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Old 02-05-2012, 22:23
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Azhar only has himself to blame for being fired as he failed to offer any real defence of himself in the boardroom.

He did not promote himself enough by selling his good contributions such as the point on locations and the sale of the bugs which he wanted more of when the stock was replenished. He understood what the best seller was and that logically that should be what the bulk of the buying should have been and that it had a big margin. I know what he meant by outlining the lack of strategy but he did not elobarate on it which is not enough.

He was not forceful enough in highlighting Jade's errors. Sugar himself highlighted two flaws which where hardly touched upon in the board room with the massive late price cuts and point on margins and the way Jade advised the stock to be purchased.

He also did not highlight how bad the decision to bring Tom back in was.

I still think Jade should have fired but he hardly fought to stay in the show but he let her walk all over him. She was there for the taking.
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Old 02-05-2012, 22:30
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I agree, made similar points myself on another thread. Its crossing my mind if Azhar went on there for the exposure and or just to test how well he would do, as well as maybe see what he could learn from it all.

If he was there for exposure, he didn't sell himself enough to capitalise from it I would have thought so maybe he went there to learn and for the expeirence in general to expand his own business?

Did he say his company is worth 1.8 Million now? He'l have to keep an eye on his costs if he wants a fair bit of that.
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Old 02-05-2012, 22:35
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Well he did get a really bad edit. It was like the tape was stuck at the bit where he kept talking about strategy, again, again and again.

Still think Jade should have gone. She sucked big time.
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Old 02-05-2012, 22:40
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Well he did get a really bad edit. It was like the tape was stuck at the bit where he kept talking about strategy, again, again and again.

Still think Jade should have gone. She sucked big time.
Sugar does not base his decision on the edit.

On what was shown from the boardroom, Azhar failed to capitalise on Jade's obvious vulnerability.

She also came across badly in the edit.
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Old 02-05-2012, 22:41
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I have to agree. He didn't speak up as much as he should have in the boardroom nor did he defend himself well. He basically let Jade take control of the conversation and once she let rip and Azhar couldn't counter-attack he got the short straw.

When you're in the boardroom you need to speak up and defend! It's the No1 rule.Sadly, he failed. I expected better from him but he let me down.
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Old 02-05-2012, 23:25
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Did Azhar actually say to Sugar why he should remain in the process? I don't recall it. Perhaps he did say "i should stay blah blah blah" but it was edited out?
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Old 02-05-2012, 23:32
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He sound like a broken record tonight and I am not surprised he bit the dust
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Old 02-05-2012, 23:45
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Did Azhar actually say to Sugar why he should remain in the process? I don't recall it. Perhaps he did say "i should stay blah blah blah" but it was edited out?
I am only recall him saying Jade was out of her depth and repeatedly stating that Jade had no strategy. I can't recall him selling himself in the slightest.

The limbest boardroom defence of the series by far.
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Old 03-05-2012, 00:04
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He may well be a decent businessman but he came over as inarticulate and unable to think on his feet.
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Old 03-05-2012, 08:57
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Azhar only has himself to blame for being fired as he failed to offer any real defence of himself in the boardroom.

He did not promote himself enough by selling his good contributions such as the point on locations and the sale of the bugs which he wanted more of when the stock was replenished. He understood what the best seller was and that logically that should be what the bulk of the buying should have been and that it had a big margin. I know what he meant by outlining the lack of strategy but he did not elobarate on it which is not enough.

He was not forceful enough in highlighting Jade's errors. Sugar himself highlighted two flaws which where hardly touched upon in the board room with the massive late price cuts and point on margins and the way Jade advised the stock to be purchased.

He also did not highlight how bad the decision to bring Tom back in was.

I still think Jade should have fired but he hardly fought to stay in the show but he let her walk all over him. She was there for the taking.
Well said. Azhar had poor communications skills and fell into that trap of using pseudo management speak - he may well have had a good point but your brain switches off half way through his ramblings. Shame really, but he was too annoying to work with. Jade probably should have gone, especially for just getting the same 7 items during restock. Although for some strange reason she did grow on me, I'd barely even noticed her before this show.
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Old 03-05-2012, 09:04
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I am only recall him saying Jade was out of her depth and repeatedly stating that Jade had no strategy. I can't recall him selling himself in the slightest.

The limbest boardroom defence of the series by far.
Remember that we only saw what we were allowed to see. I'm sure Azhar put up a lot of defence, but it wouldn't have fit in with the narrative if we had seen it. Jade's defence - which we saw much more of - was much lamer. She was flustered, couldn't think on her feet, brought the wrong person back in (Tom) and then APOLOGISED for it openly, and couldn't say much in her own defence other than "I'll make you millions, honest!". I thought she was a potential dark horse before this week. Now I can see she's the walking dead.
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Old 03-05-2012, 12:50
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He may well be a decent businessman but he came over as inarticulate and unable to think on his feet.

how he came over is how he really is as you said, inarticulate and unable to think on his feet...not a great businessman
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Old 03-05-2012, 15:30
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Based on that task I definately believe Jade should've been fired - not that i'm necessarily a fan of Azhar but don't believe he was at fault. In fact he made some good points to Jade during the task, even if he did use the word strategy a million times.

