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For fans of the Apprentice

by jayman
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I don't often watch TV but the Apprentice, Dragon's Dens and Million Dollar Listing are 3 of my favourite shows. I think you can learn a lot of business lessons here and there from the Apprentice, especially about how to get along with people, making decision and managing a team.

Last night, the winner of Apprentice 2010 was announced and Donald Trump fired Clint. I personally would have hired Clint and most of my business colleagues and friends who follow the show agreed. He was solid all along, showed that he can lead a team to victory, handle tough people, he was creative, works well under pressure, good salesman, proven problem solver, overall a "CEO in a box" as he put it and without a doubt a charismatic business leader. His last task which is more challenging than Brandy's went well and was a great success.

Meanwhile, I don't see anything in Brandy. She presented well in one task and that's it. She was not creative and didn't show any leadership quality, screwed up so many times in the final task. And finally, Trump hired her.
I don't understand his decision. Maybe because in one of the episode, she said that she prefer older man

I also follow BBC's the apprentice UK and I must say the US version of the show has been going downhill in the past seasons, including all the celebrities apprentice. I think the UK version is much better in term of it being a job interview to find an apprentice. Lord Sugar is more serious and play his role as "da boss" successfully and all the tasks are more challenging and entrepreneur oriented. I think it's a better show
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  • Profile picture of the author Rus Sells
    Trump made his decision because the one thing Brandy had enough brains to mention. She realized that Trump is not the future of the company but Ivanka is and that demonstrated that Brandy has Vision whilst Clint was only concerned with the present.

    Aside from that we all know Trump has a thing for sexy women!
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  • Profile picture of the author John Henderson
    Originally Posted by jayman View Post

    I also follow BBC's the apprentice UK and I must say the US version of the show has been going downhill in the past seasons, including all the celebrities apprentice. I think the UK version is much better in term of it being a job interview to find an apprentice. Lord Sugar is more serious and play his role as "da boss" successfully and all the tasks are more challenging and entrepreneur oriented. I think it's a better show
    Wow, I didn't know that you guys could see our version of The Apprentice. Is that on BBC America?

    The BBC used to show us the US version, but that stopped a few years back...
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  • Profile picture of the author Andyhenry
    Most of the people we get on the Apprentice in the UK are idiots.

    I prefer shows like The Secret Millionaire where it's real successful people changing good people's lives.
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  • Profile picture of the author 2d0k
    I've read Donald Trump's "Think Big" novel and I really enjoyed it. It's about being brave in the face of adversity and, of course, thinking positive all time. I admire Donald Trump for his no-nonsense talk and his courage in diversifying his business into the field of prime time TV.
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  • Profile picture of the author Neil Morgan
    I think next year's Apprentice (uk) is going to be more interesting. Instead of looking for an employee, Lord Sugar will be looking for a candidate to invest £250,000 in their business.

    Should be fun.

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    Neil
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  • Profile picture of the author IMoptimizer
    Can't say I ever been a fan of the show. The whole celebrity bit annoyed me. I may watch it though whenever they do a new season, that is, without celebrities of course.
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    • Profile picture of the author Alan Petersen
      Clint's down fall IMO was laying it on thick as the country boy from Texas. The Trump brand is all about image and luxury.

      Probably best for Clint since his style wasn't a good fit with the snobby world of Trump.

      I do think he was better in his tasks but he did annoy me with the non-stop butt-kissing and the good old boy shtick.
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  • Profile picture of the author Dwight Anthony
    Hopefully, they will pump new life into the apprentice. Maybe an all stars version would help ratings. Bring back originals like Bill Rancic (sp?) and love to hate characters like Omarossa. As a bonus, Rosie O'Donnell should sit next to the Donald in the board room. That will make for some good tv!
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  • Profile picture of the author Mehak
    here in the UK we have Alan Sugar and he's down to his last 5 but i guess the theory is the same
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    • Profile picture of the author GuerrillaIM
      Originally Posted by Mehak View Post

      here in the UK we have Alan Sugar and he's down to his last 5 but i guess the theory is the same
      Think the blonde guy wins. My mate works opposite alan sugars offices and sees the blonde guy go get his lunch each day so he must be working there.
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      • Profile picture of the author jayman
        Really, I would have thought either Jamie or Stella both have a shot. Everyone's favourite, Liz was fired last week, it was a big surprise as she seems to have it all.

        And seems like Stuart is Lord Sugar's favourite as he reminded Sugar of when he was young, a theme that keep appearing in the last few seasons. Tell a good story and convince Lord Sugar of how you wheel and deal through life when you are young and quit high school and you have his attention. But Lord Sugar is a far better "boss" than the publicity seeking Donald Trump.

