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00:0012 weeks will be the toughest of your life Lord sugar is on the hunt for the
00:05next big thing this is an opportunity of a lifetime battling for his backing
00:12some of Britain's brightest prospects come on boys get up your life depends on
00:18it and then hit him it's a deal worth fighting for I can sense a bit of
00:22friction actually Daniels I own so no 20 candidates never been kicked in the
00:29balls by a goat to be honest with you oh 12 tough tasks this is a complete and
00:36utter joke just jump straight in one life-changing opportunity you're fired
00:42you're fired you've completely messed it up you're fired
00:53previously on The Apprentice it was dogs imagine if you had the power to leave
00:59your dog voice notes do you like the idea of the audio function is it something
01:02you would use none none of you versus cats I'll be leading this one for you guys
01:08it's winner walk Wow we love the concept but the products not there yet
01:15Karishma's team took the lead they made it secure 2600 orders what and on the
01:22losing team you didn't try hard in us you didn't push them in us Rothner you're
01:27fired and Kieran we had a deal all the best guys bowed out it's now from 20 of us to
01:34the
01:34final five yeah that's the wild
01:45one week to go till the final showdown hello good morning your sugar would like to meet
01:51you for the interviews at high low East London please bring your business plan okay sure okay thank
01:57you bye bye for the remaining candidates last chance to polish up on their proposals
02:06to reinvent public relations for the modern era this isn't just a business idea it's a movement
02:13student recruitment boss Dan Miller hi Frey hi Dan how are you doing is hoping his proven track record
02:20will take him all the way how's business going all good we're all holding down the force here whilst
02:26you're gone I think the thing that sets me apart from a lot of other candidates in this process it's
02:31the experience I've had I've grown the business since I was 17 I've done it on my own I made
02:36my first
02:36million by 25 and I want to make a lot more millions in the future YP graduates taking the
02:42young professionals brand and this new business to the next level with Lord Sugar I think the rest
02:46of the candidates in the process should be worried about going up against me the reality is is that
02:50I'm the only one here with a business plan that's guaranteed for success by having Lord Sugar as a
02:54business partner as a mentor would really be life-changing hoping for a smooth pitch 28 year old PR
03:03man Lawrence Rosenberg I've always enjoyed job interviews weirdly you know it's going to be tough
03:09I know that it's going to be a grilling now it's the opportunity to let my business do the talking
03:13and
03:14hopefully I can make the right first impression delivering smarter faster and more transparent PR
03:20through intelligent automation the opportunity that I want to put forward is something that isn't
03:25something that's going to make five or ten million this is something that will change how PR is done for
03:29good total five-year revenue projection 18 million pounds I'm really doing this for my wife my family
03:36you know I want to have that safe secure family life just best of luck like you're gonna smash it
03:43I'm so
03:43proud of you I'm really hard without my wife to be honest with you I love every moment with her
03:48and to be away from her for this amount of time has been unbelievably difficult I couldn't be more proud
03:55of you you're gonna make me cry it just means everything now you know that opportunity to get
04:01to the final and potentially win I just hope it goes how I think it's gonna go despite being the
04:09youngest candidate 21 year old Pasha Myhill has taken the process in her stride words can't really
04:16describe the feeling of getting to the final five I just knew that if I was myself the confident bubbly
04:23Pasha I had a genuine feeling that yeah I would make it to the end she's hoping to recruit Lord
04:28Sugar to her healthcare focused firm to me my business plan is good the potential and the growth
04:35margin it's unstoppable I want to build a reputable recruitment company that changes perceptions getting
04:41the investment from Lord Sugar would be life-changing it would just be amazing to take that step at 21
04:48doing something that I absolutely love gross profit year two eight hundred and four thousand pounds
04:54I'm here to get to the end and ultimately be Lord Sugar's next business partner
05:02with the most wins under his belt Priyash Bathia is hoping his bar business side hustle as the recipe for
05:10success
05:13my passion is obviously making people smile I'm a smiley person I had that energy when people are
05:17happy I feel happy as well PVC bar is currently operating as a small mobile cocktail bar business
05:23going to these interviews I think I'm gonna be very nervous and anxious I'm just gonna be myself I bring
05:27a
05:28lot of positive energy anyway I just want to show you the world my business plan what I'm capable of
05:33year
05:33three my revenue is 1.1 million pounds I've turned something that is my hobby my passion into a business
05:41idea which is what life should be all about it's creating something you like and making money out
05:46of it 28 year old Karishma Vijay is chasing more than just a healthy glow with her beauty business when
05:59I was
06:0018 I was diagnosed with severe cystic acne I genuinely felt so ugly and I let my skin define me
06:07so I looked
06:08around and when I found something that finally worked I told myself I'm gonna find the best version of
06:14this I'm gonna put it in a bottle and I'm gonna sell it one day to become a globally trusted
06:18skin
06:19care infused beauty brand known for its powerful ingredients a strong community and a viral digital
06:24presence my business has been around for five months I've turned over 50k that's not too bad that's
06:31not too bad hi Baba I'm good babes how are you the last couple of years have been incredibly straining
06:41for my family financially we've struggled for such a long time we've just been moving home to home and
06:46that makes this very moment monumental for me the most important thing is your confidence is with you
06:52and your hard work is going to pay just do it I'm here now and I'm here to fight I
06:59am the most
06:59credible business person in this room I'm probably the strongest
07:176am this is a huge day this could set up my business my career the nerves early yeah they're hitting
07:23I'm
07:24just nervous about not knowing what they're gonna ask me boys you know what my makeup's not finished I
07:30forgot my rings my lucky rings at home I actually don't know what to do with myself you reckon we
07:35can turn this car around Hilo a 28-story skyscraper in the heart of East London
08:04Good morning.
08:06Good morning, Lord Sugar.
08:07Now, as you know, this is the 20th year of the process.
08:12And to date, I've invested 3.5 million into previous winners.
08:17And one of you will be my next business partner.
08:21Now, here's the thing.
08:22I don't care whether you have an established business or just a seed of an idea.
08:27As long as what you're bringing me has the potential to be big.
08:32So I've asked some of my trusted advisors to assess both your plans and your personal credentials.
08:40So please hand your business plans over to Karen and Tim.
08:52So, good luck. I'll see you in the boardroom tomorrow.
08:56Off you go.
08:58Lying in wait, Lord Sugar's tough-talking team.
09:02Setting the record straight, publishing pioneer Mike Souter.
09:07Do you want my opinion on Boozy Bar?
09:09Yeah.
09:09I think it's a bit naff.
09:11Yeah.
09:11Boozy Bar sounds like the kind of thing that my mum would get excited about.
09:16Unafraid to dig deep, former boss of a billion-pound media firm, Claudine Collins.
09:22I bought a bottle.
09:24What is this rubbish that comes with it?
09:28It's like for five-year-olds.
09:31Running the numbers, Lord Sugar's longtime friend and associate, Claude Littner.
09:37Hello, Claude.
09:39Hi there.
09:40Shall I take a seat?
09:41You can stand if you want.
