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10 Chailey School News, Summer, 2012Chailey helped Nick whiskup ideas for Lord Sugar!You may recognise NickHolzherr as a finalist onBBC’s The Apprentice, butonce upon a time he was aChailey student. Here hetells us about appearing onthe show, how his time atChailey helped preparehim for Lord Sugar’s tasksand about the launch of hisnew business, Whisk.SINCE leaving schooland graduating fromUniversity, I havestarted two successfulbusinesses, but nothingcan really prepare youfor the tasks on TheApprentice.It is exhilarating, excitingand very exhausting;There really is no comparison.I entered thecompetition slightlywhimsically after beingsent the application by afriend. I didn’t expect toget through at all, butonce I was offered a placeon the show, after muchdeliberation, I decided togo for it and use the showas a way to launch mynew business, Whisk(more about that later!).The tasks on the Apprenticeutilise many differenttalents. From usingalgebra for working outprofit margins to usingEnglish skills for comingup with slogans — theskills I learned at Chaileystood me in really goodstead for the process.On The Apprentice, Isoon realised it was importantto exercise creativityon the tasks to createan interesting anglethat might potentially winthe task for my team.At Chailey School, Ireally enjoyed my artclasses — my teachersreally encouraged me toexplore my creative abilities.I vividly remember apiece I made in my artclasses in Year 9.I created a piece of