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Library House to calm the Dragon.(Brief Article)

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| March 09, 2005 | Chillingworth, Mark | COPYRIGHT 2005 Incisive Media, published with the permission of Incisive Media. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Byline: Mark Chillingworth.

One of the five investor "dragons" from hit TV series Dragons' Den has set up a research company called Library House to track entrepreneurial businesses and specialist markets.

BBC2's Dragons' Den pitted budding British entrepreneurs against five successful players, each with [pounds sterling]150,000 to invest. Many contestants had their ideas (and sometimes personalities) torn to shreds, while few won over the investors.

So why does a Californian entrepreneur call his company Library House? "I have a personal affection for that word and I use it in the sense of research," Richards told IWR. "My mother was a research librarian and head of the law library at the University of Texas."

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