Topic: The Apprentice

More on Trump and His Female Troubles

BY Jennifer Reingold
Relevancy Score: 100
Thu Sep 30, 2004 at 4:20 PM

Has Jeff Probst been sneaking into Manhattan aboard Trump's private jet (make that Mark Burnett's--Trump's is probably with the repo man) to help out the folks over at The Apprentice? It certainly seems that way after last night's ...READ»

CULTURE | 20 comments

Donald Trump (Again!)

Relevancy Score: 100
Fri Jan 21, 2005 at 1:48 PM

Last night's opener to The Apprentice was fascinating television. Yes, readers of this blog know that I am no fan of The Donald. Indeed, Fast Company is one of his loudest critics. But I have to salute Mark Burnett for spinning out ...READ»

SALES + MARKETING | 1 comment

"We're Fired!"

Relevancy Score: 100
Wed Jul 7, 2004 at 7:38 PM

As big auto makers are offering incentive discounts to boost car sales, the Chrysler Group has decided not to renew its sponsorship for the second season of NBC's popular reality show The Apprentice. Other automakers have also ...READ»

WOMEN IN BUSINESS | 3 comments

Sex As a Career Strategy: Not

Relevancy Score: 100
Mon Aug 8, 2005 at 11:52 AM

Seems the flirtatious babes on The Apprentice were more representative of the workplace than some of us would like. Fortunately, a new study shows that the Donald's advice for them to "use those God-given assets" is less helpful ...READ»

ENTERTAINMENT | 2 comments

Fast Talk: What I Learned on <em>The Apprentice</em>

BY Ryan Underwood
Relevancy Score: 94
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 7:53 AM

You're fired! With the finale of season three this month, five people who've heard that signature Trumpism share what they learned about image, experience, role models, decision making, and leveraging free publicity from being on The Donald's hit show. And -- surprise! -- Trump himself had little to teach.READ»

ARTS + ENTERTAINMENT | 19 comments

The Jerk School of Business

BY Linda Tischler
Relevancy Score: 90
Fri Dec 10, 2004 at 4:34 PM

Who besides me is totallly outraged over last night's episode of "The Apprentice"? What's the primary lesson we've learned this season at the Trump School of Business? That while you can work hard, be well-educated, be enterprising ...READ»

SALES + MARKETING | 2 comments

Passing the Buck

BY Chuck Salter
Relevancy Score: 90
Fri Jan 23, 2004 at 5:26 PM

NBC made money this month a little differently than usual. It printed 5,000 faux $100 bills featuring The Donald instead of The Benjamin to generate buzz about its series The Apprentice. Clever, sure, but hardly a new marketing ...READ»

LEADERSHIP | Comment

Battling Billionaires

BY Ryan Underwood
Relevancy Score: 85
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 7:46 AM

Mark Cuban and Richard Branson are taking on the Donald with their own brand of reality TV. Here's our sneak preview.READ»

NEWS + CURRENT EVENTS | Comment

Fast Company... on the Air!

BY Heath Row
Relevancy Score: 81
Wed Dec 1, 2004 at 3:38 PM

Fast Company's editor in chief, John A. Byrne, was featured on NPR's All Things Considered yesterday afternoon. In a produced segment, John discussed the differences between Donald Trump and The Apprentice and Richard Branson and ...READ»

INNOVATION | Comment

The Year of Learning Dangerously

BY Polly LaBarre
Relevancy Score: 80
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 7:48 AM

"12," an advertising school launched by an ad agency, is an "incredibly messy" education in solving real-world problems.READ»

CULTURE | 27 comments

The Apprentice 2: Buzz-A-Palooza

Relevancy Score: 71
Thu Mar 18, 2004 at 5:59 PM

I'll admit it. I'm completely addicted to the Apprentice (not as in "I like it," but closer to "I have a problem"). That being the case, I snagged myself a press pass that allowed me to go poke around at the first casting call for ...READ»

ARTS + ENTERTAINMENT | 2 comments

Welcome to the Real World

Relevancy Score: 69
Wed Dec 1, 2004 at 1:18 PM

Imagine that you've spent the last five years in cultural exile, and you've never seen an episode of a reality TV series. Why, you would be... me. Until last week, that is, when I finally decided to immerse myself in the medium. ...READ»