09:44Pulling at any loose threads, fashion brand founder, Linda Plant.
09:49I just don't think you're ready for an investment.
09:52I think someone needs to train you first.
09:53I'm well-trained.
09:55I don't doubt you've got skills.
09:56I just think it's all too limited for a £250,000 investment.
10:02Can't believe we're here.
10:03Final five.
10:04I know.
10:05Oh, absolutely nervous right now.
10:07Going to be a long day.
10:08A long day of a good grilling.
10:11You know that feeling in your stomach?
10:13Like a pit.
10:14Yeah.
10:14It feels like I'm going to throw up.
10:17Priyash, Linda is ready for you now.
10:20Oh, Claude.
10:21Oh, Claude.
10:22Oh, my God.
10:23Good luck.
10:24See you soon.
10:26That is scary.
10:27Yeah, I think he's going to do well.
10:29I think it's just so hard not to like the guy.
10:32He's always just so smiling.
10:34I mean, let's see if that works with the interviewers.
10:37Hi, Linda.
10:38Hello.
10:39I don't think they're here to look at big smiles, to be honest with you.
10:43So, Priyash, tell me about your business.
10:46Sure.
10:47So, my business plan is to create a personalised mobile bar,
10:51as well as a ready-to-drink cocktail and mocktail product line
10:54to make it into a scalable national brand.
10:57So, it's not one business, it's two businesses.
11:00Essentially, yes.
11:01It's like two into one.
11:02You're splitting the focus on two very, very different businesses, right?
11:06How risky does it make your business plan?
11:10Risky, but in life you should take risks.
11:11Yeah, you should take risks, but they need to be calculated.
11:14This ready-to-drink product, you've allocated £50,000 for launching this drink.
11:20Do you really think you can do that for £50,000?
11:23Looking back on my plan, I think I should...
11:25I know I need to allocate a lot more money, and...
11:27Well, how much more?
11:29I reckon that's going to cost around £150,000.
11:32So, why did you put £50,000?
11:33That was...
11:34Because you've got no idea, really, what you're doing, have you?
11:36Correct.
11:37You're not going to produce a drink for £50,000.
11:40You haven't even got a recipe.
11:41You haven't even got a manufacturer.
11:43Yes, I agree, and I...
11:44Look, you're good at your day job.
11:46Do that.
11:46Try and build the boozy bar up.
11:48Forget the drink.
11:49You're never going to do it.
11:50OK.
11:50OK.
11:54Oh, God.
11:58That couldn't go any worse.
12:00Oh, here he comes.
12:03Guys, that was actually shambles.
12:05Like, literally.
12:06Oh, my God.
12:07She's the devil.
12:08She actually is.
12:10I just want to go up now.
12:12I just don't like the waiting around.
12:14It just builds up the tension and the nerves.
12:16Oh, I just want to settle.
12:18I just want to, like, do the first one and be settled.
12:20Karishma, you're a bit quiet right now.
12:22What's happened?
12:22I don't know.
12:23Are you getting nervous?
12:24Karishma, head up to Mike.
12:26Good luck, Karishma.
12:28Smash it.
12:28You're going to kill it.
12:32She's got it in the bag.
12:33She knows her business inside and out.
12:35I'm sure she'll handle it like a champ.
12:38Yeah, exactly.
12:40Good morning, Mike.
12:41Take a seat, please.
12:42Thank you, sir.
12:46Karishma, please describe the business that you would like Lord Sugar
12:49to invest £250,000 in.
12:52So, my business is a skincare-infused beauty brand.
12:56And you've got a degree in biomedical science, right?
12:59So, you know a lot about this sector.
13:01Yeah.
13:02And the lead product is an oil that you claim is a miracle cure for acne.
13:06Is that correct?
13:07Yes.
13:08So, look, there are many rosehip oils on the market.
13:11Some are cheaper than yours.
13:12Some of them are more expensive.
13:24Which one of them is your miracle cure?
13:29So, I would say one of these three could be mine.
13:32Which one are you going to say is yours?
13:33I would have to smell it.
13:35OK.
13:37I believe this one's mine.
13:40Was that a guess?
13:41These ones may be darker in colour, but they lack potency.
13:43I could tell from the smell immediately.
13:45And I hope this one's mine if it's not mine.
13:47And what if it's not yours?
13:48I hope it is, Mike.
13:49I could be wrong.
13:52Well, congratulations.
13:53You've got it right.
13:56Oh, we got someone else up.
13:58Lawrence.
13:59Claude, we'll see you now.
14:00Here we go, guys.
14:00Good luck, Lawrence.
14:01Good luck.
14:02Adios, guys.
14:03See you on the other side.
14:05That'll be interesting, because I think he's quite confident.
14:09Pleasure to meet you.
14:14So, Lawrence, start off by telling me what the business is that you're pitching to Lord Sugar.
14:19So, the business idea is twofold.
14:21It's a PR agency, and the PR agency is underpinned by a technology which will improve the results,
14:28the speed, and the quality of the work.
14:29And hopefully, eventually, it can be sold to other agencies as well.
14:33So, obviously, it'll come as no surprise to you that I've read your business plan.
14:38Yes.
14:38And I get a bit of a shock, really, because the fact is that the investment that Lord Sugar is
14:44making is £250,000.
14:47That's correct.
14:47OK.
14:48But that's not correct in terms of what you're seeking.
14:51Yes.
14:51So, you are asking for a funding requirement, which is £5.5 million.
14:57Before we even start, you've excluded yourself from this whole process.
15:01It's not funny.
15:02I'm not laughing.
15:03It's very serious.
15:03You are laughing.
15:04That isn't up front.
15:05But you're saying that £500,000, at the very least, is up front, isn't it?
15:09If I want to grow the business at the speed, which I'm suggesting, but I can do it slower.
15:13I wanted to grow it at a fast pace.
15:16That's not what this whole process is about.
15:18I'm not asking for £5.5 million up front.
15:20That's...
15:20OK.
15:21OK.
15:21Show me where you've got a profit and loss account, which shows £250,000 start.
15:27Show me.
15:28First of all, I can't see a profit and loss account anywhere.
15:30There.
15:30There's the financial model.
15:32Are you joking?
15:32Are you joking?
15:33You want me to look at that?
15:34I understand, but I wanted to...
15:35I can't read it.
15:36I can't read.
15:36Can you read that?
15:37I understand.
15:39But it is all there.
15:41The investment is £250,000.
15:43I don't know how we get past that, to be honest with you.
15:45I mean, you want to argue with Lord Sugar, you can.
15:47OK.
15:47Florence, good luck.
15:49Thank you very much.
15:50I really appreciate the time.
15:59Hello, everyone.
16:02Hi, Laurence.
16:03Hi, Laurence.
16:03Oh.
16:04How was it?
16:05He loved it.
16:05He's going to invest all the money himself.
16:07Now it's a car crash.
16:09Really?
16:09The problem is, is it's a tech business, and it requires a lot of investment, and I wanted
16:14to show that I was being ambitious by sort of getting it going as quickly as possible,
16:17but it does need more than the £250,000, and I know what I was trying to do.
