I just found this interesting web site about a British TV show.... "Wheeler Dealers"....

Does anyone here from the UK know more about this show?

From what I can see on the site, it's an interesting entrepreneurial game show.... Two teams are each given £1,000 (which is about US$1570). They then have to spend this money "wheeling and dealing" (that is, buying and selling) in a particular area to make a profit.... The area has to be OUTSIDE of their own expertise.

The different areas that different teams are competing in are buying and selling art, buying and selling cars, selling stuff at the weekly markets, and running a nightclub!

Read through their experiences - it's fascinating stuff! (There are also some good business tips buried in there too....)

If you click on "wide" you'll also see 4 profiles of some entrepreneurs, along with some of their advice.... (Fascinating stuff, in my opinion!)

Here's my favorite quote, from the interview with Roy Wright.... The BBC interviewer asks him how he would sell them a pencil. Roy says....

"First of all I'll tell you it's not a pencil, it's a communications tool. It's a way of letting somebody know what you're thinking - by writing it down. It's essential if you haven't got any other terms of communication. And, in comparison with all the other pencils, the price is cheap and the quality is high."

I don't think I've ever heard a pencil described so beautifully - I want one of these "communications tools" too ! :)

I've linked to the site below....

- Dien


"Wheeler Dealers", from the BBC TV show....