Lessons From the Apprentice – Print It and Sell It

So on the day the latest budget was announced, the new series of the BBC’s Apprentice starts.  Lord Alan Sugar has 12 new contestants competing for an investment in starting a new business, having him as a business partner. I can’t help but think – New Series, Same Lessons? Have these people not seen the … Read more

Business and Leadership Lessons from the Apprentice – Selling in France

This weeks task saw the team picking British products and selling them to French retailers. After a re-jig of the teams, Lord Sugar placed Tom in charge of Logic and Susan put herself forward to be in charge of Venture. The first job of the day was to split the teams and send one half … Read more

Lessons In Sales Skills From the Apprentice

This weeks episode of the Apprentice saw the teams tasked with choosing and selling a range of beauty treatments and peripheral products. After a switch around in the teams, Lord Sugar this week chose the Team Leaders – Zoe for team Venture and Felicity for team logic. The first task was to choose the location … Read more