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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 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 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 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 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 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 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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Great Courses volume 3
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Learn why stocks, though often not the best place for a newcomer to begin investing, can be the best means of learning about investing. Explore key ideas like dealers vs. brokers, the different kinds of buy-or-sell orders, and what stocks really are.
11) Capitalism vs. Socialism: Comparing Economic Systems: The Soviet Union's Fatal Failure to Reform
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Despite attempts by some Soviet leaders in the mid-to-late 20th century, Russia was never able to successfully reform the oppressive and increasingly inefficient Soviet communist system. Professor Stuart shows how the authoritarian government encouraged dysfunctional behavior in production and why the resulting scarcity of decent goods and services ultimately became unsupportable.
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Dissect the notorious Wall Street crash of 1929, starting with the economic conditions that led to a feverish speculative boom during the "Roaring '20s." Survey investment practices of the day, some of which are now outlawed. Trace the rise in stock prices into the fall of 1929, when a normal market correction seemed underway. Probe explanations for why it suddenly turned into a crash.
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Great Courses volume 4
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Explore the relationship between the risk of investing in stocks and the return you can expect from owning them. Survey the average return on a broad portfolio of stocks held over many decades. Next, focus on the short-term volatility that makes many people understandably nervous.
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Great Courses volume 22
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Obliterate the assumption that all business is good business. Instead, come up with more precise numbers that show how different customers affect your business by understanding the contribution margin.
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Great Courses volume 6
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Learn the most important formula in investing - the simple equation for compounding earnings. Then focus on the three variables that determine how much money you'll have at the end of an investment. Most people worry too much about the one variable that they can't reliably control.
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Discover how an elected official with a self-admitted seventh-grade proficiency in math earned fabulous returns as treasurer of Orange County, California, and then plunged the system into the largest municipal default in United States history up to that time. His strategy - and downfall - relied on two financial instruments. Track down where he went wrong.
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Great Courses volume 7
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Get a stronger grip on competitive dynamics and the importance of understanding your competitor. Professor Roberto guides you through powerful lessons from three situations where new entrants did battle with incumbents: NutraSweet with Holland Sweetener Company; British Airways and Aer Lingus with Ryanair; and another perspective on Blockbuster versus Netflix.
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Great Courses volume 17
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Study the characteristics of an equilibrium asset pricing model. Then build the most popular version - the capital asset pricing model (CAPM) - which allows you to measure risk for a portfolio. According to CAPM, the cross- section of returns is driven by common risks that cannot be eliminated through diversification.
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Great Courses volume 45
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Much of one's success in an organization depends on how well one manages conflict with others. Professor Longenecker guides you through two primary types of conflict and three levels where they occur. Then, he offers ways to avoid or better handle conflict using a powerful management model involving cooperation and assertiveness.
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Test Professor Fullenkamp's theory that all rogue traders are the same by studying two infamous insiders: Jerome Kerviel, who cost the French bank Societe Generale more than $6 billion, and Nick Leeson, whose errant trading bankrupted Baring Brothers. Find out how trading firms are organized, and pinpoint the Achilles heel that allowed both men to go rogue.
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