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In 10 episodes, The Entrepreneurs of Silicon Valley reveals the fascinating story of entrepreneurship, invention, and innovation in the most risk-friendly place on the planet. Bringing together three decades of research and interviews, McLaughlin takes you inside the minds of the founders of giants like Hewlett-Packard, Apple, Intuit, and other revolutionary companies. It's these innovators themselves who can bring the stories of Silicon Valley to life better than anyone, and in their own words they’ll recount their struggles, their successes - and even their failures.

As a teen, Daymond John immersed himself in the burgeoning rap scene and quickly started to recognize that the people in the hip-hop community were being ignored and even looked down upon by major players in the fashion industry. Frustrated with this disconnect and passionate about the hip-hop community and culture, John and three of his best childhood friends started the iconic fashion label FUBU (For Us By Us) in John’s mother’s home in Queens.

Murdoch is an innovator who has re-shaped a media industry across continents, from Australia to the UK to the US. He is a disruptor who has changed the nature of our politics with a steadfast focus on giving the people what he believes they want. But to what extent has Murdoch shaped our modern world? Has he created new audiences, or given existing, under-served audiences a voice? And what motivates the media mogul? Money or power?

Edward Louis Bernays (November 22, 1891 - March 9, 1995) was an American pioneer in the field of public relations and propaganda. A nephew of Sigmund Freud, Bernays touted the idea that "The conscious and intelligent manipulation of the organized habits and opinions of the masses is an important element in democratic society." His books include Crystallizing Public Opinion (1923), Propaganda (1928), Public Relations (1945) and The Engineering of Consent (1955). The following recording was made in 1986.

Unable to make the 1908 Pennsylvania German Society's annual gathering due to illness, their president—businessman, religious leader, and politician, John Wanamaker—sent in a message he recorded "through this wonderful invention of Mr. Edison on the Edison phonograph." This recording recalls an anecdote of Leo Tolstoy's, in which the Russian writer stopped at the roadside and asked a farmer who was ploughing, "Friend, what would you do today if you knew positively you would die tomorrow?"

Larry Winget is a Wall Street Journal and New York Times best-selling author and one of the highest paid professional speakers in the U.S., as well as being a member of the International Speakers Hall of Fame. He has starred in his own television series, appeared in national commercials and features regularly as a guest and contributor on shows such as Larry King Live and on Fox News.

Chinese speakers may enjoy this audio lecture series, which provides, in Mandarin Chinese, an overview of American entrepreneurship with the goal of helping listeners improve their understanding of America and Americans. In this course, Dr. Sasha Gong, a Peking University and Harvard-educated scholar, gives a historical account of American entrepreneurship.

Jay Conrad Levinson is the author of the best-selling marketing series in history, Guerrilla Marketing, plus 24 other business books. In this interview, he discusses the nature of passion and how it drives him. There have been 14 million Guerrilla Marketing books sold worldwide, and many university MBA programs offer a course in Guerrilla Marketing. This has become the best-known marketing brand in history.

Les Brown is a top motivational speaker, speech coach, and best-selling author, as well as a loving father and grandfather, whose passion is empowering youth and helping them have a larger vision for their lives. His straight-from-the-heart, high-energy, passionate message motivates and engages all audiences to step into their greatness, providing them with the motivation to take the next step toward living their dreams.

Steven Paul Jobs was an American businessman, inventor, and investor best known for co-founding the technology company Apple Inc. and NeXT. The following recording is from a February 18th 1981 television interview. At the time, Steve Jobs was twenty-six years old, and Apple had gone public only two months earlier—on December 12, 1980, through its IPO on the NASDAQ stock exchange. In the interview, Jobs discusses the future of personal computers and the impact it will have on the technology world, using analogies of the electric motor to illustrate the evolution of personal computing.

One of the Giants in the world of financing and respected hugely by both clients and movers and shakers in the industry. A Lebanese American with one dream: to come to America and make his fortune as a capitalist, which is precisely what he did. This interview may contain references to dates/events etc which have already taken place - these references have not been omitted in order to maintain the integrity of the recording as all Meet The Giants interviews are REAL and unedited conversations.

Paul Hartunian is a Giant in the world of publicity and most notably on how to get free publicity for your business. He is renowned for being the guy who sold the Brooklyn Bridge and tells the fascinating story which made this possible and has led to him teaching entrepreneurs across the world how to get a flood of publicity howver 'mundane' your business or product may be.

If you would like to build a million dollar plus income through speaking to build your brand, there is no expert better placed to show you the way than James Malinchak. Lauded as America’s hottest young speaker and endorsed by some of the biggest names in personal development, such as Jack Canfield and Brian Tracey, Malinchak not only enjoys standing ovations at pretty much all of his talks, but also teaches others how to do exactly the same thing.

Karl Moore is an extremely successful marketer, with a great entrepreneurial brain, as well as a writer and broadcaster. He not only runs two successful radio stations while also serving as the CEO of the U.S. media group White Cliff but is also the founder of the WCCL network, consisting of 150 retail websites and an army of over 20,000 affiliates. In addition, he is the founder of a number of online communities.

Steve Harrison is the silent partner behind some of the most phenomenal PR success stories of recent times. If you are looking to develop a remarkable brand (either your personal brand or your business brand), and set yourself apart from the competition so that everyone is talking about you and your business, there is no better person to help you do this than PR legend Steve Harrison.

Here is one of the world's leading joint venture specialists, whose book How to Retire in One Year says it all. Robin J. Elliott helps individuals master the art of brokering joint venture deals with zero risk and massive long-term profit potential.

If you have ever had that feeling that if you could achieve one big breakthrough everything would fall into place - and yet somehow you’re paralyzed - Susan Sly will be a huge inspiration for you. Having overcome financial ruin and illness, she figured out how to make a massive breakthrough and become a self-made millionaire and has now devoted her life to helping others do the same.

Experience a first-hand interview with the legendary Larry Flynt, American publisher and the president of Larry Flynt Publications. Larry Flynt is an example of an innovative and controversial modern leader and entrepreneur. His organization LFP mainly produces sexually graphic videos and magazines, most notably Hustler. In 2003, Arena magazine listed him as the number one on the "50 Powerful People in Porn". Flynt has fought several prominent legal battles involving the First Amendment.