British audiences will be glued to BBC One on Sunday at 9 p.m. for the finals of the Apprentice where one candidate – Joseph Valente or Vana Koutsomitis – will walk away with Lord Sugar’s £250k investment in their business. These two finalists are left to vy for the cash after beating another 16 candidates on the reality business show.
Valente was inspired by Lord Sugar’s biography to leave the plumbing firm he worked for, buy a van and set up shop for himself. He was expelled from his secondary school and is trying to make it.
Greece’s Vana on the other hand is extremely well-educated, multilingual and well-traveled. However not everyone is impressed by Vana and former contestants may back Valente and many tip him as a favorite.
Both Vana and Valente need to convince Lord Sugar that their business plan is worth the £250k investment. To do so, they must conduct market research, brand and market their businesses, and create both a digital billboard and promotional video. After all this, both will pitch their businesses in London’s City Hall.
Koutsomitis idea
She wants to set up a dating app, similar to Tinder called DatePlay, that will combine a dating app with gaming, putting together two of the most popular pastimes for people’s thumbs. Daters will have to play a series of smartphone games in order to reveal the photos of the people they are matched with. The more games you play, the more of their image is revealed.
Visit http://dateplayapp.com
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Valente’s idea
The hopeful was forced to changing his business idea, after Lord Sugar shot down his initial plan to create a franchise. Instead he is looking at how to grow his current plumbing business.
Pundits have paced Koutsomitis behind Valente as a favorite, and it is believed that Lord Sugar has a soft spot for him, however Vana is a formidable businesswoman with a far clearer business plan to Joseph’s.
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