So it's about half way through the season of series 2 of RTE's Dragons' Den. I'm a little ambivalent about the show, I guess I do think it offers excellent exposure, potential investment and super mentoring for your business but on the other hand reality TV, by its very nature, tends to be a little nasty to the underdog. My argument would be why have the terrible projects on the show, just edit them out or don't let them make the short list but instead we watch some poor guy or gal or group being ridiculed and that's the part I don't like.

Having said all of that, I try not to miss the show particularly for the twitter chat among hundreds of other people also watching the show. Just add the hash tag #ddire to the end of your tweets and join the conversation. If you want to expand the conversation beyond your own followers, use a service like Twission (built by Dublin company WebStrong) where you enter the hashtag and your twitter handle to be met with a screen showing all the posts about the show from anyone using the hashtag. Usually it's a bit of fun, we give our own critique and worry and celebrate the decisions of the panel and those pitching. See you there on Thursday.