16:21I was trying to show ambition, but if he doesn't want to hear it, I can't change that.
16:25Yeah.
16:26Pasha, Claudine is ready for you now.
16:28Oh, my God.
16:29Oh, here you go.
16:30Good luck, Pasha.
16:31Good luck.
16:34Nice to meet you.
16:35Nice to meet you.
16:36Take a seat.
16:38So, before I delve into your business plan, tell me a bit about your job now.
16:43So, I'm a principal consultant within a recruitment company, and I'm the top biller, and yeah,
16:51I've made a name for myself.
16:52Well done.
16:53Good for you.
16:54Tell me succinctly about the business that you want Lord Sugar to invest in.
16:59So, my business is a recruitment company within the private care sector.
17:04And the name of your business, Ancall.
17:08Yeah.
17:09It's a body part.
17:10If you say it in a, yeah.
17:13How else?
17:14Ancall.
17:15Ancall.
17:16Ancall.
17:17Ancall.
17:28Ancall.
17:29Ancall.
17:29As a business tool.
17:30So, why then would you put pictures like this up on LinkedIn?
17:36Because that doesn't scream to me, the person that I want to recruit for my care home.
17:41I can understand where you're coming from.
17:43But then saying you're a social media marketing person.
17:47Yeah, that's probably a bit of an exaggeration.
17:50The business that I'd like Law Shuggers Investment in
17:53is a graduate recruitment company,
17:55which is a natural evolution of my existing business,
17:57which is currently working in the school lever
17:59and apprenticeship market.
18:00From what I'm reading, the business for Law Shuggers Investment
18:03relies heavily on the infrastructure
18:07of the current business, YP Young Professionals.
18:10Yeah.
18:10But you make it very clear in your business plan
18:14that the current business is not part of the deal.
18:17So what I'm doing, because I've already got a team in place
18:20that know our clients very well, they know how the events are run.
18:22But they're young professionals, aren't they?
18:24Their time is going to be split across both businesses, which I...
18:26But how do you... Yeah.
18:28You've been trialling it for nine months, is that right?
18:30Yeah, so...
18:31How do you possibly expect Lord Sugar to invest in YP grads
18:35when it's so intermixed with young professionals?
18:38You're not going to propose that to him, are you?
18:41That's obviously not a viable option for Lord Sugar.
18:43It's a non-starter.
18:45Oh, here he comes.
18:47How was it?
18:49Well...
18:50Ooh, what is that silence about?
18:53It was very clear to me that Lord Sugar wants everything
18:57and not a new graduate business.
18:59How do you know that?
19:00You know, she said that, look, they're technically the same company,
19:03he's going to want half of everything.
19:05So that's a big decision I've got to make and, um, yeah.
19:10Priyash, Mike will see you now.
19:12Oh, God.
19:13Get ready for a fight, my friends.
19:14Thanks, guys.
19:15Good luck, mate.
19:18I reckon he's dressed.
19:19Doors closing.
19:21Listen, Priyash always backs himself,
19:24but I think that Mike is going to give him a really tough time.
19:28Hello.
19:28Take a seat, please.
19:31So, Priyash.
19:32Yeah.
19:33Have you registered your company?
19:35I haven't, no.
19:36So, I mean, is it really a business if it's not registered?
19:40At the moment, I do operate as a small mobile bar service
19:43for small events.
19:44Does it have accounts?
19:46Sorry, accounts, no, it does not.
19:48So, yeah, it's not registered at Companies House?
19:50No.
19:51And you don't keep a set of accounts?
19:54Correct.
19:55So, I would call that a hobby, then, rather than a business?
19:57Business, yeah.
19:58Listen, I'd like you to demonstrate to me now
20:01what is so special about your business.
20:08I'd like you to make me a cocktail.
20:10No, as in which ingredients, sorry?
20:13Oh, the ingredients.
20:14Yeah.
20:15Stay there.
20:27I'd like you to make me a Paloma.
20:30Paloma.
20:31Okay.
20:33I've not made fun of those for years.
20:36Is there any ice or should I use with that?
20:38There's ice there.
20:39Oh, okay.
20:40Uh, grapefruit juice.
20:44How much tequila are you putting in?
20:46Uh, double shot.
20:49Normally, when I do do these recipes, I do normally search them up beforehand
20:52because, obviously, I can't remember every single cocktail.
20:55I'm only asking you to remember a Paloma.
20:57And what's that?
20:58Uh, this is conchry.
21:00And then I'm just going to put some grapefruit juice in.
21:03Is this where you do your flare thing?
21:05Oh, no, I'm not a flare bartender.
21:07Oh, that's disappointing.
21:08Yeah.
21:09Surely you can do some tricks.
21:10No, no, I can only do, like, things like that.
21:22My first Paloma of the day.
21:27No Paloma I've ever had in my entire life has Cointreau in it.
21:31Ah.
21:32However, it's drinkable.
21:37Okay.
21:38Thank you for your time.
21:39Enjoy your drink.
21:49The thing that I'm persuaded about is the social media.
21:52So, if, in fact, you've got people who are really famous,
21:56if they start endorsing it, I think that's worth a lot.
22:00Yeah, absolutely.
22:01So, because of my, like, history with social media,
22:04I've spent the last seven years reviewing products,
22:06and I've been so honest about it with hundreds of thousands of people across the world.
22:10Hundreds of thousands?
22:11Yeah.
22:12Is that an exaggeration?
22:13I would even say millions.
22:15Millions?
22:15Yeah.
22:16But let me just move on to these numbers then.
22:18Are you telling me you've made £116,000 net profit?
22:21No, that's not, that's not what that is, but in terms of units...
22:24What do you mean, that's not what that is?
22:25What is it?
22:25What is that number?
22:26That's how much we'd make.
22:28What, profit here?
22:30Yeah, profit, yeah.
22:32We mean profit, yeah, but that's not what you're making.
22:34What are you making?
22:35Do you know?
22:36Yeah, I do know, actually.
22:37That would be profit if I was to sell 5,000 units,
22:41but this is...
22:43Numbers are my weakness, Claude, I'm going to be honest,
22:45and I know you're here to look for the numbers,
22:46and I know that you can see through that,
22:48but I'm feeling confident about the numbers I can present to Lord Sugar,
22:52and I feel like he'd be confident that I can grow those numbers very quickly.
22:55Look, you've spoken very, very well,
22:57but for me, I like to see probably hard numbers.
23:00Thank you for your time.
23:01Thanks a lot.
23:05My numbers made no sense to me or to him.
23:10Here she is.
23:11How did it go?
23:13That couldn't have gone any worse.
23:15No!
23:15Yeah, there's no excuse.
23:17Me saying I'm new to business and sorry I don't have the numbers for you.
23:21So how are you feeling, Karishma?
23:24Not good, guys.
23:34Hello, Claude.
23:36My pleasure.
23:37It's lovely to get a handshake.
23:39How are you?
23:40I'm very well, thank you.
