Comments on: Marketer Lynton Pipkorn makes an early exit from The Apprentice

By: Big Gary

Big Gary — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 06:42:53 +0000

Wish Lynton was a gerbill

By: Heléna

Heléna — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 11:15:07 +0000

I thought Lynton was a weasel – (maybe I have fallen victim to the show’s production team) but I’m glad he’s gone!

By: mumbrella

mumbrella — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 02:52:42 +0000

Thanks for that spammy link, Mark.

I’m about to remove the html links so you don’t beenfit from them, but in the meantime, I’ve taken the liberty of going onto your site and looking at your client list, in case they don’t know they work with spammers.

According to the Ripe Stuff web site, clients include:

Qantas, Sydney
Clayton Utz

Audi Australia

Toyota Australia

Mission Australia

Primavera

CRC Mining

Voyages Hotels and Resorts

New Balance

Australian Institute of Management, Sydney

Commonwealth Bank, Sydney

Cromwell Finance, Brisbane

ID Tours, Sydney

Le Meridien, Vanuatu

New Caledonia Tourism, Noumea

Noni B Ladies Fashion, Australia-wide

Wishlist.com.au, Melbourne

Alice Springs Convention Centre, Alice Springs

Shangri La Hotel, Sydney

Townsville Enterprise, Townsville

Tourism Sunshine Coast, Sunshine Coast

Tahiti Nui

Millenium Hotels

Australian Technology Park

Just Blinds and Shutters

Videoplus

Outrigger Hotels and Resorts

Waipuna Conference Centre

Cheers,

Tim Burrowes – Mumbrella

By: Mark (who spams for Ripe Stuff)

Mark (who spams for Ripe Stuff) — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 02:45:09 +0000

Thanks for this posting. I have taken this as a presentation skills at Melbourne and I gained a lot of confidence and was able to prepare effective slides to aid presentation at Ripe Stuff. Worth checking!

By: James R

James R — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 23:44:22 +0000

Who knows how they cut and twisted this. Sure Lynton was nervous but not only did he have a pitch to contend with, he had a whole crew and camera’s in his face with the knowledge that this would be beamed to a national audience in time to come.

A lot of weight on one’s shoulders and with all the above to contend with, he did a good job.

By: Christian

Christian — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 10:23:34 +0000

No doubt about it Lynton’s presentation was very stiff and had about zero personality in it… Maybe he was just nervous because of the camera’s but I clearly recall him and Morello talking about how many “CEO’s and top Execs” that he had pitched to…
I expected better.
But nonetheless congratulations Lynton for making it onto the Apprentice and I hope you go far (And improve your presentation skills too)

By: Jesus

Jesus — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 06:26:23 +0000

Lynton, you’re going to go far. Why?

Because you’ve got a long way to go:-)

By: Scribe

Scribe — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 01:54:04 +0000

To be fair we actually didn’t see the five minute presentation. We saw the introduction and then the jingle (boys was actually better), but not the actual idea or strategy behind it and linking it together. You should be judged on complete outcomes (the better product and overal proposition) and not just a ‘jingle’ performance. Dancing around and singing wouldn’t cover over the obvious cracks. But then again it is TV and they cut it the way they want it.

By: Fraser Thomson

Fraser Thomson — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 00:25:40 +0000

I agree the boys put together the strongest proposition however it was let down by the presentation execution. It was very wooden and lifeless, I agree that dancing at a pitch is not a good thing, however, after enduring many a boring presentation, it doesn’t matter how good an idea or propsotiion is ,if the delviery is wrong it struggles to get past the first post. The boys preso needed to be more engaging and fresh through involving the other members of the team.

By: Why the face is familiar to Mark Bouris - mUmBRELLA

Why the face is familiar to Mark Bouris - mUmBRELLA — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 21:27:29 +0000

[...] how poor old Lynton got dumped from Nine’s The Apprentice, partly for forgetting the names of the people he was pitching to from Ogilvy & [...]

By: Carly

Carly — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 07:06:19 +0000

It seems Lynton was damned if he did and damned if he didn’t – as well as being portrayed only how the producers wanted so his ‘firing’ seemed justified.

Obviously as a marketer, he had to take the lead on this project – unfortunately for him the girls had just come off an embarrassing loss and in my opinion the producers wanted to even the score.

Clearly when it got to the boardroom, both the producers and Bouris seemed at wits end to find any reason the viewing public would accept as reason to fire him.

So, the result – the fact that he didn’t dance around the stage like an idiot, and had the full support of his team – meant that all they really had to go on was the fact he brought in the youngest and oldest team members??? Really guys – surely anyone whose worked in TV/media realises its puppeteering from the Ch 9 producers desperate to keep viewers watching?

By: Mickey

Mickey — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 07:05:54 +0000

Without a doubt the boys put together the best presentation. Seems to me the script had been written before the cameras turned on.

Sabrina and Sam might be good for the ratings, but if either of them land the job then the Yellow Brick Road won’t be leading to Oz.

By: Anon

Anon — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 07:02:10 +0000

Lynton should not have been fired!

By: miquellie

miquellie — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 03:37:14 +0000

Agree with Sophiec and Elissa, the pouting was ridiculous and so incredibly over the top. However, I have to confess I like what he writes and am not entirely sure why he would volunteer for the show, particularly when they say they already have a career and are not an underdog. The underdog is the usual type of twit who goes on these shows and usually wins the Australian ones.

I find it puzzling that people would seek all that humiliation for just a 200k a year job? Not that much of a great gig, really.

By: Elbert fan

Elbert fan — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 03:16:33 +0000

I thought the boys were better overall. Smelt like a square up to me. Their box design was good from a packaging point of view. And the jingle was also impressive. The zebra sucked, it looked cross eyed and scary. Albert was much more of a character the kids would have gone for. And a blue box and the name crunch weren’t exactly original in the cereal category. I agree that dancing about in a pitch is a big no no and talking back and arguing with the client is these thing you can do