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Business lessons from The Apprentice 2011

July 24th, 2011 · No Comments · Marketing

The Apprentice this year provided lots of business lessons. 1.  In previous years Lord Sugar was simply looking for an employee.  This year the programme demonstrated that being a business owner is different from being an employee – no matter how famous the boss.   Time and again it was stated that Helen would have won [...]

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Apprentice – business relationships and Yasmina hired

June 8th, 2009 · 2 Comments · Inspiration

I have just been listening to Yasmina and Kate being interviewed on the radio. They both sound great and I do love the fact that they can all say good things about each other! Even Suralan got it in the end and kept complimenting the whole “mob” this year. When the last man standing left [...]

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Favourite Apprentice show today

June 3rd, 2009 · No Comments · Inspiration

My favourite show in the whole Apprentice series in the UK is on BBC tonight. It is where the candidates are interviewed by four of Suralan’s associates. Some have worked with him in the past, some still do. This has always interested me more than the frenetic “sell ‘em cheap” or “think it up quick” [...]

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Apprentice

April 23rd, 2009 · No Comments · Branding

I watched The Apprentice last night. In previous years I have been excited and interested to see what went on and have enjoyed the variety of tasks. Last year Margaret and Nick seemed to come into their own more and became interesting in their own right. Have I seen too many of them now? Or [...]

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