cover image You Have 3 Minutes!: Learn the Secret of the Pitch from Trump's Original Apprentice

You Have 3 Minutes!: Learn the Secret of the Pitch from Trump's Original Apprentice

Ricardo Bellino. McGraw-Hill Companies, $21.95 (209pp) ISBN 978-0-07-147255-5

How does the hopeful entrepreneur convince the power brokers to accept his vision-and fast? In 2004, young Brazilian businessman Bellino sold Donald Trump on his idea to create the largest and most exclusive golf resort in Latin America, the first enterprise in Brazil to bear the Trump brand. The tale lies in how Bellino convinced the Donald in three minutes flat. A lifelong business enthusiast, Bellino leads readers through his succinct presentation methodology, praising the benefits of intuition and risk, using personal experiences, intriguing references, and lessons from the Donald's Apprentice TV series as his guide. The latter portion of the book presents capsule profiles of famous Latin American and North American entrepreneurs who succeeded against the odds, plus self-testing exercises. Advice ranges from obvious (first impressions matter) to insightful (using the ""adaptive unconscious""), but never makes the kind of impact that would convince someone to, say, hand over $200 million for some Latin American links.