        Originally Posted by GuerrillaIM View Post

        Think the blonde guy wins. My mate works opposite alan sugars offices and sees the blonde guy go get his lunch each day so he must be working there.
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        • Profile picture of the author Wakunahum
          The ending this year was too abrupt.

          I don't recall anyone being fired at the end of the other seasons. Normally one is hired and the loser gets a handshake.

          Clint gets fired and doesn't even get a handshake or anything which is odd. There was no interview with Clint once he was told he was fired.

          I'm not sure I like the choice completely. The negatives said about Clint was using "ya'll" too much but in terms of the task, he did a great job while Brandy had quite a few blunders.

          Trump can do whatever he wants for sure, but I thought it to be an odd ending based on the little negative feedback given to Clint. He was told he did everything right and was fired.
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        • Profile picture of the author mediasurgeons
          Originally Posted by jayman View Post

          Really, I would have thought either Jamie or Stella both have a shot. Everyone's favourite, Liz was fired last week, it was a big surprise as she seems to have it all.

          And seems like Stuart is Lord Sugar's favourite as he reminded Sugar of when he was young, a theme that keep appearing in the last few seasons. Tell a good story and convince Lord Sugar of how you wheel and deal through life when you are young and quit high school and you have his attention. But Lord Sugar is a far better "boss" than the publicity seeking Donald Trump.
          Couldn't agree with you more. Liz was to safe and robotic, unlike Trump Lord Sugar does not fall for a pretty face and gave her the boot.

          You could argue Liz deserved to stay but Stuarts speech "I have a field of ponies ready to go at this" was pure gold and maybe they have just kept him for the interview episode but we will see.

          I think Jamie deserves to win, he has been consistent and isn't too corporate like Stella or too much talk like Baggs the Brand.
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        • Profile picture of the author GuerrillaIM
          Originally Posted by jayman View Post

          Really, I would have thought either Jamie or Stella both have a shot. Everyone's favourite, Liz was fired last week, it was a big surprise as she seems to have it all.

          And seems like Stuart is Lord Sugar's favourite as he reminded Sugar of when he was young, a theme that keep appearing in the last few seasons. Tell a good story and convince Lord Sugar of how you wheel and deal through life when you are young and quit high school and you have his attention. But Lord Sugar is a far better "boss" than the publicity seeking Donald Trump.
          The blonde fella got the biggest sale so far (£99k) and did the clever deal with revenue share for the bus tours that won them the task. If the bookies are taking bets i'd put a few quid down.
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          • Profile picture of the author jayman
            Originally Posted by GuerrillaIM View Post

            The blonde fella got the biggest sale so far (£99k) and did the clever deal with revenue share for the bus tours that won them the task. If the bookies are taking bets i'd put a few quid down.
            I think the blonde bloke did not get the biggest sale. He was the PM of the team that got the sale, Liz was the one that made that sale for the baby product. I also think he was lucky in giving away 20% revenue and still win in the bus tours task.

            Great to see Baggs the brand getting grilled in the interview.

            I will hire Stella but I think Sir Alan likes Chris more. So you guys may be right, Chris will the apprentice this Sunday.
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  • Profile picture of the author E. Brian Rose
    Well, Clint certainly overdid his Britney Spears impersonation. The Texas thing was way over the top. Sure, be proud of where you're from, but don't make it who you are.

    Brandy's statement about The Donald not being the future of the company put her over the top. He recognized that she was thinking forward.
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  • Profile picture of the author mediasurgeons
    Could never take the US Apprentice seriously, It is way to over the top and more about Trump than anything else. I watched a bit this year and thought Clint was the best by a mile however I think he didn't fit Trump's image and that was his down fall.

    Few weeks left of the UK Apprentice and Margaret is back this week Us Brits love Madge and Nick...
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  • Profile picture of the author Martin2010
    Yeh the UK version is great and has got me hooked.

    They are doing the job interviews on Wednesday and this has to be the best part of the process as the interviewers always make the contestants look like complete idiots.

    One to watch for sure.
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    • Profile picture of the author JDiNozzo
      Originally Posted by Martin2010 View Post

      Yeh the UK version is great and has got me hooked.

      They are doing the job interviews on Wednesday and this has to be the best part of the process as the interviewers always make the contestants look like complete idiots.

      One to watch for sure.
      Totally agree with you Martin2010, the interview process is a great watch. Looking forward to the final on Sunday night!
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