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Theo Paphitis admits he does judge people on their appearance Entrepreneur Theo Paphitis returns along with his Dragons' Den colleagues for a sixth series of the BBC business show. The series enables people with ideas to pitch to the panel, in a bid to win financial backing from at least one of them. The Cypriot-born businessman, who is chairman of stationery chain Ryman and a former chairman of football club Millwall, reveals what makes a successful pitch in the den and how competitive he gets on and off the show. Why did you want to get involved with the show? It was either that or do the ironing with Mrs P, and when it comes to ironing I'm pretty useless. Seriously, I resigned as Millwall chairman and coincidentally I got a phone call form the BBC asking me if I had seen the show. How financially rewarding has backing some... [read full story]
