Rachel Lowe

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Rachel Lowe, born in 1977, attended the University of Portsmouth in order to earn a law degree. As a student she had a part time job as a taxi driver which is when she came up with the idea of the board game Destination Portsmouth.[1] She continued the idea Destination London, which is now one of the top selling games at Hamleys, beating Monopoly and Twister.[1]

She appeared on the BBC2 television show Dragons' Den in the UK where her pitch for investment was rejected. However, she believes the exposure was what enabled her to succeed with the board game, even though the investors on the show criticised her in a variety of ways.[2]

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  1. ^ a b Milne, Jamie. "TV Show loser has last laugh", Evening Standard, 2005-01-30. Retrieved on 2008-03-26. 
  2. ^ Heald, Claire. "Pass go, collect £2m", BBC News Magazine, 2007-02-07. Retrieved on 2008-03-26. 

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