Long Island entrepreneurs get the chance to bring their dreams to fruition in this private and confidential forum. They present their ideas to the hornets in the nest – eight to twelve titans of industry who made their own dreams a reality and turned their ideas into lucrative empires. The contestants try to convince any one of the hornets to invest money in their idea. When more than one of the hornets decide they want a piece of the action, a bidding war can erupt, driving up the price of the investment.