The Clipper Ship Strategy
The Clipper Ship Strategy

Author: Rick Maybury

Publisher:

Published: 2003

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780942617375

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Conventional wisdom says that when the government expands the money supply, the money descends on the economy in a uniform blanket. This is incorrect. The money is injected into specific locations causing hot spots or "cones."Mr. Maybury explains a system for tracking and profiting from these cones, for locating genuine money-making opportunities, and for avoiding those which are false or dangerous.Includes step-by-step instructions, and clever illustrations that make the system easy to understand. Explains how to cope with recessions and avoid unemployment. This book is the second sequel to Whatever Happened to Penny Candy? and should be read after The Money Mystery.Can be used for courses in Economics, Business, Finance, Government and History.Quality paper, 269 pgs. Ages 14 through AdultContents for The Clipper Ship StrategyUncle Eric?s Model of How the World WorksAuthor?s DisclosurePart 1 ? Sales Strategy1. A Strategy for Success2. Ethics and the Flood of Data3. Hot Spots and Evidence4. Austrian Economics5. Line and Staff6. The Clipper Ship Strategy7. Piles of Money8. The Money Spreads9. Cones and Sales10. Scooping and Pouring11. All Roads12. Cone Creation13. The Super Clipper14. Do Cones Really Exist?15. The Biggest, Most Stable Cone16. Accidental Cones17. Houston: Portrait of an Accidental Cone18. Other Accidental Cones19. Hollow Cones20. An Ecosystem in Chaos21. Outside Sales22. Benefits of This Understanding23. Tax & Regulatory Cones24. Marginality25. Marketing Managers26. The Automobile27. How to Follow the Cones28. A Case Study: Sacramento29. Hot Spots and Zips30. The Importance of a Model for Sorting Your Data31. Cone Classification32. Is Pinpoint Accuracy Necessary?33. How to Classify Cones34. Precision and Size of Firm35. Split Cones36. An Eerie Feeling37. Gathering More Information38. Specialized Organizations and Publications39. External Information ? A D.E.W. Line40. S.I.C. Codes41. List Companies and Marketing Data42. Importance of Real Estate43. Learn by Example44. Sales Side SummaryPart 2 ? Production Strategy45. Stomping the Town46. Your Factors of Production47. Streamlining48. Cyclical Problems49. Break-Even Analysis50. Mrs. Garcia51. A New Industry52. Break-Even Solutions53. The Most Risky Investment54. Specialization55. Payback Analysis56. Start-Up Firms: An Example57. Careers in BCM58. Investment Strategy59. Two Types of Investment Cones60. SummaryAppendixBibliographyBookstoresGlossaryAbout the AuthorIndex

A Bluestocking Guide - Applying the Clipper Ship Strategy
A Bluestocking Guide - Applying the Clipper Ship Strategy

Author: Kathryn Ann Daniels

Publisher:

Published: 2005-05-01

Total Pages: 96

ISBN-13: 9780942617504

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Bluestocking Guides are designed to enhance students? understanding and retention of the subject matter presented in the corresponding Uncle Eric book. A Bluestocking Guide: Applying the Clipper Ship Strategy includes both comprehension questions (relating to specific chapters within the corresponding text) and application questions (to guide students in applying the concepts learned from The Clipper Ship Strategy to everyday life). Additionally, research and essay assignments, as well as thought questions to facilitate student-teacher discussion, are provided. In some cases, suggestions for further reading/viewing are listed. Highly recommended for high school economics courses. Ages 14+Includes the following: 1) Chapter-by-chapter comprehension and application questions/answers 2) Research activities 3) Essay assignments 4) Thought questions 5) Final examSoftcover, 96 pages, 8-1/2? x 11?

Clipper Ships
Clipper Ships

Author: A. B. C. Whipple

Publisher:

Published: 2006

Total Pages: 176

ISBN-13: 9781844471157

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To see a clipper knife through wind-swept seas on a sprint from New York to San Francisco or between London and Hong Kong was to witness the quintessence of sailing. In winds that would cause others to reef sail, clipper captains flew every possible scrap of canvas, until the masts quivered at breaking point. Clippers rode tempests like sea birds, making some 400 miles a day and setting records that would last forever.

Ship Breaker (National Book Award Finalist)
Ship Breaker (National Book Award Finalist)

Author: Paolo Bacigalupi

Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers

Published: 2010-05-01

Total Pages: 282

ISBN-13: 031608168X

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Set in a dark future America devastated by the forces of climate change, this thrilling bestseller and National Book Finalist is a gritty, high-stakes adventure of a teenage boy faced with conflicting loyalties. In America's flooded Gulf Coast region, oil is scarce, but loyalty is scarcer. Grounded oil tankers are being broken down for parts by crews of young people. Nailer, a teenage boy, works the light crew, scavenging for copper wiring just to make quota--and hopefully live to see another day. But when, by luck or by chance, he discovers an exquisite clipper ship beached during a recent hurricane, Nailer faces the most important decision of his life: Strip the ship for all it's worth or rescue its lone survivor, a beautiful and wealthy girl who could lead him to a better life.... In this powerful novel, Hugo and Nebula Award winning author Paolo Bacigalupi delivers a fast-paced adventure set in the vivid and raw, uncertain future of his companion novels The Drowned Cities and Tool of War. "Suzanne Collins may have put dystopian literature on the YA map with The Hunger Games...but Bacigalupi is one of the genre's masters, employing inventively terrifying details in equally imaginative story lines." —Los Angeles Times A New York Times Bestseller A Michael L. Printz Award Winner A National Book Award Finalist A VOYA 2010 Top Shelf Fiction for Middle School Readers Book A Rolling Stone 40 Best YA Novels Book Don’t miss the other books in the series: The Drowned Cities Tool of War

