Why has Jordan got so far when

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djfunnyman

13-07-2013

Originally Posted by grizzlyvamp:
“The thing is that between him and Helen, Tom was the one who really deserved to win. Yes he had an awful task record but it was conceded that he just had a lot of bad luck and it wasn't necessarily his fault he ended up in the losing team, hence why he was barely in the boardroom. Tom was the one with a business that Lord Sugar knew would work even though Helen switched plans last minute but it was Tom's existing nail file business and the way he got it into retail that made him the better candidate for the investment. Yes in the old format no he wouldn't have got so far but in the old format he just wouldn't have bothered, unlike Helen who almost seemed like she would have been surprised at the change in format/prize.”

Had the old format been kept, Helen, Nick and Neil would have won the last 3 series

doive1231

14-07-2013

This is an Oxbridge student who doesn't know about business ownership and so on. I looked in a GCSE Business book in the library and found out I could form a partnership all by myself. Honest.

george.millman

14-07-2013

Originally Posted by djfunnyman:
“Had the old format been kept, Helen, Nick and Neil would have won the last 3 series”

I think Nick should have won the last series. I thought his business plan was fantastic.

grizzlyvamp

15-07-2013

Originally Posted by JumpTheShark:
“His nail file business was one Sugar "knew would work" but the business plan he applied with, for the ergonomic chairs, was not. Sugar hated it. That was where the backlash came from: the fact that Tom won despite having an unworkable business plan. It wasn't really to do with him being a bad candidate, it should be obvious to everyone that it's more or less luck how many winning/losing teams you're on.”

I get what you're saying and to a degree I agree. The thing is Lord Sugar gave Tom a get out of jail free card with the nail file I agree but the thing was that Helen's plan wasn't much better and at the end of the day Helen's back up plan which she pounced on when she realised she wasn't going to win with her original plan was not the solid thing which Tom's file was of course. It's a case of Lord Sugar had no choice in the matter. But I get the point that they had to have some sort of screening of plans to avoid such a situation occurring again.

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