The spirit of Elvis is being kept alive and well around the world, thanks in part to a Nanaimo company that will appear on CBC’s Dragons’ Den ’s 20th anniversary broadcast next week.

Eleanor von Boetticher, founder of Pro Elvis Jumpsuits, is one of a handful of the show’s alumni businesses that will be profiled during the broadcast Thursday, Oct. 16, at 8 p.m.

Von Boetticher appeared on the fifth episode of the show’s fourth season in 2009 when Pro Elvis Jumpsuits was just a fledgling company looking for an angel investor or a dragon to help it get off the ground.

Instead of taking part ownership of the company, dragon Brett Wilson offered a loan, which gave von Boetticher the boost her company needed. Today the company has seven employees who help create costumes for Elvis impersonat

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