23:42You've said in your business plan that you communicate like a smart operator
23:46who cuts the nonsense and gets results,
23:49and yet the business plan is 75 pages long, full of jargons and acronyms.
23:55Did you actually write this, or was this written by AI?
23:58No, I wrote this, so I was having a conversation with the AI
24:01to help it improve my work and my ideas, and I have all of the logs.
24:04You're a PR man, right?
24:07You know, you are engaging.
24:08This is anything but engaging.
24:10Mm.
24:11I mean, PR mainly.
24:13It's about who you know at various publications and media.
24:17So do you have contacts at, like, the Financial Times yourself?
24:20Of course, yeah, of course.
24:21Yeah, so who's your most senior contact at the FT?
24:24At the FT, I'm just trying to think through the FT.
24:29I do know people, but I'm trying to remember their names.
24:31Um, Laura, um, oh, I've forgotten her last name off the top of my head.
24:36OK, don't worry.
24:37I can't know her that well.
24:39No, I've worked with her on a story, but it has been a little while.
24:42I'm happy to list off contacts at other places that I know,
24:45but it's just whether you want to hear that.
24:46No, not at the moment, thanks.
24:49If you can go into a little bit more detail
24:51about how you intend to run this business.
24:53So, working in the recruitment sector,
24:56recruiting for care homes and nursing homes,
24:58I realise there's a massive gap in the market with client-facing.
25:01We're not meeting our clients,
25:03we're not having that face relationship.
25:05Um, having spent a lot of time in hospital myself,
25:07I think it's something that's very worthy,
25:09but the whole point is to actually provide that service...
25:13Yeah.
25:13..but also end up with a profit.
25:15Of course.
25:15I don't know whether the word profit-loss account
25:17means anything to you.
25:19No.
25:20Those are absolutely key things.
25:22So, I think the business plan is woeful...
25:24Yeah.
25:24..because it doesn't contain any of the things
25:27that someone like me would look for.
25:29Of course.
25:31We've had two opportunities now to show them who we are.
25:35I'm hoping that by the end of the day,
25:38three out of four of those people, I've managed to impress.
25:41Yeah, I mean, like, we all knew these interviews
25:43were going to be absolutely brutal,
25:44and I think with Claude, you know, it...
25:46I can't change anything about it,
25:48but that's about as bad as it could go.
25:51Oh.
25:51OK, Karishma, Linda is ready to see you now.
25:53Duh!
25:54Oh, off you go.
25:56Good luck, Karishma.
25:57Good luck, Karishma.
25:57Listen, Linda, listen.
26:03One of your biggest challenges is
26:05you're going on the medical side
26:07because you're curing acne.
26:09That's one of your claims to fame, right?
26:12But rosehip and aloe vera,
26:14they're nothing special, are they?
26:15There are products on the market similar to what I have.
26:18But you're claiming,
26:20ah, look, I had terrible acne,
26:22and now it's all cured.
26:23It's a medical claim there.
26:24Yeah.
26:25But nowhere, nowhere has this backed it up.
26:28With the oil, it's not just acne,
26:30there's a huge umbrella of things that help.
26:32Look, I'm not buying it, yours isn't special.
26:34So...
26:34You're going to scale £55,000 in year one
26:38to £850,000 in year three.
26:41Do you think that's overly ambitious?
26:43I don't think so.
26:44We've currently done £55,000 in sales in just five months.
26:47But you haven't detailed that in the business plan.
26:49There's such gaping holes in this business plan.
26:51I've given a month-by-month breakdown.
26:53I think you've come with a whole load of waffle.
26:55Yeah.
26:55You talk the talk.
26:57You...
26:57I don't think I was allowed to really talk the talk in this interview.
27:00What I've taken from this,
27:01you have missed so much out.
27:03Mm-hmm.
27:03The interview is over.
27:05Thank you for your time, Linda.
27:11Hello, Karishma.
27:12Are you OK?
27:13Genuinely, that went as bad as it possibly could have gone.
27:16And it is what it is.
27:17But on to the next, mate.
27:19On to the next.
27:20I'm shitting myself now.
27:22I don't want to meet her.
27:24Priyash, Claudine is ready to see you now.
27:27Oh, good luck.
27:28Good luck, mate.
27:29Best of luck, mate.
27:29Have fun.
27:30Cheers, thank you.
27:30Thanks, guys.
27:34Claudine is a little bit kinder,
27:36so hopefully for him it's all good.
27:39Hi, Priyash.
27:40Hi, Claudine, how are you?
27:41I'm fine, how are you?
27:42Oh, good, thank you.
27:43Good.
27:43Nice to meet you.
27:44Nice to meet you.
27:44Take a seat.
27:47Priyash, let's talk a bit about your proposed business.
27:50So how many events have you run in the past year?
27:53So the events that I currently do are only very small events,
27:56like private parties, less than, like, 50, 60 people.
27:59What's your turnover?
28:01Around about 7,500, usually.
28:03Right, so your event's just family and friends at the moment.
28:07Correct, yes.
28:07And, like, small private parties.
28:09You've said that your marketing budget is £12,000 a year.
28:13What on earth do you expect to get for that?
28:15So a lot of my marketing I want to do is work with event planners
28:18and partnerships with, like, DJs.
28:20Because I feel at the moment that there is a gap in the market
28:23where who would you call if you're hosting a party at home?
28:26There isn't, like, someone that you would just randomly call,
28:28oh, I know this good bartender.
28:29I think there are loads of mobile bars around.
28:33I definitely don't think that there is a gap in the market.
28:36Yeah, and they are even mobile bars with the same name as yours.
28:41Do you know that?
28:42Oh, no, I didn't.
28:43There's a very big boozy bar in Hampshire,
28:47and there's also one in Ireland, so...
28:58I think I'm just going to laugh because I don't want to cry.
29:02I'm actually done with this.
29:10I wonder how Lawrence is getting along with Mike.
29:16One thing I can tell about Mike.
29:17Take a seat.
29:18He hates a schmoozer.
29:22Lawrence.
29:22Yes.
29:23You've got a good track record in PR, correct?
29:26I like to think so, yeah.
29:28You were one of the 30 under 30 PRs.
29:31Yeah, I was very proud of that.
29:32That was a big achievement for me and my family.
29:35Lawrence, your business plan is detailed.
29:37Rigorous.
29:39And comprehensive.
29:40I appreciate that.
29:41But it's a masterclass in how to make a really glamorous industry
29:45sound like a tax return.
29:47I don't think that's right.
29:48Seriously?
29:48It's one of the most tedious business plans I've ever read.
29:52That's quite all right.
29:53So what will this AI platform that you're planning to build,
29:57what will it do?
29:59It's going to give a client a portal where they can access all of their assets
30:02and basically help them to do their jobs faster, better, quicker
30:04and deliver better results as well.
30:06Have you built it, your platform?
30:08I have not built it yet.
30:09That's why I'm here asking for the investment.
30:10You've got a chief technology officer who will lead the technical development
30:15of the platform.
30:16Correct.
30:16And is he your business partner?
30:18He is not my business partner.
