Derek Cousins Dragon's Den

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In the show the “Dragon’s Den”, Derek Cousins introduces his company “Flow Signals”. The product that Derek was trying to bring out into the world were flashing lights that attach to traffic poles to assist the traffic sign. Straight from the start, it seems that he did not seem confident in his presentation. He sounded unsure about what to say and stuttered a lot trying to remember his words. Shortly after he started, Dereck also started to experience some equipment issues. If he would have checked his equipment before starting, the presentation could have possibly gone a lot more smoothly. Derek Cousins also did not do his research for the “Flow Signals”. When asked if he had approval for his product to be on the street he replied with a

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