Reply to: The Apprentice 2014 - Official Thread

[DannyF1966]

First consideration before registering my company was whether I could get the domain (although I've done FA with it). It is a pretty basic mistake for someone who's business plan is SEO.

If I was in the market for SEO I'd just google "SEO <name of town>" and contact the top two or three companies in the search results... because if you can't get your own site at the top of the results, how can I expect you to do the same with mine?

Interestingly, when I do that, there's actually a company that has the same name as what i put into Google, and they only came up sixth...

[saptastic]

Spend money on branding, customer acquisition, sales and outsource all the back end. Sounds familiar

[psychocandy]

I once had an interview with a French director at Paribas who made Claude Littner look like a Cocker Spaniel.

Anyone ever spoke to me like that at an interview I'd tell them where to shove their gig.
And I have done once.

[BrilloPad]

I once had an interview with a French director at Paribas who made Claude Littner look like a Cocker Spaniel.

I hope he is not the new Nick.

First consideration before registering my company was whether I could get the domain (although I've done FA with it). It is a pretty basic mistake for someone who's business plan is SEO.

Now we know what happened to AndyW

[mudskipper]

Is the Apprentice winner doomed to fail? - Telegraph

First consideration before registering my company was whether I could get the domain (although I've done FA with it). It is a pretty basic mistake for someone who's business plan is SEO.

[centurian]

Both business plans had their problems. Reckoned he went for the one with the lowest risk of totally imploding.

The problem with Bianca's plan - is you're gonna need a hell of a lot more than 250K to get it moving - and any failure will be incredibly visible.

However, her plan had much greater potential.

[Dactylion]

I once had an interview with a French director at Paribas who made Claude Littner look like a Cocker Spaniel.

He doesn't need any help looking like a cock.

He is a bloody dinosaur!

[SantaClaus]

I once had an interview with a French director at Paribas who made Claude Littner look like a Cocker Spaniel.

[BrilloPad]

Is the Apprentice winner doomed to fail? - Telegraph

[BrilloPad]

So, that Australian won it. Good on him. As a business person he came across the best of that bunch.

Choking at that presentation was bad.

I think Sur Alan only took him to pee off the head of google UK.

[Doggy Styles]

So, that Australian won it. Good on him. As a business person he came across the best of that bunch.

[scooterscot]

It's this that makes the whole program a bit of a sham really. The irish girl was clear favourite and had the best track record, but due to a dodgy business plan she got the axe. Which is fair enough but made all her efforts in the tasks a little bit pointless. Might as well have a 1 week show called 'the business plan' rather than the apprentice.

This show has turned into a really long version of Dragons Den.

Agreed. Remember that inventor chappie? His business plan was thrown in the bin, but still he won.

[BrilloPad]

Nick Hewer is leaving.

BBC News - Nick Hewer to leave The Apprentice

I like him.

Huge pity. Although I felt he was not as good as Margaret(who could be?) he was damned good. Lors Sugar will have to find someone else to make jokes about now.

[mudskipper]

Nick Hewer is leaving.

BBC News - Nick Hewer to leave The Apprentice

I like him.

[BrilloPad]

Just watched last night's. Can't believe he's taken that colossal bell end into the final

errr - which one do you mean?

I think he picked the two with the best business ideas.