30:19Is he an employee?
30:20He would be under that model, yes.
30:23So you can't build it because you don't have the skills to do it?
30:25No.
30:26Would Lord Sugar be better backing your technology guy?
30:30No, absolutely not.
30:32Thanks, Lawrence.
30:33Thank you very much.
30:34It's been a real pleasure.
30:39You're currently in a hole that your business is losing money.
30:43You're aware of that?
30:44Yeah.
30:45I know that my finances, I mean, they're not the best,
30:48but I've probably just gone a bit too happy spending being young
30:51and to be higher out.
30:52Huge venues in Leicester Square.
30:54We've got the O2 hired out this July for our big events.
30:56Unless you can manage to get control of your existing business,
30:59I think you're going to be in trouble.
31:00But I'd be amazed if your business can't be turned around with Alan Sugar.
31:05The only way that Lord Sugar would be interested is getting a 50% share of your existing business
31:12to make it right.
31:13And what do you think he could bring to me if I'm looking for someone to really take the business
31:17to the next level?
31:18I know I'm doing almost around a million, you know, I want to get to 10, 20 million.
31:21The thing is, there's no doubt that he's got a history of growing businesses enormously.
31:25I think that he'd be a fantastic partner for you.
31:28But ultimately, it's your decision.
31:30Got a big decision to make, yeah.
31:31Yeah.
31:34Your business plan, it was just seven pages long.
31:38Yeah.
31:38It kind of looked to me like you could have jotted it all down on a napkin.
31:42What is your competitive advantage?
31:44It's no good saying recruit with more heart, more style, more efficiency.
31:49They're just meaningless cliches.
31:51They're not meaningless cliches because the short time that I've worked in the industry,
31:55I've understood what the gap is in the market.
31:58There's not enough substance here, there's not enough grit.
32:01A seven-page business plan, how is that convincing?
32:03I do regret not putting more into it, I really do.
32:07That's because you're inexperienced.
32:09Yeah.
32:13She's brutal.
32:15She taught facts, I can't lie.
32:17Like, she said you're inexperienced, but I just sat there, like, took it like a champ.
32:22We've got the trauma together bond.
32:24We've got the trauma bond of Linda.
32:25Do you know what?
32:26Like, she says it how it is.
32:28Yeah, I mean, she doesn't beat around the bush, but still.
32:31Karishma, Claudine will see you now.
32:33Good luck, my girl.
32:34Come on, Claudine.
32:35Turn my lady around.
32:36Good energy.
32:37Turn it around.
32:38She will, she will.
32:39I know it.
32:40Oh.
32:42I want to ask you a bit about yourself, really, because you obviously have a huge drive and
32:48determination.
32:49How's the motivation and the drive come to you?
32:51My dad was, at one point, a very financially stable man.
32:55Now we have very little to get through each month.
32:57And it's why I'm here, because for me, at the core of my business plan is rent is due on
33:02the 22nd.
33:03Today, my rent is due today has been my thought.
33:05And it's sad for me that we're moving every six months.
33:08Money is just such a big issue for us right now.
33:11But I want to give him the world.
33:13Everything I do, my dad's at the very core of it.
33:15I want to do him very proud in this life.
33:17Karishma, I think that your dad and your family would be so proud of you.
33:23And I wish you all the best.
33:26Thank you, Claudine.
33:26You've absolutely made my day.
33:29Thank you very much.
33:29I wanted to get to meet you today.
33:31Thank you very much.
33:31Bye.
33:32Bye-bye.
33:36On your business plan, the $250,000 that Lord Sugar's going to give you, it's going
33:41to be immediately consumed.
33:42It's to build the technology, but as I've...
33:45So do you think he's going to be happy with that, that the $250,000 is just immediately
33:48gone?
33:48Would Lord Sugar rather have 50% of a business worth $250,000 or 5% of a business worth
33:54$50
33:54million?
33:54This isn't about his ego.
33:56Well, I think it's about yours, if you think this business is going to be worth $50 million.
33:59I wonder what Lawrence is getting up to with Linda.
34:02I reckon she could get criminals to confess their crimes.
34:05Oh, yeah, for sure.
34:07So let's talk about the time frame.
34:09Yes.
34:09Because all these AI features can take a considerable amount of time to develop.
34:14Mm.
34:14What if they don't work?
34:15What are you going to do?
34:17I mean, what if I walk out of here and I get hit by the car?
34:20Look, don't...
34:21You know, these are...
34:21But they're not hypotheticals.
34:22I am interviewing you for £250,000.
34:25Do not give me cocky answers like that.
34:28Yes, it is.
34:28You've come here for an investment of £250,000.
34:33I apologise.
34:34Yes, thank you.
34:35I just want to be very clear, though, that if there is not the appetite from Lord Sugar
34:39to build the technology, I'm willing to scale back and create the agency first.
34:43I'm not coming in here with a rod saying that I have to do this, but...
34:47Yeah, you have.
34:47You should have actually come in here with a business plan that was attainable.
34:51That's the mistake.
34:52I believe that there's...
34:53The interview is over.
34:54Thank you very much.
34:55I really appreciate the time, so thank you very much.
34:57Good.
34:59Doors closing.
35:01Goodness me.
35:04Lawrence.
35:05That was fiery.
35:07Oh.
35:08How did that go, mate?
35:10Well, suffice to say, I don't think it could have gone much worse.
35:13She basically was just calling me cocky and she got really, really cross with me at one
35:17point.
35:17Really?
35:17Really cross.
35:18And I was like, listen, I'm sorry if that's the way I'm coming across, but that's not my
35:22intention.
35:22Yeah, mate.
35:23It was a really tough interview.
35:24That was not fun.
35:25Like, it was not fun at all.
35:27Priyash, Claude wants to see you.
35:28Oh, Claude!
35:31Good luck, mate.
35:32See you soon.
35:33I feel for the boy.
35:34Oh, man.
35:35It's going to be such a grilling.
35:38Hi there.
35:38Come here.
35:39Can you take a seat?
35:39Sure.
35:42Okay, Priyash, when I first saw your business plan, I thought that I'd be meeting somebody
35:49sensible because you're working for PwC, and what I found was not that at all.
35:55Oh, okay.
35:56Okay?
35:56Year two, you've got a hundred thousand pound profit, and year three, you've kind of embarrassed
36:02me by saying that you've got revenue of 1.1 million and 500,000 pound profit.
36:06Well, because the fact is, in year two and three, we'll be entering the retail world
36:10of supermarkets and things like that.
36:11You've got to get into it.
36:12You've got to show me how you're going to get into it.
36:14Yeah.
36:14You mentioned supermarkets as though they're just waiting for you.
36:17Yeah.
36:17Every supermarket's waiting.
36:18They're not.
36:19They're not.
36:20It's a crowded place.
36:20I'm willing to put in all that extra work.
36:22I'm sure you haven't given me enough to go on to give me the confidence.
36:26Sorry.
36:26I just...
36:27You've brought the failure on yourself.
36:32You are quite the man.
