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Brandon Schneider Mod F Mr. Gorsky IDEA Hn 11/10/15 Successful Entrepreneurs: What Makes Them Special Robert L. Johnson born on April 8th, 1946, in Hickory, Missisippi, founded one of television’s biggest networks; BET (Black Entertainment Television). His spent his childhood in Freeport, Illinois. As a kid he learned from his father and mother’s work ethic were that education was the only way to succeed. He told the Black Collegian, “Going to college is a statement of your determination to get…

Candace Bushnell is an American television producer and novelist best known for writing a series of chick lit novels. Her best known works are the Sex and the City novels which were adapted from the columns by the same name that she wrote for the New York Observer between 1994 and 1996. Candace was born to Camile Salonia and Calvin L. Bushnell in 1958 Glastonbury, Connecticut. Her father was something of a celebrity in her town having been an inventor of the Air Cooled Hydrogen Fuel Cell that…

“When you have a bad day, a really bad day, try and treat the world better than it treated you.” Role models are people who are always enthusiastic, optimistic, calm, and self-assured in themselves. You don't want someone who is always down or tries to bring you down. Everyone likes someone who is happy with their achievements but continues to strive for bigger and better objectives in their life. Many people look to someone to serve as a model or motivator for their life. Mine happens to be J.K…

Globes, three Screen Actors Guild Awards and rated one of the 100 best TV shows of all-time by Time magazine, Sex and the City is a TV pop culture icon. The show, which is based on the 1997 book of the same name by Candace Bushnell, first aired on HBO in June of 1998. A romantic comedy produced by Darren Star, Sex and the City follows the lives of four, thirty something women living in New York City trying to navigate the ever-changing landscapes of their sex lives. The show focuses on the…

Can’t Cut the Cord? Trying Shaving It. While watching TV without a cable subscription is easy for most, there are situations that may leave some tied to cable TV. For instance, you may want to watch your home town baseball team. Personally, I just started listening to games on the radio. However, I can understand if you must watch the game live on TV. Others are tied to cable or satellite TV due to where they live. Some areas of the country do not have good over the air coverage and would…

Miley Cyrus’ Vanity Fair Scandal Miley Cyrus, the renowned daughter of country star Billy Ray Cyrus acquired a passion for acting and singing at a young age. In 2004, Cyrus landed the role of Hannah Montana in a Disney series targeted to young teens. The series depicted Cyrus as a young pop star who reserved her celebrity identity in order to be a normal teenager. Cyrus gained record setting success from the wide reception of the Disney series coupled with her music. However, in 2008 Miley…

his own feature film, Ali G Indahouse, in 2002. While that film was not a success, Baron did get to introduce American audiences to the barely literate, nearly incomprehensible character through a new version of Da Ali G Show for the cable network HBO. Ali G continued to befuddle and irritate his guests. Talking with former United Nations secretary-general Boutros Boutros-Ghali, he asked "Is Disneyland a member of the U.N.?" And 60 Minutes commentator Andy Rooney got so aggravated with Ali G…

game that is known worldwide. According to FIDE World Chess Federation, over 160 countries are registered to be part of the FIDE. Chess is a game that is all about strategy and thinking ahead to plan out the best way to beat the opponent. Within the HBO T.V. series The Wire by David Simon, chess is used as a comparison to drug dealing, or as referenced in the series, “the game”. Just like chess, drug dealing, as portrayed in the series, is also all about strategy and planning ahead. Although…

they are making are entirely impractical, though they are no longer in full control of their actions, instead a product dictates their health and budget. Dr. Volkow, the Director of the National Institute of Drug Abuse, stated in an interview with HBO that drug abuse damages impulse control within one’s brain, preventing one from making rational decisions. Dr. Volkow then makes the comparison, "it 's like when the brakes in your car don 't function, and an onlooker says, 'You should have…

As the marketing manager for cable company X I’m asked to prepare a price strategy that will be reviewed by my vice president. This price strategy should answer the following question: ¥ Determine your price objective with your justification. ¥ Determine the demand of your service and how this influences your pricing strategy. ¥ Estimate your cost elements and discuss how this will influence the price of your service. ¥ Prepare a competitive price analysis. Select your pricing method and…