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Donald Trump Apprentice

Article Overview: In 2004, Donald Trump proved that he could not only conquer the world of real estate, but also television. With the launch of The Apprentice, Donald Trump had created the number one new show on TV for adults aged 18-4 in its first season. Indeed, an average 20.7 million people were tuning in each week to hear Donald Trump proclaim, “You’re fired!”

Donald Trump Apprentice

In 2004, Donald Trump proved that he could not only conquer the world of real estate, but also television. With the launch of The Apprentice, Donald Trump had created the number one new show on TV for adults aged 18-4 in its first season. Indeed, an average 20.7 million people were tuning in each week to hear Donald Trump proclaim, “You’re fired!”

In the NBC show, the real estate mogul and his associates put 18 candidates through a series of challenging competitions meant to test their business and interpersonal skills. They came from all across America to embark on what was essentially the job interview of their lives. What were they competing for? None other than a one-year contract for a high-level, six-figure paying job with the Trump Organization – what many of them saw as a once in a lifetime opportunity.

With this show, its host was not simply seeking to recruit the best and the brightest from Ivy League business schools. Rather, the nine women and nine men came from a wide range of backgrounds – while some indeed had achieved their MBAs, many were entrepreneurs who had made their success on their own with little else than a high school education. They did, however, all have one thing in common: all 18 candidates had achieved a significant degree of business success already. The show and working for the Organization would simply propel them to even greater heights

The premise of The Apprentice revolves around a series of weekly contests that two teams of candidates have to carry out, with the winning team receiving a usually outrageous reward while the losing team would go to the boardroom only to be grilled about their mistakes by Donald Trump and have one of their teammates hear the infamous phrase, “You’re fired!”

The show is meant to not only teach the candidates about what they need to work for the billionaire entrepreneur, but also what it takes to reach the level of success in the business world that he has. Teams on The successful candidate must demonstrate not only their business savvy, but also their ability to be resourceful and innovative, work and live with other people, deal with high-stress situations, and put in long hours.

Produced by reality TV guru Mark Burnett, the series was filmed in what Donald Trump has called the greatest city there is – New York – for its first five seasons. Much like Burnett’s Survivor series, candidates on the show compete for a prize, except they do so in the island of Manhattan instead of a more exotic locale. More recently, it has moved to Los Angeles, changing venues but maintaining the same format.

Donald Trump serves as both executive producer and host of The Apprentice, which goes a long way in explaining the show’s massive popularity. With his outspoken nature and confident personality – not to mention his uniquely famous comb-over – Donald Trump has single-handedly propelled The Apprentice to the top of the ratings, where he intends to keep it as he heads into his sixth season.

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Re: The Celebrity Apprentice - Episode 5 - [quote="Tami Szabo":214vsguq]Vinny really shot himself in the foot by resigning and then saying something about Piers being a stronger leader. Really, this is about finding the best leader and Vinny just confessed he didn't think he was. He didn't really leave Donald Trump much room to fire Piers after that statement. On the bright side, I was very impressed with Carol as a leader. She is someone I would definitely want to work with. She was respectful of her team and seemed to really utilize the talents of each. I have to say she shone! I haven't watch The Apprentice in the past so it's great to see some "nice girl" do well after some of the previous episodes where nice girls got sent home without necessarily showing their true talents.[/quote:214vsguq] I think the major difference between this season of "The Apprentice" and the previous ones is the fact that Trump isn't looking for the best leader or person to hire. Being the winner of "The Celebrity Apprentice" is simply about doing whatever it takes to win the most amount of money for your respective charity (i.e. the last person standing has the honor of delivering a $250,000 bonus check to his/her designated charity). It's all about following the show, "Survivor's" tagline of "outwit, outplay and outlast" and that's why Piers is a strong contender.
The "Young" Apprentice - I think a cool new idea for "The Apprentice" would be to have all young contestants, rather than just selling sex (e.g. Season 6 in Los Angeles) or using celebrities for ratings. Maybe every applicant for the show would have to be between the ages of 15 to 18 or 18 to 22, since there've been seasons where younger contestants have been stereotyped and discriminated against for their age and limited business inexperience (e.g. Lee Bienstock in Season 5). So why not make the stomping ground fair? Why not have an Apprentice Season where only talented youngsters fight over a job with Trump? I mean, it gets kind of boring hearing the contestants say "I'm older and have more business experience than so and so.... and that's the reason you should hire me Mr. Trump." That's a ridiculous argument because many youths are smarter and more successful than people even twice their age.
Re: How important is your name? - [quote="BuzzAroundBooks":19d1cpro] For instance, Donald Trump built his company's brand around his name, so he probably naturally wanted to call his son Donald Trump Jr. to continue the legacy.[/quote:19d1cpro] I wonder if it is a good thing to call one's son Jr.... or the third, or the fourth. On the one hand, it implies a long legacy of family achievement, but on the other hand, some kids really resent the pressure put on them by being the son of a famous father, and daughters of a famous mother, so it's really hard to say. Indeed, it would be intersting to have a survey of every successsful child of a successful parent, to see if those who are a "Jr." are more successful than those who were given their own name.
Trump's Favourite Books - In an interview with The Wall Street Journal, Donald Trump said he enjoyed reading biographies: "I like to read about philosophers - particularly Socrates, who emphasizes you should follow the convictions of your own conscience, which basically means thinking for yourself, a philosophy I tend to agree with." Just an interesting factoid...So, even Trump looks to those who came before him for strategies of success!
Re: Good God - Celebrity Apprentice - [quote="TheRainmaker":3pt9kvbd]Piers is explaining to Trump the difference between nibbling and biting? My God. This is what TV we have to look forward to?? I wish they would go back to being more business focused and less celebrity focussed. I think moving forward all the teams should donate their proceeds to charity, as an act of tithing. Plus, I would love to have them do a follow up show on all the winners who are now supposed to be working at the Trump organization. One of the things I thought has been missing from day one, Season 1 is a real analysis on what worked and what didnt work in each case study. I know one of the local universities was running a class using the Apprentice as a case study - but that actually would be interesting. I think the teams should have to present their overall strategy and tactics to the executive team and analysis the strengths and weaknesses. Some of our best products have come from our greatest blunders! That would be interesting and I dont think it would compete with Venture. ;0)[/quote:3pt9kvbd] They are doing a bath gel commercial this week and it will be different. the models appeared to get carried away with Carol. For weeks she's been under the radar, now they have her under a sheet or a towel. It is Donald Trump after all. I like the idea of analyzing the strategy and the plan that was used. That is - one the weeks when they really have one. Some blogs were set up in the beginning to analyze the projects. That would be productive and useful television - definitely not the goal of reality TV -- unfortunately. Shri


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