| Program 1: 1607-1789Running Time: 0:28:00 |
Program 1 takes a look at the beginning of American entrepreneurialism from the first Colony of Jamestown, to Alexander Hamilton’s shaping of the modern industrial economy.
Chapter List
- 1.) 1607 - Jamestown, England's First Successful American Colony
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- 2.) 1713 - Captain Andrew Robinson Designs and Constructs a Schooner
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- 3.) 1732 - America Initiates Road Infrastructure
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- 4.) 1750 - German Entrepreneurs Invent the Conestoga Wagon and Flatboat
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- 5.) 1750 - America Establishes Industrial Base, Paving the Way to Independence
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- 6.) 1777 - Mary Katherine Goddard Publishes the Declaration of Independence
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- 7.) 1789 - Alexander Hamilton Shapes America's Modern Industrial Economy
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| Program 2: 1790 - 1825Running Time: 0:28:00 |
Program 2 tells the story of the first great wave of American entrepreneurship and invention from 1790 to 1825.
Chapter List
- 1.) 1790 - Samuel Slater, Father of the American Industrial Revolution
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- 2.) 1794 - Eli Whitney Patents the Cotton Gin
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- 3.) 1807 - Robert Fulton Awakens the World to the Steamboat
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- 4.) 1808 - John Jacob Astor Founds the American Fur Company
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- 5.) 1823 - Chinese Entrepreneur Hung Tai Introduces Sugar Mills to Hawaii
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- 6.) 1825 - Erie Canal is Completed
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| Program 3: 1826 - 1850Running Time: 0:27:00 |
Program 3 brings to light the Middle Period – a time of explosive growth in American business and entrepreneurship.
Chapter List
- 1.) 1831 - Cyrus McCormick Operates His Mechanical Reaper
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- 2.) 1834 - The Refrigerator: An American Entrepreneurial Story
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- 3.) 1836 - Samuel Colt Patents Five Shot Revolver
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- 4.) 1837 - John Deere Invents the First Self-scouring Steel Plow
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- 5.) 1844 - Samuel F.B. Morse Demonstrates the Telegraph
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- 6.) 1850 - Expressmen: Butterfield, Wells and Fargo
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| Program 4: 1851 - 1872Running Time: 0:27:00 |
Leading to the first appearance of big business in America, the railroad age is brought forward in Program 4.
Chapter List
- 1.) 1851 - Isaac Singer Markets His Sewing Machine
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- 2.) 1857 - Gail Borden's Condensed Milk
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- 3.) 1869 - Conpletion of the Transcontinental Railroad
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- 4.) 1870 - Rockefeller Incorporates Standard Oil Co. of Ohio
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- 5.) 1872 - Aaron Montgomery Ward Starts Catalog Business
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| Program 5: 1872 - 1888Running Time: 0:28:00 |
In Program 5, the economy comes out of the Civil War with the beginning of a consumer economy and product branding.
Chapter List
- 1.) 1872 - Andrew Carnegie, Father of the American Steel Industry
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- 2.) 1873 - Levi Strauss Patents Blue Jeans
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- 3.) 1876 - Henry Heinz and the Rise of Product Branding
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- 4.) 1876 - Alexander Granham Bell Demonstrates the Telephone
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- 5.) 1880 - George Eastman Patents Kodak Roll Film
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- 6.) 1888 - Lue Gim Gong, Father of the Florida Citrus Industry
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| Program 6: 1889 - 1903Running Time: 0:27:00 |
Program 6 sees the Age of Electrification and the invention of transformational new products from 1889 to 1903.
Chapter List
- 1.) 1889 - Thomas Edison Establishes General Electric
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- 2.) 1893 - Nikola Tesla and George Westinghouse Electrify the World
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- 3.) 1893 - Railroad Magnates Connect the U.S.
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- 4.) 1902 - Willis Carrier Invents Modern Air Conditioning
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- 5.) 1903 - Wright Brothers Fly at Kitty Hawk
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| Program 7: 1904 - 1925Running Time: 0:27:00 |
Program 7 takes a look at the advancements of transportation – automobiles and airplanes – and how minority groups contributed to America’s entrepreneurial legacy.
