Comments on: My "Apprentice" Audition http://blog.kischuk.com/2005/02/07/my-apprentice-audition/ Just another WordPress.com weblog Tue, 29 Nov 2011 10:51:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Rob http://blog.kischuk.com/2005/02/07/my-apprentice-audition/#comment-57 Tue, 08 Feb 2005 16:20:37 +0000 http://rkischuk.wordpress.com/2005/02/07/my-apprentice-audition/#comment-57 I just couldn’t do the Rebel Billionaire thing – not that I gave it a chance. There’s something irritating about self-applying the “Rebel” label. Most self-made billionaires went against the grain to get where they are. Is Bill Gates a rebel? The previews were off-putting.

The commercials made the competitions look like Fear Factor. For me, the draw on The Apprentice is observing the ways the contestants approach the business challenges. If I want people jumping out of airplanes, I watch Fear Factor. I watch The Apprentice to see the occasional innovative approach to selling a product, creating a campaign, etc.

The guy wasn’t drunk (just drinking), but I would suggest that people just send videotapes for their Apprentice auditions. Seems more promising than the yell-fest.

]]> By: ed http://blog.kischuk.com/2005/02/07/my-apprentice-audition/#comment-56 Tue, 08 Feb 2005 00:07:05 +0000 http://rkischuk.wordpress.com/2005/02/07/my-apprentice-audition/#comment-56 The Apprentice is so dull when compared to Richard Branson’s The Rebel Billionaire. I wonder what Billionaire’s auditions looked like? Definitely not yelling at drunk Irishman or discussing who’d be better president.

]]> By: Rob http://blog.kischuk.com/2005/02/07/my-apprentice-audition/#comment-55 Mon, 07 Feb 2005 10:49:00 +0000 http://rkischuk.wordpress.com/2005/02/07/my-apprentice-audition/#comment-55 An excellent point. It would be a huge challenge, given the personalities involved, but I suppose quite a statement if anyone did pull it off. Definitely filing that thought away.

]]> By: ken http://blog.kischuk.com/2005/02/07/my-apprentice-audition/#comment-54 Mon, 07 Feb 2005 10:44:54 +0000 http://rkischuk.wordpress.com/2005/02/07/my-apprentice-audition/#comment-54 Perhaps they were looking for someone to take control of the group???

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