Reply to: Apprentice winner Stella English to sue Lord Sugar

[SimonMac]

The main problem with the Apprentice (apart from the fact is absolute rubbish entertainment) is that you have these people on very specific tasks for a set number of weeks - they are almost spoon feed what to do.

Where as in the real world you need to be proactive and search out the opportunities not just wait for your boss to give you another mundane pre set task.

Why you would want to offer someone £100k when all they have done is show an ability to follow instructions and be a ****** I will never know.

Well seen as the majority of people on the show can't do even that its the best of a bad bunch?

[AtW]

Why you would want to offer someone £100k when all they have done is show an ability to follow instructions and be a ****** I will never know.

Get a lot of publicity that can lead to a peerage.

HTH

[original PM]

The main problem with the Apprentice (apart from the fact is absolute rubbish entertainment) is that you have these people on very specific tasks for a set number of weeks - they are almost spoon feed what to do.

Where as in the real world you need to be proactive and search out the opportunities not just wait for your boss to give you another mundane pre set task.

Why you would want to offer someone £100k when all they have done is show an ability to follow instructions and be a ****** I will never know.

[TheFaQQer]

I thought the entire point of going on that show was to increase your media profile and get money from doing that.

For those that haven't seen it, here's how it was originally devised:

[MarillionFan]

An amount that was agreed by both sides. You will read all details in my future memoires. I'll have special chapter dedicated to cUK



Positively due to investor sharing same long term views.

HTH

Well done. Retaining 1% of a massive company is worth more than holding 100% of a small company.

Probably.

[TheFaQQer]

Like this? Dragons done | The Sun |Showbiz|TV

Anyone who takes £200k from Theo Paphitas should get a knighthood, rather than a prison sentence.

[d000hg]

After the first series it was clear that it wasn't a show for those who were serious about business. You go on Dragon's Den for that.

That's an "entertainment first, business second" show too.

[redgiant]

That's what I thought after seeing that their MD doesn't know what ISP stands for.

I've spotted him around the city a few times. Couldn't keep a straight face when he walked pass me at an event last year ... you'd of thought he would have reviewed the clips of the show before it was aired and got it changed

[AtW]

AtW - you recently had a large external investment - what was the % of equity given for that?

An amount that was agreed by both sides. You will read all details in my future memoires. I'll have special chapter dedicated to cUK

How does having an external shareholder affect your day to day operations and influence your strategic planning?

Positively due to investor sharing same long term views.

HTH

[Doggy Styles]

Shock horror...Viglen still going

That's what I thought after seeing that their MD doesn't know what ISP stands for.

[Freamon]

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AWAKENER (15)
REAWAKEN (15)
REAWAKE (14)
REWAKEN (14)
WAKENER (14)
AWAKEN (13)
ENWRAP (11)
PANEER (8)
PARKEE (12)
PAWNEE (11)
PAWNER (11)
PERAEA (8)
REWAKE (13)
WAKANE (13)
WEAKEN (13)
WEAKER (13)
WEANER (9)

Nope, none of those. It was allowed by the countdown judges though.

[Troll]

After being told "You're hired", Miss English was given a job with Lord Sugar's Viglen division

Shock horror...Viglen still going

[Troll]

Last month we've spend more on new hardware that those "Dragons" often invest to grab 30%+ equity. Their level of investment is laughable and I would not have wanted a big shareholder with such attitude like they have.

AtW - you recently had a large external investment - what was the % of equity given for that?

How does having an external shareholder affect your day to day operations and influence your strategic planning?

[MarillionFan]

Nope there's another more appropriate word in there. Six letters.

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AWAKENER (15)
REAWAKEN (15)
REAWAKE (14)
REWAKEN (14)
WAKENER (14)
AWAKEN (13)
ENWRAP (11)
PANEER (8)
PARKEE (12)
PAWNEE (11)
PAWNER (11)
PERAEA (8)
REWAKE (13)
WAKANE (13)
WEAKEN (13)
WEAKER (13)
WEANER (9)

Must be paneer, cause I like a curry. I can also see last what they called Freamon when he was at school.

(Even one in their for Cojak ;-) )

[Freamon]

PRAWN? I think you've got MF and DP confused.

Nope there's another more appropriate word in there. Six letters.