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,...

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,...

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...

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.

Erin Cavendish goes undercover at her family's chocolate plant to see why sales are down when she meets head chocolatier, Bryan, who has new ideas on how to update the Easter product line.

In 1919, Major Brendan Archer arrives in Ireland to reunite with his fiancée, Angela Spencer. Unfortunately, the family home, The Majestic Hotel, is a decaying shadow of its former self, as is Angela. Puzzled by the changes, Archer's attentions are soon drawn to her lively friend, Sarah Devlin, a passionate Irish nationalist. They fall in love, but the Major soon discovers some disturbing aspects about their relationship which threaten to explode...

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.

When should you retire? And how do you save enough to ensure that you're financially covered for the future? This lecture demystifies the retirement savings process with continuing guidance from the life cycle theory of managing money. Explore the different investment options at your disposal - including 401(k)s, IRAs, and annuities - and build a strategy for retirement.

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.

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...