Go beyond the CBC pitch

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Your Guide to the Dragons' Den Canada Cast
Who sits at the table, how the show is built, and when the next season lands on CBC.

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Kevin O'Leary: One Founder, Two Tanks
The original Den villain who carried the format south and became a fixture on Shark Tank.
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Brian Scudamore Turned Junk Into a System
The founder of 1-800-GOT-JUNK joined the panel as an investor and brings a franchise builder's eye.

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How We Decide a Pitch Is Still Selling
Our plain-language rule for availability, and why an advisory flag is never enough on its own.

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Wes Hall: From Barefoot in Jamaica to the Den
The shareholder-services founder who joined the panel in 2021 and wrote openly about where he started.
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David Chilton: The Wealthy Barber in the Den
The personal finance author whose plain-spoken book sold millions before he ever sat at the table.

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Jim Treliving: From RCMP Beat to Boston Pizza Empire
The franchise operator who anchored the panel for fifteen seasons and judged founders on operations.

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Michele Romanow: The Engineer Turned Capital Machine
From a campus coffee shop to a funding platform, the youngest dragon rethinks how founders raise money.

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Manjit Minhas and the Beer Business Behind the Chair
The brewing entrepreneur who joined Dragons' Den in 2015 and judges founders on margins she knows firsthand.

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Arlene Dickinson: The Marketer Who Reads the Room
How a South African born ad-agency owner became one of the longest serving faces of Dragons' Den Canada.