Surrey auditions for Dragons’ Den

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Rising stars and amateurs in business are welcome to audition in Surrey for Dragons' Den next week.

Rising stars and amateurs in business are welcome to audition in Surrey for Dragons' Den next week.

Think you’ve got a great business idea, this is the time to let the world know.

Producers from the Dragon’s Den will be in Surrey on Friday, Feb. 17 to hear from local business hotshots wanting to compete on the televised show.

No experience is necessary and participants of all ages are encouraged to audition.

After a highly-rated ‘All-Student’ special in Season Six, Dragon’s Den continues to seek young entrepreneurs who think they have the money-making chops to take on the savviest business tycoons in the country.

All interested entrepreneurs should be prepared to pitch their business in under five minutes. If they can

convince producers they are ready for the limelight, they could be invited to face the Dragons when the upcoming season is filmed in Toronto. Candidates are asked to apply online and bring a completed application form to the audition.

For more details, including a full list of audition tour cities and dates, visit cbc.ca/dragonsden.

The current season of Dragon’s Den can be seen Wednesdays at 8 p.m. (8:30 NT) on CBC Television and has averaged over 1.3 million viewers per week.

Dragon’s Den will be in Surrey, Friday, Feb. 17 from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. at SFU Surrey, Flag

Chevrolet Lecture Theatre 3090, 250 – 13450 – 102 Avenue (http://www.surrey.sfu.ca). Additional

tour dates from coast to coast are listed online at www.cbc.ca/dragonsden/auditions

Surrey Now Leader