WOMEN IN BUSINESS | 6 comments

Women and The Donald

BY Alison Overholt
Relevancy Score: 66
Mon Mar 1, 2004 at 3:11 PM

Like many of you, I'm an "Apprentice" addict. I love the tasks at which the contestants compete, I love listening to Trump's corny voice-over advice bits at the beginning of each segment, and most of all, I love watching the ...READ»

CAREER DEVELOPMENT | 18 comments

Reality TV's Newest Sensation: Life Coaches

Relevancy Score: 66
Mon Oct 18, 2004 at 4:23 PM

Staying up late to watch the end of the Red Sox-Yankees match-up last night I was bombarded in the wee hours by Fox ads touting their latest reality shows: My Big Fat Obnoxious Boss and Richard Branson's, The Rebel Billionaire. ...READ»

ARTS + ENTERTAINMENT | 8 comments

Trump School of Business, Part Deux

BY Linda Tischler
Relevancy Score: 62
Thu Jan 22, 2004 at 12:55 PM

Today, class, we will discuss the latest management technique postulated at the world's most cynical business school, NBC's "The Apprentice." The problem: How to get rid of an obnoxious co-worker. The solution: Put him in charge, ...READ»

LEADERSHIP | Comment

The Trump School of Business

BY Linda Tischler
Relevancy Score: 55
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 12:45 AM

Donald Trump's reality series provides a playbook of sorts for corporate strivers in all manner of jungles.READ»

ENTERTAINMENT | Comment

Datebook

BY Danielle Sacks
Relevancy Score: 53
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 7:59 AM

Critical calendar listings for September 2005.READ»

ARTS + ENTERTAINMENT | 3 comments

Trump School of Business

BY Linda Tischler
Relevancy Score: 49
Wed Jan 21, 2004 at 1:57 PM

As a long-time "Survivor" junkie, I confess I was instantly hooked on Donald Trump's crass but addictive reality series, "The Apprentice." As a Fast Company staffer, I naturally wondered what nuggets of management wisdom we might ...READ»

CULTURE | 7 comments

Mission and (Tele)Vision

BY Heath Row
Relevancy Score: 45
Thu Jan 8, 2004 at 12:16 PM

Reality TV is about to get a whole lot more interesting. Not only is Donald Trump himself involved in a planned program called "The Apprentice" in which 16 young entrepreneurs will compete over the course of 13 weeks to be hired to ...READ»

ARTS + ENTERTAINMENT | 5 comments

Trump's Female Troubles

Relevancy Score: 45
Thu Sep 30, 2004 at 1:15 PM

What's up with the women (or, more precisely, iron-clawed harpies) on The Apprentice this season? Carolyn Kepcher, Donald's token ice queen (who by all accounts is a lovely person outside the boardroom), had it right when she lost ...READ»

CULTURE | 14 comments

The Office: Brilliant Satire or Tired Facsimile? Discuss.

BY David Lidsky
Relevancy Score: 42
Thu Mar 24, 2005 at 11:52 PM

As promised, I watched the premiere of The Office on NBC tonight. (Remember that I am coming into this with only word of the legend of the BBC version; I have not seen the series on which this American rendition is based.) So ...READ»

ENTERTAINMENT | 1 comment

Datebook

BY Joseph Manez
Relevancy Score: 41
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 8:10 AM

Critical calendar listings for June 2006.READ»

LEADERSHIP | 1 comment

Trump'd

BY Heath Row
Relevancy Score: 41
Fri Mar 5, 2004 at 12:12 PM

Riffing off of Alison Overholt's recent entry on the role of women on Donald Trump's TV show The Apprentice, John Porcaro, a marketing manager at Microsoft, expands on Trump's seven rules of success. Beyond quoting the recent ...READ»

CULTURE | 3 comments

Enough, Already!

BY David Lidsky
Relevancy Score: 39
Wed Oct 6, 2004 at 3:09 PM

I was enjoying a perfectly nice lunch when I ran across this news. Fox announced today that it will debut its latest reality brainstorm, My Big Fat Obnoxious Boss, on November 7. The premise, as you've likely surmised, is a spoof ...READ»

CAREER DEVELOPMENT | 2 comments

The Inmate 55170-054 Show

BY Chuck Salter
Relevancy Score: 35
Wed Dec 8, 2004 at 5:38 PM

It might be the fastest corporate comeback ever. Domestic diva turned Big House felon Martha Stewart is still serving a five-month sentence for obstructing justice, but she has already lined up her next job. Earlier today, Susan ...READ»

Topic: The Apprentice

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