IT may make great TV and the tasks are staged for maximum dramatic effect.
But there is a serious point to BBC’s Young Apprentice and its bigger, some would argue more bullying brother.
It’s a lesson that to get ahead in life you have to come up with strong ideas, graft exceptionally hard to make them work and be prepared for some bitter disappointments along the way.
You don’t always have to be ruthless, but it helps.
If you remain undaunted and show a strength of character and a willingness to listen to others and learn from your mistakes then, ultimately, the rewards may be yours.
And that ‘may’ is the crucial word for nothing in life is ever guaranteed. There are many who will have followed this mantra and still found that success and all the financial rewards it brings still eludes them.
Luck and being in the right place at the right time with the right idea are often key factors.
But what is just about certain is that if you watch other TV programmes such as the X Factor or The Only Way Is Essex and think that a celebrity life with fast cars and riches are heading your way with no effort at all you’ll definitely be disappointed.
So, our entrepreneurs of tomorrow, which will it be?
