What most people do not understand is that majority of people that go on dragons den dont go to beg for money. Obviously, there are several ways that she could have raised triple that amount without help from any individual. Getting one of those guys as a business partner is far worth more than £1m. What that business will generate in one month with Peter Jones as a "partner" will be 50 times greater than what she will make working alone for 5 years. She wasnt begging for money... far from it.