Chapter List
- 1.) 1908 - Ford Introduces the Model T
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- 2.) 1917 - Boeing, Beech, Cessna and Stearman
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- 3.) 1919 - Adolph Zukor and Louis B. Mayer Form Hollywood
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- 4.) 1924 - George Washington Carver, Renaissance Man
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- 5.) 1925 - Caterpillar Inc. Makes Its Debut in California
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| Program 8: 1926 - 1955Running Time: 0:28:00 |
When America emerged victorious from World War II, a new entrepreneurial boom was underway. Program 8 tells the story of this boom, and its great entrepreneurs.
Chapter List
- 1.) 1926 - Goddard Initiates the Space Age
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- 2.) 1927 - Juan Trippe's Pan Am Takes U.S. Aviation International
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- 3.) 1938 - Chester Floyd Carlson Invents the Photocopy Machine
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- 4.) 1947 - David Sarnoff, Father of American T.V.
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- 5.) 1952 - Bill Daniels Pioneers Cable Television
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- 6.) 1955 - The McDonald Brothers and Ray Kroc
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| Program 9: 1955 - 1964Running Time: 0:27:00 |
From Disneyland to IBM, Program 9 transitions America into a consumer-based society and an era of unprecedented wealth.
Chapter List
- 1.) 1955 - Disneyland, Destination Theme Park
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- 2.) 1961 - Emilio Azcárraga Brings Hispanic Television to the U.S.
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- 3.) 1962 - Sam Walton Founds Walmart
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- 4.) 1963 - Mary Kay Ash Launches Mary Kay Cosmetics
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- 5.) 1964 - Thomas J. Watson Jr. Announces IBM's 360 Mainframe Computer
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| Program 10: 1965 - 1973Running Time: 0:28:00 |
The years highlighted in Program 10 are ones that jumpstarted America’s change from a consumer, to an information economy.
Chapter List
- 1.) 1967 - Warren Buffett, the Oracle of Omaha
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- 2.) 1969 - J.C.R. Licklider Brings the Internet into Existance
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- 3.) 1971 - Nike, Founded by Bill Bowerman and Philip Knight
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- 4.) 1972 - Allan Alcorn Initiates the Video Game Industry
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- 5.) 1973 - Frederick Smith Begins Operating FedEx
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| Program 11: 1974 - 1986Running Time: 0:28:00 |
Program 11 sees the next wave of entrepreneurship, creating an endless supply of new jobs and information sectors in the American economy.
Chapter List
- 1.) 1975 - Bill Gates and Paul Allen Found Microsoft
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- 2.) 1976 - Sol Price's Warehouse Store
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- 3.) 1980 - Ted Turner Launches CNN
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- 4.) 1983 - Andrew and Peggy Cherng Found Panda Express
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- 5.) 1986 - Oprah Winfrey, Entertainment Mogul
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| Program 12: 1987 - 1997Running Time: 0:28:00 |
In Program 12, America’s information age is expanded by the brilliant entrepreneurs of the late 80s and 90s.
Chapter List
- 1.) 1987 - Howard Schultz Acquires Starbucks
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- 2.) 1991 - Robert L. Johnson Goes Public with Black Entertainment Network
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- 3.) 1991 - John Sie, Founder of Movie Channels Encore & Starz
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- 4.) 1994 - Jerry Yang Co-founds Yahoo!
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- 5.) 1995 - Jeff Bezos Opens Amazon for Business
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- 6.) 1997 - Pierre Omidyar Changes His Company's Name to eBay
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| Program 13: 1998 - 2004Running Time: 0:27:00 |
America becomes the unparalleled leader of the information age in Program 13.
Chapter List
- 1.) 1998 - Pleasant Rowland Sells the American Girl Company
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- 2.) 2001 - Steve Jobs Debuts the iPod
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- 3.) 2003 - Jewish American Mark Zuckerberg Launches Facebook
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- 4.) 2004 - Google Redefines the Internet
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| Program 14: 2005 - PresentRunning Time: 0:28:00 |
Business disruption is the major entrepreneurial force in America today. These are the stories of Program 14.
Chapter List
- 1.) 2005 - Youtube's Video Sharing Democratizes Traditional Media
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- 2.) 2008 - Elon Musk Takes Over Tesla Motors
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- 3.) 2013 - Netflix's Reed Hastings Produces House of Cards
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- 4.) 2015 - Jack Dorsey is Renamed CEO of Twitter
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- 5.) 2015 - Economic Disruptors: Wikipedia and Craigslist
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