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Lesson 9: The Trait to Innovate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154 Innovation and invention; the traits of innovators; 10 young American innovators; your personal R&D; exploring associational thinking skills. Lesson 10: A Garage is for More Than Parking a Car . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170 Startups and entrepreneurs; intellectual property; patent, trademark, and copyright; business ethics blunders; exploring the United States Patent and Trademark Office. Lesson 11: You’re the Entrepreneur . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190 R&D and the path to production; balance of business and government; exploring trade secrets and industrial espionage; innovation team challenge – part 1. Are You Financially Literate? Chapters 9-11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214 Lesson 12: Business Blast . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218 The benefits of forming a corporation; corporate officers, executives and directors; other business entities; parliamentary rules of procedure; exploring CEO leadership skills; innovation team challenge – part 2. Lesson 13: The Quest for Capital! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242 Venture capital; loans; seed money; angel investors; crowdfunding; public vs. private equity; 4P marketing; exploring the pitch deck; innovation team challenge – part 3. Lesson 14: Who Put the Wall in Wall Street? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258 Debt vs. equity; the origin of stock; bonds; treasuries; ratings; the history of Wall Street; securities exchanges around the world; the IPO; exploring the Securities and Exchange Commission. Are You Financially Literate? Chapters 12-14 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278 Lesson 15: Walk’n on Wall Street . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282 How to interpret a stock quote; stock fundamentals; dividends; yield; PE ratios; market capitalization; exploring the G8 and G20; (optional) stock market challenge. Lesson 16: Bulls and Bears and Boats, Oh My! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300 Major market indexes around the world; DJIA, S&P 500; bull and bear markets; exploring the International Monetary Fund and World Bank. Lesson 17: Breaking Down Barriers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 314 GATT and the WTO; benefits and barriers to free trade; key regional free trade agreements; TTP; TTIP; exploring the World Trade Organization. Are You Financially Literate? Chapters 15-17 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 330 PRODUCT PREVIEW
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