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Make48 volume 2
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The first four episodes document the unpredictable and inspiring immersion in the Make48 inventor's competition to develop REAL products. With the constant pressure of the "ticking clock," we engage up close and personal with the teams as they brainstorm, design and build their ideas in order to pitch a working prototype to a team of industry savvy Make48 judges. From napkin drawing to design, we watch these competitors suffer the highs and lows,...
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Make48 volume 1
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The first four episodes document the unpredictable and inspiring immersion in the Make48 inventor's competition to develop REAL products. With the constant pressure of the "ticking clock," we engage up close and personal with the teams as they brainstorm, design and build their ideas in order to pitch a working prototype to a team of industry savvy Make48 judges. From napkin drawing to design, we watch these competitors suffer the highs and lows,...
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Make48 volume 7
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Our three teams are paired with national level creative marketing firms to continue on their path with their refined designs to dive into the world of marketing, creative strategy, product video production and brand strategy. Once again we follow a parallel story thread between the three teams in their creative marketing mentorships.
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Make48 volume 8
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Our three teams unveil their refined product. They present their final design, manufacturing and marketing plans to an industry panel and crowdfunding experts at Indiegogo. The product crowdfunding campaigns are actually launched on Indiegogo allowing viewers to invest in a pre-order of the emerging product in advance of actual retail launch. The episode culminates with an invitation for all viewers to tune in to Season Two to determine the most successful...
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Make48 volume 5
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In this pivotal episode, the prototype judging begins and we learn which top three inventions will continue on the path to enhanced design and manufacturing, marketing and retail launch! We go back stage with the teams in the critical minutes before they must take the stage in front of a judging panel of industry professionals. Our three winning teams get paired with national caliber design and marketing teams to continue the journey to market.
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Make48 volume 4
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The first four episodes document the unpredictable and inspiring immersion in the Make48 inventor's competition to develop REAL products. With the constant pressure of the "ticking clock," we engage up close and personal with the teams as they brainstorm, design and build their ideas in order to pitch a working prototype to a team of industry savvy Make48 judges. From napkin drawing to design, we watch these competitors suffer the highs and lows,...
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Make48 volume 3
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The first four episodes document the unpredictable and inspiring immersion in the Make48 inventor's competition to develop REAL products. With the constant pressure of the "ticking clock," we engage up close and personal with the teams as they brainstorm, design and build their ideas in order to pitch a working prototype to a team of industry savvy Make48 judges. From napkin drawing to design, we watch these competitors suffer the highs and lows,...
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Make48 volume 6
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We follow our three teams with their winning product prototypes as they are fine-tuned, tested, and re-engineered by national level design firms. We follow a parallel storytelling thread between our three teams with three different firms through this process.
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After World War II, the Allied powers were divided by their economic policies, resulting in a divided Europe. Examine the ways Soviet Russia dominated the nations of Eastern Europe, bringing them under the umbrella of authoritarian communism, and which nations pushed back against this takeover. In contrast, also look at Western policies and institutions put in place to rebuild Europe.
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The British economy has vacillated between privatization and nationalization over time. Here you will look at one of these shifts by first examining the socialist programs introduced by a post-World War II Labour Party government (including the National Health Service), followed by the Margaret Thatcher era of deregulations and privatizations.
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PLAYBACK Social Entrepreneurs volume 2
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PLAYBACK SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURS® premiered as the first broadcast television program entirely focused on issues of social responsibility in business, entertainment, science and the environment. Launched on PBS stations, the first two episodes feature reporting on national and international issues: wheelchair transportation for the disabled, ridesharing, healthcare, clean water issues and new economic models of entrepreneurship. Plus profiles of the...
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Great Courses volume 13
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Take the mystery out of hedge funds with A.W. Jones, the sociologist who started the modern hedge fund industry. Jones designed a fund that smoothed out the rollercoaster ride of traditional buy-and-hold investing by offsetting long purchase positions with short sale positions.
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Wade into the quagmire that trapped savings and loan institutions in the 1980s and '90s. Once a thriving, if low-profit, source of home mortgages, the industry fell victim to a combination of high interest rates, well-intentioned government deregulation, and a wave of predatory, unscrupulous managers. The ensuing debacle left the American taxpayer with a bill of $160 billion in 1995 dollars.
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Great Courses volume 7
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After education, home ownership might be the most important financial decision we make in our lifetimes. Is home ownership really a great investment? When should you buy a house versus renting? Examine these questions as well as the basics of obtaining a mortgage. Key considerations include types of loan, mortgage insurance, points, and taxes.
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Long-Term Capital Management was a hedge fund with everything going for it: well-heeled investors, a dream team of economists and managers, and banks willing to loan hundreds of millions of dollars with no questions asked. In 1998, it all went terribly wrong in a debacle that threatened to take down Wall Street. Spotlight the basic rules of finance that were ignored by LTCM and its banks.
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Great Courses volume 5
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Is it possible to make money by actively trading in the market? According to the efficient markets hypothesis, you are better off as a passive investor, because prices almost always reflect true value. Explore three versions of this theory, including the weak form, which holds that prices follow what is called a random walk.
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Great Courses volume 14
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Consider various strategies for minimizing taxes and transactions costs, thereby increasing the rate of return on your investments. Discover the good sense behind two investing mantras: (1) the more you trade, the worse you do; (2) sell your losers, and let your winners ride.
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Great Courses volume 1
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Welcome to a boot camp on investing! Discover the influences that led Professor Longo to a career in finance. Then meet some of the major figures you will study in the course. Survey the key principles and strategies that built their fortunes.
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Great Courses volume 8
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Your skills broaden as you gain an additional tool for drilling down into a company to evaluate its investment potential. This lecture introduces the concept of valuation models, beginning with the popular Method of Comparables, which uses ratios like price-to-earnings, or P/E, to value stocks.
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Great Courses volume 12
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Although using leverage - borrowing a portion of the purchase price of an investment - can offer tempting rewards, the level of risk can be high. Explore how leverage works as you learn about margin requirements, short sales, and how leverage impacts both potential profits and potential losses.