American Entrepreneurial Genius
- Title ID 138-ENT
- History, American History, Social Studies, Minority Achievement, Economics
- 14 Programs
- 16 Supplemental Files
- 10th Grade through Post Secondary
- Published by Ambrose Video Publishing Inc./Centre Communications
Included Programs
Program 1: 1607-1789Running time is 28 minutes
Chapter List
- 1607 - Jamestown, England's First Successful American Colony
- 1713 - Captain Andrew Robinson Designs and Constructs a Schooner
- 1732 - America Initiates Road Infrastructure
- 1750 - German Entrepreneurs Invent the Conestoga Wagon and Flatboat
- 1750 - America Establishes Industrial Base, Paving the Way to Independence
- 1777 - Mary Katherine Goddard Publishes the Declaration of Independence
- 1789 - Alexander Hamilton Shapes America's Modern Industrial Economy
Program 2: 1790 - 1825Running time is 28 minutes
Chapter List
- 1790 - Samuel Slater, Father of the American Industrial Revolution
- 1794 - Eli Whitney Patents the Cotton Gin
- 1807 - Robert Fulton Awakens the World to the Steamboat
- 1808 - John Jacob Astor Founds the American Fur Company
- 1823 - Chinese Entrepreneur Hung Tai Introduces Sugar Mills to Hawaii
- 1825 - Erie Canal is Completed
Program 3: 1826 - 1850Running time is 27 minutes
Chapter List
- 1831 - Cyrus McCormick Operates His Mechanical Reaper
- 1834 - The Refrigerator: An American Entrepreneurial Story
- 1836 - Samuel Colt Patents Five Shot Revolver
- 1837 - John Deere Invents the First Self-scouring Steel Plow
- 1844 - Samuel F.B. Morse Demonstrates the Telegraph
- 1850 - Expressmen: Butterfield, Wells and Fargo
Program 4: 1851 - 1872Running time is 27 minutes
Chapter List
- 1851 - Isaac Singer Markets His Sewing Machine
- 1857 - Gail Borden's Condensed Milk
- 1869 - Conpletion of the Transcontinental Railroad
- 1870 - Rockefeller Incorporates Standard Oil Co. of Ohio
- 1872 - Aaron Montgomery Ward Starts Catalog Business
Program 5: 1872 - 1888Running time is 28 minutes
Chapter List
- 1872 - Andrew Carnegie, Father of the American Steel Industry
- 1873 - Levi Strauss Patents Blue Jeans
- 1876 - Henry Heinz and the Rise of Product Branding
- 1876 - Alexander Granham Bell Demonstrates the Telephone
- 1880 - George Eastman Patents Kodak Roll Film
- 1888 - Lue Gim Gong, Father of the Florida Citrus Industry
Program 6: 1889 - 1903Running time is 27 minutes
Chapter List
- 1889 - Thomas Edison Establishes General Electric
- 1893 - Nikola Tesla and George Westinghouse Electrify the World
- 1893 - Railroad Magnates Connect the U.S.
- 1902 - Willis Carrier Invents Modern Air Conditioning
- 1903 - Wright Brothers Fly at Kitty Hawk
Program 7: 1904 - 1925Running time is 27 minutes
Chapter List
- 1908 - Ford Introduces the Model T
- 1917 - Boeing, Beech, Cessna and Stearman
- 1919 - Adolph Zukor and Louis B. Mayer Form Hollywood
- 1924 - George Washington Carver, Renaissance Man
- 1925 - Caterpillar Inc. Makes Its Debut in California
Program 8: 1926 - 1955Running time is 28 minutes
Chapter List
- 1926 - Goddard Initiates the Space Age
- 1927 - Juan Trippe's Pan Am Takes U.S. Aviation International
- 1938 - Chester Floyd Carlson Invents the Photocopy Machine
- 1947 - David Sarnoff, Father of American T.V.
- 1952 - Bill Daniels Pioneers Cable Television
- 1955 - The McDonald Brothers and Ray Kroc
Program 9: 1955 - 1964Running time is 27 minutes
Chapter List
- 1955 - Disneyland, Destination Theme Park
- 1961 - Emilio Azcárraga Brings Hispanic Television to the U.S.
- 1962 - Sam Walton Founds Walmart
- 1963 - Mary Kay Ash Launches Mary Kay Cosmetics
- 1964 - Thomas J. Watson Jr. Announces IBM's 360 Mainframe Computer
Program 10: 1965 - 1973Running time is 28 minutes
Chapter List
- 1967 - Warren Buffett, the Oracle of Omaha
- 1969 - J.C.R. Licklider Brings the Internet into Existance
- 1971 - Nike, Founded by Bill Bowerman and Philip Knight
- 1972 - Allan Alcorn Initiates the Video Game Industry
- 1973 - Frederick Smith Begins Operating FedEx
Program 11: 1974 - 1986Running time is 28 minutes
Chapter List
- 1975 - Bill Gates and Paul Allen Found Microsoft
- 1976 - Sol Price's Warehouse Store
- 1980 - Ted Turner Launches CNN
- 1983 - Andrew and Peggy Cherng Found Panda Express
- 1986 - Oprah Winfrey, Entertainment Mogul
Program 12: 1987 - 1997Running time is 28 minutes
Chapter List
- 1987 - Howard Schultz Acquires Starbucks
- 1991 - Robert L. Johnson Goes Public with Black Entertainment Network
- 1991 - John Sie, Founder of Movie Channels Encore & Starz
- 1994 - Jerry Yang Co-founds Yahoo!
- 1995 - Jeff Bezos Opens Amazon for Business
- 1997 - Pierre Omidyar Changes His Company's Name to eBay
Program 13: 1998 - 2004Running time is 27 minutes
Chapter List
- 1998 - Pleasant Rowland Sells the American Girl Company
- 2001 - Steve Jobs Debuts the iPod
- 2003 - Jewish American Mark Zuckerberg Launches Facebook
- 2004 - Google Redefines the Internet
Program 14: 2005 - PresentRunning time is 28 minutes
Chapter List
- 2005 - Youtube's Video Sharing Democratizes Traditional Media
- 2008 - Elon Musk Takes Over Tesla Motors
- 2013 - Netflix's Reed Hastings Produces House of Cards
- 2015 - Jack Dorsey is Renamed CEO of Twitter
- 2015 - Economic Disruptors: Wikipedia and Craigslist
Supplemental Files
- MARC Records for ENT
- MARC records for the series American Entrepreneurial Genius
- American Entrepreneurial Genius - Educators Guide
- Transcription for Program 1: 1607-1789
- Transcription for Program 2: 1790 - 1825
- Transcription for Program 3: 1826 - 1850
- Transcription for Program 4: 1851 - 1872
- Transcription for Program 5: 1872 - 1888
- Transcription for Program 6: 1889 - 1903
- Transcription for Program 7: 1904 - 1925
- Transcription for Program 8: 1926 - 1955
- Transcription for Program 9: 1955 - 1964
- Transcription for Program 10: 1965 - 1973
- Transcription for Program 11: 1974 - 1986
- Transcription for Program 12: 1987 - 1997
- Transcription for Program 13: 1998 - 2004
- Transcription for Program 14: 2005 - Present