Some South Surrey business owners will be featured on national TV on Thursday, Sept. 28.

That鈥檚 when Safe Sweat owners and co-founders Andrea Kloegman and Emre Ozgur will appear in CBC鈥檚 Dragons鈥� Den, after filming it in Toronto in May of this year.

The business owners opened Safe Sweat, which offers members individual mini-gyms, or FITsuites, to enjoy workouts in private or with their own personal trainer, in August of 2022.

After presenting their business at a health and fitness summit in L.A. earlier this year, they received an email from staff at Dragon鈥檚 Den, a CBC reality TV show where entrepreneurs pitch their ideas to a panel of venture capitalists in the hopes of securing investment financing.

While they aren鈥檛 allowed to say what happened at the filming prior to their episode airing, Ozgur could share a little bit before the air date.

鈥淲e鈥檙e very excited!鈥� he said.

Their business model 鈥� individual gyms, or 鈥榩od鈥� style fitness suites 鈥� seems to evoke one of two responses from people, he noted.

鈥淎 lot of people had question marks about our idea then some were like, 鈥極h my God, how come no one has done this before? I love it,鈥欌�� Ozgur said.

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The airing itself was quite an experience.

CBC had built a replica, or mock FITsuite for the taping of the show, so the panel and audience can visualize what the actual, flagship South Surrey location looks like in person.

鈥淚t was extremely intense, but we were well-prepared,鈥� he said.

He and Kloegman have plans to launch additional locations as well as franchise, so they both felt Dragon鈥檚 Den would provide massive exposure.

鈥淭here鈥檚 a lot of pressure 鈥� there鈥檚 10 cameras on you, there鈥檚 no retakes, you鈥檙e just going, going, going.鈥�

They filmed for hours, Ozgur said, adding that it paid to be prepared.

鈥淭here wasn鈥檛 anything that surprised me. There weren鈥檛 any questions we couldn鈥檛 answer鈥� if you ever go on (Dragon鈥檚 Den), make sure you know every single thing about your business,鈥� because they will ask, he noted.

鈥淲e loved it. We loved every single minute of it. This was an incredible opportunity,鈥� Ozgur said.

鈥淭he results are exactly what we thought,鈥� he shared.

And, he added, he plans to head back to Dragon鈥檚 Den at some point.

鈥淥ne day in the near future I鈥檒l be back on, but as a Dragon this time.鈥�

Their episode airs at 8 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 28 on CBC.