“You’re on a desert island with your fellow dragons – which one do you eat first?”
Jenny Campbell, Dragon’s Den’s newest member and headline speaker at last night’s Investing Women awards dinner, laughed.
Subscribe to our daily newsletter
Why? Free to subscribe, no paywall, daily business news digest.
“We’d probably all work together and eat lizards,” she countered.
[adbutler zone_id=’297765′]
Damn. I had been looking for a line. My fellow journalists at the table shrugged – ‘good try!’ they offered.
Luckily it wasn’t a day short of stories. I was in heaven chatting to all the female entrepreneurs during the Ambition and Growth Conference which preceded the awards dinner.
One of the first women I spoke to was Monika Tomecka – she explained how to use the taps in the ladies. (When did taps get so complicated? Why do you have to do Tai Chi to turn them on?)
She’s a scientist who’s invented a filter that doesn’t use centrifuge – the first innovation in this space for a good ten years. I filmed two soundbites with her (check out @sbnn_national for all the chat and I instantly liked her. She’s warm and intelligent and I’m always impressed by people who are multilingual.
Had a great chat with @uFraction8’S Monika during the coffee break – one of the #AccelerateHER finalists: @Investing_Women #AG18 pic.twitter.com/HOfPDxu5Wu
— SBNN National (@SBNN_National) March 8, 2018
Raquel Wing from The Clean Hub brings some California sunshine to proceedings – she’s very complimentary about the Scottish ecosystem and our networks pic.twitter.com/zF9ZmYdvYx
— SBNN National (@SBNN_National) March 8, 2018
Another great chat with @lilyiasch from @realtalkstories – one of the Ambition Award winners @Investing_Women #ag18 pic.twitter.com/HyUuUrbd76
— SBNN National (@SBNN_National) March 8, 2018
