Gary Puppa puts Epixome on Dragons Den
I have a habit of taking pictures of the television, esp when my friends appear and share themselves with the rest of the world in some reality show or real estate program as the case may be.
Gary Puppa has a very interesting company. He is the President of ePixome, a pictures marketing company that he started in 2000 just the whole tech industry was collapsing. As a result, he wasn’t fortunate enough to find any investors to support his business plan, angel or venture, but since then he has taken his idea and developed it into a $250K / year business.
Gary Puppa Braves the CBC Dragons Den
Gary describes his 40+ minutes pitching to the panel of Dragons as ’surreal’. The morning of his taping he was calm cool and collected. Joking with his producer, the audio techs, hair & make-up, it was looking like it would another typical business presentation he does so well. Things changed as he walked down the stairs and set up his gear centre stage. That’s when it hit him that 20 odd cameras were taping his every word, every breath, focused on every bead of sweat and probably the pulsing vein in his collar.
It took him a few minutes to gather his composure, focus his thoughts, and then he started in…
“Hello Dragons! My name is Gary Puppa and I am from Burlington Ontario and I am president and founder of ePixome! I am here today seeking $125,000. in exchange for 20% equity in my business.”
Unfortunately Gary walked away without any Dragon dollars, but he still considers himself richer from the experience as he was fortunate enough to have his pitch make it to air to the 1.5 million CBC Dragons Den viewers across Canada.
It may have only been 1 minute of fame, but that just leaves him with 14 more somewhere in the future.
Tags: Arlene Dickenson, Brett Wilson, digital media marketing, Epixome, Gary Puppa, Kevin OLeary, pictures marketing