36:33You made your first million at 25, you have a holiday home in Marbella, and you joined
36:39the Institute of Directors at 17, and you said that you have time to go to the gym three
36:44times a week, to shop in Harrods, to go skiing.
36:48Why on earth do you need Lord Sugar?
36:50It's a very good question.
36:51It is.
36:51I think with Lord Sugar, he can really mentor me, take me under his wing, and help me get
36:57to where I want to get a lot faster.
36:58And how have you found this process?
37:01I found it quite difficult in a lot of cases.
37:04You know, I've got Asperger's, and I've got dyslexia, and I sometimes feel like that I've
37:09said things, and it's come across the wrong way in certain situations.
37:12Because of my Asperger's, it took me a good couple of tasks, three tasks to settle in
37:16and really get to know people, because I was kind of in my shell a little bit.
37:18Yeah.
37:18Yeah.
37:19How did you find living with all those people?
37:21It was a big shock to the system.
37:22I adapted quite well.
37:23I've made some really great friends for life, I think, being here.
37:26Oh, that's good.
37:27Dan, you really are an incredible young man with what you've achieved, and I just want
37:32to wish you all the best.
37:33Yeah.
37:34Thank you for your time, Claudine.
37:35Pleasure.
37:35I really appreciate it.
37:36Okay.
37:37Take care, Dan.
37:38Just a question.
37:39What do you think I should do?
37:41Because I'm in a really difficult position.
37:43I've never known anyone to fail partnering with Lord Sugar.
37:47He makes a huge success of the people that he partners with.
37:55I'm going to see how the boardroom goes tomorrow.
37:57When I get into that boardroom tomorrow, I'm going to listen to what he's got to say,
38:01and I'll know in that moment.
38:03Mm.
38:04Well, good luck, Dan.
38:05You do have a lot of thinking to do.
38:06Yeah.
38:07We've got a really big day tomorrow in the boardroom, so I think we should head back
38:10to the house.
38:10Yes, I think so too.
38:11Let's do it, guys.
38:12Let's go.
38:13Oh.
38:30I feel like I've put up a really good fight.
38:32You know, I've backed myself throughout the process, and I had to do it yesterday, so feeling
38:35like I've got a chance, if not a big one.
38:37I've still got a lot to think about.
38:39I've got a lot of things going around in my head right now.
38:43This £250,000 could change my life, and I hope that he picks me.
38:57Good morning.
38:59Good morning.
39:00Good morning.
39:00Good morning.
39:01Well, look, I do appreciate your input into this final five.
39:0620 years, Claude.
39:07And you look the same.
39:08You look the same.
39:09You really do.
39:11Well, let's start off, shall we?
39:14So, Priesh has two parts to his business.
39:17One is a mobile bar, and the second is a line of cocktails which are ready to drink.
39:26Okay.
39:27And he's a lovely, effervescent man, but the business plan is incredibly weak.
39:34It's not really there.
39:35Mmm.
39:36At the moment, he does about 48 events a year, and he makes about £156 per event.
39:44Oh, my goodness.
39:45He wants to extend it.
39:46I mean, there's a side hustle, and then there's a side hustle.
39:49Yeah.
39:49Okay, Claude, he's got a job at Pricewaterhouse.
39:52It looks like a good, solid job, and I thought he was going to be a serious individual.
39:56Then I turned to his mixing thing, and I thought, no, this guy's a joker.
40:01He's going into an industry where he doesn't know very much about it.
40:04So, the interview didn't last very long, especially when I looked at some of his numbers.
40:07Turnover, £500,000 in year two, £100,000 profit.
40:11Year three, £1 million turnover, £500,000 profit.
40:14You know, but believe it or not, if you look at his CV, he's got a mathematics and economics degree.
40:20He might have bought it on Amazon, I don't know.
40:23He's not a silly man.
40:24No, he's got a good job.
40:26Yeah, so I think that he should sit with a job, get promoted, and on the sideline weekends, he should
40:31grow his business.
40:32So, obviously, his plan hasn't left anyone shaken or stirred, is it really?
40:38No.
40:38No.
40:39Should we move on to someone else then?
40:42Karishma.
40:42Yeah.
40:43Let's go on to her.
40:44Yeah.
40:45Karishma has a skincare product.
40:48She used it because she had, as a teenager, she had acne.
40:53I know all about acne.
40:54I grew up there.
40:56Very good.
40:57Yeah.
40:58So, I think that Karishma has two real advantages.
41:01She's very skilled at social media.
41:03She creates very compelling content there.
41:05And the second thing is, she has a personal story.
41:08She sells through TikTok and through other social media platforms.
41:13Well, I was completely taken by her Instagram, and I did actually buy the product, and I really liked it.
41:20I mean, look, I'm like 75.
41:24To be fair, every task that involves social media, she has performed really well, so that makes sense, actually.
41:29And she does have a biomedical science degree as well, with a speciality in dermatology.
41:34Claude, what do you have to say?
41:35Well, I liked her.
41:37She spoke well.
41:37She had a lot to say for herself.
41:39I personally think that the industry is a very crowded market, and everyone makes these great claims about what it's
41:45going to do for you.
41:46Yeah.
41:47That's my view.
41:47But I think that she's got a following, so she's got influencers, and I think that's the key.
41:53All right.
41:53Let's move along.
41:54So, Lawrence, his main claim to fame is he runs the worst Jewish football club in London, right?
42:01Which I should imagine, since he's been away for about 11 weeks, he might be top of the league by
42:07now.
42:08So, Lawrence is a very ambitious young PR man.
42:13He's been working in PR for several years, and indeed he was named recently as one of the 30 under
42:20-30 PRs.
42:21And that is not to be sniffed at. What he would like to use your investment for is to launch
42:26his own PR company.
42:28Well, that makes sense.
42:30And then to have that underpinned by an AI-driven tech platform to take a lot of the manual labour
42:38out of PR work.
42:41He's convinced he can take that AI platform and he can quite label it and sell it.
42:45I don't get that.
42:46You know, PR is all about, you know, PR. Well, you would know.
42:50I mean, look who's sitting here now.
42:51Yeah.
42:51So, I said exactly that to him. It's about being engaging. His business plan was 75 pages of monotony.
43:01You think it was done by AI?
43:03AI, yes.
43:03Oh, God.
43:04Claude, there's some talk of him wanting something like £5 million or something like that.
43:09Well...
43:09What is the matter with the boy?
43:11I mean, on page four he declares he wants £5.5 million, of which he needs a substantial amount to
43:17start him off.
43:17I got on really badly with him.
43:19And when I challenged him, he said, well, I could do it for £250,000.
43:22But his whole business plan is predicated on £5.5 million.
43:27So, essentially, I pretty much threw him out.
43:29He'd need to come back and win this process 23 times.
43:3323 times, yeah.
43:35All right, let's go next to Pasha, yeah?
43:38Well, so she wants to go into nursing homes and things like that.
43:41Recruiting things like carers and people like that, yeah?
43:44Yes, yes.
43:44But her approach is really a personal one, where she's going to the care homes,
43:48trying to explain how she's got a personal touch, and she then hopes that through that...
