Or at least, that's what the BBC suggest, sort of, in passing. Actually really they just say 'hey look, three people didn't get any real results and look how well they've done.'
The best quotes come from last years' Apprentice winner, Michelle Dewberry, ranging from the dubiously researched but offering a decent point;
"Richard Branson left school to set up businesses in his bedroom or garage. If the government had quashed that kind of thing then we wouldn't have half the businesses we have now."
to the resourceful if somewhat short-sighted;
"The only regret that I have about not paying attention in school is a lack of basic understanding in subjects like geography, which isn't necessarily a problem because I can Google anything."
Looking for another way to get your young people wanting more? FBI Media specialise in bringing advertising to youth clubs. "FBI Youth is a Brand Manager’s dream. In a world where it is increasingly difficult to target the youth market, FBI Youth offers a direct route to 12-19 year old audience profile across the whole of the UK, via a 6 sheet media platform." You, the youth club owner, take a share of the profits, well, and they take a share of large and obtrusive adverts slammed all around their youth club. The good news is that all the adverts are ethically sound, they're just advertising to young people in their own youth club.
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