Marketer Lynton Pipkorn makes an early exit from The Apprentice

Unfortunately for Lynton he took on so much responsibility for the challenge that there was noone else to flick.

Yes John did bugger all, but a smart reality TV strategy is to fly under the radar until it is your turn to shine. I thought it was a bit unlucky I thought the guys package was stronger particularly the jingle.

The Apprentice deserves higher ratings then it has been getting.

I think Lynton is hot. I won’t be watching now that he has departed although will tune back in at the end when I will get to see him again. Lynton looks great in pink!

couldnt stand the pouting

I think the biggest mistake was calling the cereal “treats”… you want the kids to eat it every day, its not a treat!

That said, the boys are a much better team, and Sabrina makes me skwirm every time she opens her mouth with that affected voice. The other team member who did the presentation was excellent and I have high hopes for her over the rest of the series.

Look, I appreciate it’s made for TV, but if the values the show espouses – sycophancy, acquiescence and squealing on your mates – are the indicators of business success, then I’m sure Mr Pipkorn is best out of the whole malarkey, really.

With you Elissa… pouting far too much and came across as a bit of a arrogant tool to be honest, but then… sure that’s the editing…but bringing little Sam in the boardroom was just plain cruel!!! .

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

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.

Lynton should not have been fired!

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.

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?

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.

Lynton, you’re going to go far. Why?

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

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)

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.

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!

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

Wish Lynton was a gerbill