43:52Where's the money there?
43:54Well, yes, where's the money?
43:55The business plan's only seven pages.
43:57Yeah.
43:57Seven pages?
43:59Yeah.
43:59It's like Lawrence is on a Zen pic, maybe, yeah?
44:02I did buy into her.
44:04She's really young, and I would never have known, to be honest, that she was 21,
44:09the way that she's speaking, and she...
44:12She's very confident.
44:12Very confident.
44:13Yeah, very confident.
44:13She's obviously impressed all of us, just the way that she comes across.
44:17So, look, I wouldn't rule her out if anybody was going to make a success of a business like this.
44:22I think it would be Pasha.
44:24All right, let's move on to Dan.
44:25Yeah, so it's two companies.
44:27It's Young Professionals.
44:28That's the existing company.
44:30Yeah.
44:30And the company he wants to partner you with, Alan, is YP Grads.
44:35That's a new company.
44:36He's done a trial for nine months on that company and turned over 55,000.
44:43But...
44:43And therein lies the problem.
44:45To do a trial is use the existing staff to do it.
44:49Yeah.
44:49So, he's trying to tell me that this separate business is going to run separately.
44:53There's no way.
44:55So, one of the assets that he has within his business is he has a very, very deep database
45:00because he works with schools.
45:02Of schools, yeah.
45:02And that's one of the real benefits of putting the two businesses together
45:07because clearly he's able to track people from the age where they're starting to leave school
45:12through into their first job and or into graduates and then beyond.
45:16Claude?
45:16Well, my feeling about him is that he's an entrepreneur, OK?
45:20He started a business from nothing when he was young.
45:23Obviously, I can't see the background.
45:25I can see the last couple of years where he's gone from making a profit
45:29to a situation where currently he's losing money.
45:32Right.
45:33The problem is I think he's taken his eye off the ball.
45:35He's got very, very high expenses.
45:38So, when he runs an event, for example, it can cost him £120,000 to hire the O2 Centre.
45:44I see.
45:44So, he's got to get a handle on these enormous costs of events costing £100,000 to put on.
45:51All right.
45:52Well, thanks for all of that.
45:53You've given me a lot of things to think about.
45:55And I appreciate it once again in this 20th year.
46:00So, thank you.
46:08Could you send the candidates in, please?
46:22Well, I've had a discussion with them and I'm going to drill down a little bit more with each of
46:30you.
46:31So, starting with you, Lawrence, you put forward a 70-page document. Is that right?
46:37A little bit longer, but roughly, yes.
46:39Did you write it yourself or was it done by AI?
46:41I wrote everything by myself and then I put it through AI to build through the ideas.
46:47I was told by some of my advisors that you were endless waffling in the business plan.
46:54In fairness, I was talking about sort of funding cycles within technology.
46:58So, I also wanted to make sure there was a lot of sections in there and I was worried about
47:01not covering points off.
47:02So, yes, I do accept that it was quite long.
47:04Well, this is one of the faults with this AI stuff, you know?
47:08Everything that I put in there, I edited before it went into the business plan.
47:11Anyway, the point is, is that you're talking about wanting 5.5 million pounds.
47:18I mean, are you having a laugh or what?
47:20So, that was future funding.
47:21So, it was very clear in the financial model that this was not upfront funding.
47:25No, but I told you right in the very beginning, my money is kind of like a seed money, if
47:30you like.
47:30Yes.
47:31And all the other very successful winners in the past have taken that money and I tell them one thing.
47:37That's it. You ain't getting any more.
47:39Not from you.
47:40Yeah.
47:40And you just move on and you build a business on it and they have successfully built businesses on it.
47:47But this is nonsense.
47:49If you wanted me to walk before I run and focus on the PR side.
47:53I would certainly suggest that of any of you here, really.
47:56Yeah.
47:57That's for sure.
47:57I wanted something I believed in but, you know, I also believe in building a PR agency with that target
48:02market.
48:02Right.
48:03Okay.
48:03A lot of, a lot of words.
48:06It sounds like my year three school report.
48:08The difficulty is this is not school.
48:10I know.
48:11Right.
48:11Okay.
48:40So, Pasha.
48:41Do you have a career home industry personally?
48:43Yes.
48:43I would say so.
48:44I've created a big clientele and I have managers that have my number on speed dial, so.
48:50Okay.
48:51You also talk about the business plan hinges on highly personalised in-person relationships.
48:57Yeah.
48:57The competition against regional and national giants will be fierce, won't it?
49:02That is correct.
49:03And I think recruitment, you know, there are so many recruitment companies that, you know, it can be hard to
49:08stand out.
49:09But with the knowledge and the experience that I've got, I know that, you know, I could, I could take
49:15it off if I was to start my own company.
49:17I know that that wouldn't be an issue.
49:19Okay.
49:20All right.
49:20Let's move along.
49:22Now, Dan, my advisors tell me that your company's losing money.
49:27Yeah.
49:28I think it's not that we're spending money and losing money.
49:30The money is coming into the bank account, but I need to just get a bit of a better hold
49:33on saving the money and cutting down on our costs a little bit.
49:36I mean, we hire a lot of huge venue hires out.
49:38No, no, no, no, no.
49:40Dan, are your sales bigger than the venue costs?
49:44They are, yes.
49:45So, why doesn't it show in your accounts as a profit?
49:49Because I'm spending the money.
49:51What are you spending it on?
49:53So, I mean, we pay.
49:54How's this in Marbella or what?
49:56I did take a hundred grand dividends last year.
49:59And I also took a, it was around a £75,000 salary.
50:02So, it is a profitable business then, right?
50:04Okay.
50:05And let me move on to, you want to go from YP to YPG.
50:11And YPG is graduates, yeah?
50:14Yeah.
50:15And you've done a trial on that.
50:17And the trial that you've done must be using your existing staff.
50:20Our existing staff and existing, a select number of our existing client base.
50:24Yeah.
50:25Therein lies the problem.
50:26I wouldn't be investing in you with two companies because I need your concentration on one entity.
50:33So, how's your feeling about that?
50:35I came into this process under the impression that I was going to be putting forward this new business.
50:40And I don't think I'd be being true to myself if I gave you a straight answer right now, whether
50:43it was a yes or a no.
50:45Oh.
50:46Right.
50:47Now, Karishma, tell me, what is your miracle cure product?
50:51So, we've started with our rosehip to the rescue oil.
50:54This is a rosehip seed oil that's been extracted from a rare Chilean species.
50:58Does it work?
50:59It really works.
51:00Are you sure?
51:01We've had incredible...
51:02Look me in the eyes and tell me it works.
51:04I can tell you confidently.
51:04You're not a snake oil salesman.
51:06No.
51:06There's a lot of competition out there in the market.
51:09I'm very aware that I'd have to bring something very, very interesting and very, very functional, performative to the market
51:15to make any kind of dent.
51:17You do know that I had a skincare company.
51:19Yes, Lord Sugar.
51:20You are preaching to the converted, my dear.
51:22Yeah.
