BUSINESS is booming for a pair of entrepreneurs who appeared on hit TV show Dragons’ Den.

Earcandi, which promises a solution to headphones that fall out, failed to secure investment from the five multi-millionaire celebrity investors.

But orders have been pouring in since business owners Lloyd Daley, 33, and Stephen Freedman, 40, of Brighton, pitched their innovative product to the dragons on Saturday.

In recent years Lloyd faced redundancy and homelessness but has turned things around with the innovative business.

He said: “Since the show it has been bonkers. I have red eyes from getting no sleep but I’m doing it all with a massive smile.”

Lloyd and Stephen were contacted by the BBC after their online crowdfunding campaign helped get the business going.

Stephen said: “Having them come to us was really flattering as they get thousands of applications for the show.”

After the programme was shown their website received so much traffic it crashed.

Lloyd is now talking to one of the dragons, Kelly Hoppen, who tweeted on Saturday that she wished she “had a ‘gold buzzer to bring these guys back”.

Earcandi make silicone putty which is placed around the headphone and solidifies in the wearer’s ear, creating custom fitted headphones which will not fall out.

Lloyd realised that there was a market for the headphones while he was running and made a prototype out of bathroom sealant.

However it was not until he lost his job that he threw himself into his idea.

He said: “I had £400 in my bank account and I knew I could either pay my rent or start sofa surfing and get the business going.”

Lloyd was homeless for two years, living on people’s sofas as he tried to get Earcandi off the ground.

He was helped by the government New Enterprise Allowance, a benefit for people to start up in business.

Stephen runs an IT support company called PC Help Man and joined the company after seeing an advert on Facebook.

Now that Earcandi has attained such success plans to step back and let Lloyd manage the business.