Dragon's Den investor James Caan founded the recruitment company Alexander Mann Solutions.
Alexander Mann Solutions began as a recruitment business and developed into a provider of talent acquisition and workforce-management services. The company became a major part of Caan's business career and helped establish his reputation before his television appearances.
Caan joined Dragon's Den as an investor in the 2000s, bringing specialist knowledge of recruitment, staffing and company growth to the studio. His questioning often focused on whether a pitch had a scalable business model and whether the entrepreneur understood the commercial value of the company.
The company name is sometimes confused with another recruitment business or with Caan's later investment activities. Alexander Mann Solutions is the specific enterprise associated with his founding career. Caan's time on the programme also overlapped with several other Dragons whose fortunes came from retail, property, leisure and technology rather than recruitment.