SmallBusinessNewz

The Last Business Lesson of the Apprentice Season

A two-hour live season finale of the Celebrity version of The Apprentice seems somewhat frivolous. It’s almost as if Trump is taking this seriously. Maybe this gives us a little more insight on how un-seriously Trump takes the regular seasons when someone will actually be working for him.

Apprentice Business Lessons: Team Quality, Details...

I loved the interviews as part of the narrowing down process in the first few seasons of The Apprentice. I think the last couple of seasons they moved away from that, but now they brought it back. Considering that none of these people will actually be working for Trump, this time it seems kind of superfluous. What’s the point? Let’s get back to the game… and the lessons!

Yahoo! Offering Opportunities for Women Entrepreneurs

Carolyn Kepcher whom you may remember from The Apprentice, has partnered with Yahoo! Small Business to offer grants to women entrepreneurs.

Latest Apprentice Business Lessons

In Last Thursday’s episode the teams had to build and sell a Quiznos sandwich. I think this episode really showed where the celebrity candidates are weakest, and that is in genuine business and marketing. They could not rely on their celebrity so everything came down to how to market a new sandwich to the average person on the street. But on with the lessons… Business Lesson One: Savor victory, but don’t gloat.

Business Lessons From a Rather Bland Apprentice Episode

The QVC task is one that they’ve done before on The Apprentice, so this episode didn’t really offer up anything new. And since there were no real fireworks to speak of, this was a pretty bland episode.I’d love if The Apprentice would get back to tasks that require some unique business savvy, but there I go again longing for the days of Season One. Let’s get right to the lessons…

Apprentice Showcases Leadership Lessons

Thursday sported an episode of The Apprentice that was absolutely fantastic while at the same time pretty depressing. It was, in essence, classic reality show material. While that makes for good TV, you know it’s just not worthy of a show like The Apprentice. The behavior of Omarosa and Piers (mostly Omarosa) was so vile that Trump really should have fired both (or at least Omarosa) on the spot, regardless of how the team performed on the task.

Learning Lessons for Business from Celebrity Apprentice

Last Thursday kicked off the new season of The Apprentice. I really believed last season would be the last, but as long as you got another schtick to pull out of your magic bag, perhaps you can generate some new excitement. And that brings us to…   Business Lesson #1: It’s not over until you say it’s over.