51:23What I've forgotten about skincare, you haven't even learned yet.
51:26Absolutely, I agree.
51:27I can tell you.
51:27Okay?
51:27The thing is, is that I know that I can succeed again if I wanted to.
51:33And I need you to tell me why I should have you as my business partner.
51:38Because at the moment, you haven't really got much of a business, right?
51:42Yeah.
51:43So, in five months, Kishkin has done incredibly well.
51:47We've made an average of around 10,000 to 12,000 a month.
51:49And what was your costs?
51:51The costs are around 5,000 pounds a month.
51:53That's you, is it?
51:55It includes my assistants, my warehouse staff.
51:58Is your warehouse staff one of your dad, isn't it?
52:01My dad helps me in the warehouse here and there.
52:03He does a bit of packing, yeah.
52:04He does.
52:04He really believes in the business and he's gone viral for it on the internet.
52:08Are you big on the internet?
52:10I have worked really hard over the last seven years to create a name for myself.
52:13Have you got lots of followers?
52:14Yes, Lord Sugar.
52:15How many have you got?
52:16Around half a million.
52:17Really?
52:18And what platform?
52:20On TikTok and I have over 300,000 on Instagram.
52:23Really?
52:23Yes.
52:24Very good.
52:24More than me.
52:25Oh, right.
52:27Priyash.
52:27Okay.
52:28Now, Priyash, let me hear about you.
52:31You've got your mobile bar.
52:33Correct.
52:34So, you're a mixologist.
52:36Well, just I've learned...
52:37Where did you study mixology?
52:39The University of Wetherspoons or something?
52:42And now I've just learned the skill at home.
52:43See, you're not an unintelligent person at all.
52:47You've got a great job at PwC.
52:49Correct.
52:50And then you want to leave that company and then start this mobile bar business.
52:56And that's a massive risk.
52:57Over the years, I've been doing loads of numerous events for private parties up to like 60 to 70 people.
53:03But I want to get into the large corporate industries.
53:06For example, like there's a lot more networking events happening.
53:08Listen, young man, I admire your enthusiasm and entrepreneurialism whilst holding up a great job.
53:16My advice to you is, please, do not give up your day job.
53:20And I do sincerely wish you the very, very best of luck.
53:24But unfortunately, it is with regret that you're fired.
53:28Thank you so much for the opportunity, Law Sugar Barron's Freddie, Tim.
53:31If you do need cocktails, do reach out to me.
53:35Good luck, guys.
53:36Good luck.
53:41So now, I have to think about the four of you that are sitting here and the potential.
53:48Lawrence.
53:49That's Law Sugar.
53:50I don't have any confidence in your business.
53:54Why put forward a business plan that has got numbers in it like 5.5 million?
53:59It's nonsense.
54:00Law Sugar, the one thing.
54:01Yeah, quite.
54:02Okay, no problem.
54:03Lawrence, I'm sorry to say, it is with regret you're fired.
54:07Thank you, Lord Sugar.
54:08Thank you, Baroness Brady.
54:09Thank you, Tim.
54:10It's been the experience of a lifetime.
54:11Good luck.
54:12Good luck, guys.
54:18Now, I'm left with a bit of a dilemma.
54:21I'm going to send you three outside and then I'm going to consult with Baroness Brady and
54:26Tim.
54:26And then I'm going to decide which two of you will be going through to the grand final.
54:33Off you go.
54:33Thank you very much.
54:39Well, there you are.
54:40Young Karishma is very, very impressive, isn't she?
54:44Yeah.
54:44Look, I like her.
54:45I've liked her all along.
54:47She's such a strong candidate.
54:49Yeah.
54:49Karishma's charismatic.
54:51She's really confident.
54:52And if she can convince you that she's thinking as big as her chat is, then maybe she could be
54:57the one.
54:57And Pasha is also very impressive.
55:01This would be a real start from scratch thing.
55:03I think the thing that really interests me with Pasha is that she is coming as a fresh face.
55:09And one of the things about The Apprentice is about the opportunity to spot talent before anybody else is.
55:14Yeah.
55:15Bit of confusion with Dan.
55:17Look, it's true that Dan has got a credible business.
55:20But as Claude has pointed out, he has to get control of his spending.
55:23He's now making a loss.
55:25All right.
55:27I know what I'm going to do.
55:31Yes.
55:32Send the three of them in, please.
55:43OK.
55:46I'll try and keep this as short as I possibly can.
55:49OK.
55:50Krishma.
55:52The good news is you are going through to the grand final.
55:56Thank you so much, Lord Sugar.
55:58OK.
56:01And Pasha, I've been there before with recruitment agencies and I've made one person a millionaire in that business.
56:08And he started with nothing other than winning this.
56:11And Dan, I don't understand your business at all.
56:15I know it's a good one somewhere.
56:17I know what I've built up since, you know, since I was a teenager.
56:20I know I've built up a career.
56:21No, I've got all that.
56:22I've heard all that.
56:23I've done it myself, mate.
56:24I've done there.
56:25Been, wore the t-shirt, worked in the factory, stuck on the production line, driven the vans, collected the money,
56:31all that stuff.
56:32So I don't want to hear any more about you started when you were 17 and all that stuff.
56:36Yeah, great.
56:37So did I.
56:38So did a lot of people.
56:41Dan, your numbers are like a jungle.
56:45And I'm not completely sure whether you understand them yourself.
56:49I certainly don't.
56:51And so it is with regret.
56:53Dan, you're fired.
56:55Thank you very much, Lord Sugar.
56:56Thank you, Baroness Brady and Tim.
56:57I've learned a lot and all the best to you guys.
57:00Congratulations.
57:07So there you are, ladies.
57:09Congratulations.
57:10You're in the grand final.
57:12So I'll see you in a few days' time.
57:15Yeah?
57:16Okay?
57:16Off you go.
57:17Thank you so much.
57:18Congratulations, ladies.
57:28I'm feeling really proud of myself.
57:30I've learned so much being in this process.
57:31And I couldn't have wished for any two better people to be in the grand final.
57:36Two girls in the final.
57:37It hasn't hit me.
57:38No, neither.
57:39We're here.
57:40We both deserve such a solid seat at this table.
57:43And now it's me vs you.
57:44Love you, girl.
57:45Smash it.
57:47Now, two candidates remain.
57:50The search for Lord Sugar's next business partner is almost over.
57:57Next time.
57:58For your final task, I'd like you to launch your businesses.
58:03Recruitment.
58:03I think you go straight in, mental.
58:06I just need more stuff.
58:08Or beauty.
58:09The one thing me and my ex have in common is that we kept looking for better options in the
58:13market.
58:14Only one can win.
58:16You're gonna be my business partner.
58:21Well, there are more questions for our fired three.
58:24Head over to BBC Two for The Apprentice unfinished business now.
58:28And what's the drama where things are never as they seem?
58:30The Capture.
58:31Available now on BBC iPlayer.
58:45If you think you've got what it takes to become Lord Sugar's business partner,
58:50visit bbc.co.uk forward slash apprentice.
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