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Dragons Den Team to Show Softer Side At Scots Charity Night

Wednesday 12th August 2009

BBC’s online Dragons Den team are to make their first joint appearance in the UK – after a Scottish entrepreneur won them over. Belinda Roberts of Edinburgh-based networking group Winning Entrepreneurs has persuaded the online team ...

The Dragon and the Designer

The Dragon and the Designer

Sunday 9th August 2009

Entrepreneurs are reaching out to help each other thrive in the slump, with some interesting pairings It is possible to think of stranger pairings than Shaf Rasul and Camille Lorigo. Prince Charles and Barbra Streisand, who allegedly enj ...

Shaf Delivers Keynote speach at Strathclyde University Awards Dinner

Shaf Delivers Keynote speach at Strathclyde University Awards Dinner

Thursday 6th August 2009

By 1999, Strathclyde graduate Shaf Rasul was already a self-made multi-millionaire with an extensive investment portfolio that would allow him to take it easy for the rest of his life. It was at that time that Mr Rasul – who was recentl ...

Scottish entrepreneur Shaf Rasul invests in geek website

Scottish entrepreneur Shaf Rasul invests in geek website

Sunday 26th July 2009

LONDON - Scottish IT and property entrepreneur Shaf Rasul has invested in a new website aimed at the geek community offering news and reviews. Geeks.co.uk will cover news articles, irreverent and intelligent features, independent artwork and re ...

Geek odyssey as 'Dragon' Rasul launches online magazine

Geek odyssey as 'Dragon' Rasul launches online magazine

Sunday 19th July 2009

SCOTTISH "Dragon" and technology and property entrepreneur Shaf Rasul has invested in an online magazine aimed at the growing "geek community". Rasul, who recently became an online dragon for the BBC in a spin-off from its Dragons' Den television ...

TV tycoon to judge whizzkids

TV tycoon to judge whizzkids

Wednesday 8th July 2009

THE best young entrepreneurs from Scotland are to be recognised at an awards ceremony in Edinburgh. Dragons' Den tycoon, Shaf Rasul will be among the judges at this years Creative Young Entrepreneur Awards, hosted by the Junior Chamber Inter ...

Top Business Award Judge

Top Business Award Judge

Wednesday 8th July 2009

NKD Clothing director Gill Eastgate is set to follow in bra boss Michelle Mone’s footsteps after reaching the Scottish final of the JCI Creative Young Entrepreneur Award (JCI CYEA). NKD Clothing founder Gill - who successfully spearheaded a ...

Shaf Appears on The Hour

Shaf Appears on The Hour"

Thursday 11th June 2009

Shaf Rasul joins Stephen Jardine and Michelle McManus in the studio of “The Hour” to discuss his business empire and cast a critical eye over Scottish invention The Sleep Microphone. ...

Enter the online Dragon as show switches to TV screen

Monday 8th June 2009

ENTREPRENEUR Shaf Rasul is to appear on BBC2 with his formerly 'online-only' version of Dragons Den. The hit internet show, which has been available on the web since March, features Edinburgh-based Mr Rasul, who made his millions in property and com ...

Scots Dragon Set To Hit Big Screen

Scots Dragon Set To Hit Big Screen

Thursday 4th June 2009

The BBC is set to move its internet based spin-off Dragons' Den online to the big screen. Scots entrepreneur Shaf Rasul stars alongside American Julie Meyer in the online version of the show which gives budding men and women the chance to secure up ...