But totally agree that he didn't seem to do himself any favours - just sat quiet, repeated himself about there being bo strategy & didn't seem to fight like Jade did to stay. But maybe that was the way it was edited? He could've said so many things about Jade & her mistakes but he just didn't seem to be that bothered.
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Old 03-05-2012, 15:32
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Azhar only has himself to blame for being fired as he failed to offer any real defence of himself in the boardroom.

He did not promote himself enough by selling his good contributions such as the point on locations and the sale of the bugs which he wanted more of when the stock was replenished. He understood what the best seller was and that logically that should be what the bulk of the buying should have been and that it had a big margin. I know what he meant by outlining the lack of strategy but he did not elobarate on it which is not enough.

He was not forceful enough in highlighting Jade's errors. Sugar himself highlighted two flaws which where hardly touched upon in the board room with the massive late price cuts and point on margins and the way Jade advised the stock to be purchased.

He also did not highlight how bad the decision to bring Tom back in was.

I still think Jade should have fired but he hardly fought to stay in the show but he let her walk all over him. She was there for the taking.
Totally agree with you. She was a goner until he just sat there and his tactics of being quiet went wrong. Having said that, Karren saw everything that went on and at the end Sugar saying who wants to work with somebody that nobody wants to listen to!!!!!! The guy was talking sense but he should have been more assertive.
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Old 03-05-2012, 15:47
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Azhar gave off a negative vibe. Sugar didn't want to go into business with someone like him. I'm sure he's a nice guy but he didn't sell himself well in the boardroom (assuming it wasn't edited out) so you can't blame Sugar for firing him. Azhar didn't seem that bothered being fired. He wasn't the most emotional or passionate candidate there's ever been so I'm sure he's got over his firing.
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Old 03-05-2012, 16:02
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Azhar gave off a negative vibe. Sugar didn't want to go into business with someone like him. I'm sure he's a nice guy but he didn't sell himself well in the boardroom (assuming it wasn't edited out) so you can't blame Sugar for firing him. Azhar didn't seem that bothered being fired. He wasn't the most emotional or passionate candidate there's ever been so I'm sure he's got over his firing.
Floopy, agree and disagree. It was just ridiculous and the show's been ruined imo with this change of format. If he wants to go into business with them rather than hire them, then they should have learned from last time; the tasks have got to change in line with the reformat.
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Old 03-05-2012, 16:18
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I think he was a bit arrogant and thought he was safe, convinced that Jade would be fired. Instead, unlike Tom who was calm throughout the boardroom and Jade, who fought for her life, he just sat there and he paid the price.
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Old 03-05-2012, 16:52
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Floopy, agree and disagree. It was just ridiculous and the show's been ruined imo with this change of format. If he wants to go into business with them rather than hire them, then they should have learned from last time; the tasks have got to change in line with the reformat.
Yes, it's odd. Why bother with the 'skills' they are being tested on if LS wants someone to design a nail file or similar? The different parts of the show don't seem to fit together: why bother seeing how effectively they sell, for example if their business proposal doesn't include selling?
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Old 03-05-2012, 16:56
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sir alan made his decision based on profit and a buisness idea that has a potential profit. yes jade made a few mistakes but she almost equalled the winning teams profit margin.. sir alan is a shrewd buisness man his only goal IS TO MAKE MONEY
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Old 03-05-2012, 21:11
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I think he was a bit arrogant and thought he was safe, convinced that Jade would be fired. Instead, unlike Tom who was calm throughout the boardroom and Jade, who fought for her life, he just sat there and he paid the price.
Tom was uber-calm, wasn't he! It was like he wasn't a part of it at all. At times I felt he was on the wrong side of the table.
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Old 03-05-2012, 23:55
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I knew Azhar signed his exit warrant and so did the editor when he started with his ridiculous strategy of constantly phoning the boss about strategy . Where were his brains or common sense or business sense . You don't start constantly harassing your boss like that.
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Old 04-05-2012, 19:38
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..Whenever Azhar was on TV I couldn't help but think theres a surgery out there currently missing it's GP.
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Old 04-05-2012, 19:43
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Azhar's strategy was wrong.

He tried to back stab Jade by getting her to say what her strategy when he knew she didn't really have one.
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Old 04-05-2012, 23:00
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She was flustered, couldn't think on her feet, brought the wrong person back in (Tom) and then APOLOGISED for it openly, and couldn't say much in her own defence other than "I'll make you millions, honest!".
Her honesty might have helped her case. Although it's lovely to have someone who never makes mistakes, such people don't actually exist. So what matters is how people deal with the mistakes they make. People who try to hide them are impossible to work with. The sooner a mistake is acknowledged, the easier it is to fix - and most mistakes can be fixed.
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Old 06-05-2012, 14:01
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He tried to back stab Jade by getting her to say what her strategy when he knew she didn't really have one.
How is that trying to back stab her? Do you know what that word means?

He pointed out a fault, which Jade should then have tried to correct which she didn't.

Anyway, I think it should have been a double firing. Azhar was useless (watching him on You're Fired and BBC Morning was embarrassing, the goon kept saying STRATE-GEH) and Jade is clueless.
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