5,000 of his own hard-earned cash to kickstart the idea and buy all the needed equipment.
The ambitious teen revealed to the dragons since launching in just September, his business has generated over £124,000 in revenue and made a gross profit of £54,000.
Dickinson-Brown’s business sees customers design their own customised debit and credit cards, called Haze Cards.
Myles certainly made an impression and three Dragons’ fighting over him and all offering him exactly what he wanted.
However, it was Steven Bartlett that was triumphant after offering Miles to work on the desk next to him in his office alongside his TikTok experts in order to mentor and guide the 18 year old after seeing him as the next big thing.
He had teased his famous grandparent by telling the dragons that his grandfather worked in TV.
Deborah Meaden went on to ask him: “What does your grandad do on TV?”
He replied: “He does Dickinson’s Real Deal.”
Peter questioned him again by asking him what he does, referring to his role on the programme.
Seemingly confused, Miles told him: “It’s an antiques show on ITV.”
Clarifying he meant his exact role, Sara Davies jumped in guessing that Miles was trying to say his grandfather was David Dickinson before he confirmed, admitting: “Yeah, he’s David Dickinson.”
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