Flying Cloud
Flying Cloud

Author: David W. Shaw

Publisher: Harper Collins

Published: 2009-10-13

Total Pages: 463

ISBN-13: 0061873888

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Flying Cloud is the riveting and thoroughly researched tale of a truly unforgettable sea voyage during the days of the California gold rush. In 1851, navigator Eleanor Creesy set sail on the maiden voyage of the clipper ship Flying Cloud, traveling from New York to San Francisco in only 89 days. This swift passage set a world record that went unbroken for more than a century. Upon arrival in San Francisco, Flying Cloud became an enduring symbol of a young nation's daring frontier spirit. Illustrated with original maps and charts as well as historical photographs, Shaw's compelling narrative captures the drama of this thrilling adventure. In a position almost unheard of for a woman in the mid-19th century, Eleanor Creesy served as the ship's navigator. With only the sun, planets, and stars to guide her, she brought Flying Cloud safely around Cape Horn at the height of a winter blizzard, faced storms, dodged shoals, and found her way through calms to make the swift passage possible. Along with her husband, Josiah, the ship's captain, she sailed the mighty 3-masted clipper through 16,000 miles of the fiercest, most unpredictable oceans in the world. Shaw vividly recreates 19th-century seafaring conditions and customs, for both the crew and the passengers who entrusted their fate to an untested ship. Including excerpts from letters and diaries of passengers, Shaw recounts Flying Cloud's victory in the face of adversity—including sabotage, insubordination, and severe damage to the clipper's mainmast that might have sunk her with all hands lost. But the ship triumphed and would ultimately sail the world. Flying Cloud brings to life, for the first time, the glory of one of America's most important seafaring tales and one woman's incredible achievements.

A Bluestocking Guide
A Bluestocking Guide

Author: Jane A. Williams

Publisher:

Published: 2015-12

Total Pages: 128

ISBN-13: 9780942617658

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"A Bluestocking Guide: Economics" is a multi-age level book designed to reinforce and enhance a student's understanding of the subject matter presented in the primer "Whatever Happened to Penny Candy?" an Uncle Eric book by Richard J. Maybury.

Uncle Eric Talks about Personal, Career, and Financial Security
Uncle Eric Talks about Personal, Career, and Financial Security

Author: Rick Maybury

Publisher:

Published: 2004

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780942617382

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In this extensively revised and expanded second edition, Uncle Eric introduces the concept of model. Models (or paradigms) are how people think; they are how we understand our world. Models help us recognize and use the information that is important and bypass that which is not. To achieve success in our careers, investments, and every other part of our lives, we need sound models. In this book, Mr. Maybury introduces the models he has found most useful (Economics and Higher Law). This is the first book in the Uncle Eric series and, while designed to stand alone, provides an excellent foundation for Maybury's other books.Quality paper, 5-1/2" x 8-1/2", 192 pages. Ages 14 through Adult.Table of Contents for Uncle Eric Talks About Personal, Career, and Financial SecurityUncle Eric's Model of How the World WorksStudy Guide AvailbleAuthor's DisclosurePart One: How the Mind Works1. How We Understand Our World2. Building Mental Pictures3. Sorting Data4. Where is the Evidence?5. How to Learn or Teach Models6. Two Highly Important Models7. History Without Models8. A Model for Selecting Models9. Does it Predict?10. A Way to Test a Model You Are Not Qualified to Test11. Beware of Tautology12. How to Control People13. Cognitive Dissonance14. How to Stop Learning15. Automatic Evil16. Models Tend to Merge17. How to Get Started Learning ModelsPart Two: The Best Model for Success18. What is Success?19. A Short History of Models for Success20. Another Mouth to Feed21. A Model Born of Desperation22. Making Your Model Work23. How to Acquire a Business24. What Kind of Millionaire Do You Want to Be?25. Savings and Investments26. Social Security27. Real Estate and Debt28. Investment Advisors29. Negative Real Interest Rates30. How to Keep What You Have Earned31. SummaryAppendixBibliography and Suggested ReadingGlossaryAbout Richard J. MayburyIndex

All Hands on Deck
All Hands on Deck

Author: Peter J. Boni

Publisher: Red Wheel/Weiser

Published: 2015-06-22

Total Pages: 385

ISBN-13: 1601633807

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“An expert at business turnarounds shares his method for advancement . . . [in this] highly pertinent, applicable how-to for business leaders.” —Kirkus Reviews How do you take an underperforming unit–team, department, office, or company—that has run aground and get it moving forward? In All Hands On Deck, Peter J. Boni shows any leader or aspiring leader exactly what to do. Following his advice, recognition and rewards come quickly. It even allows leaders without an MBA or Ivy League education to leapfrog over those who have superior credentials or stronger ties to the old boys’ network. Peter’s own career is the best illustration of his methods. A former special operations infantry officer and decorated combat veteran, Boni became a high-tech CEO of a wide variety of companies during a thirty-year business career, leading many of them through the varying stages of growth, maturity, trouble, and renewal. Boni shows you how to use his scars of experience to rapidly advance your own career. Through his own experiences and detailed case studies, All Hands On Deck clearly illustrates how to: Create your plan and gain the buy-in of critical constituents Kick off the plan boldly, with your team completely aligned to achieve its critical success factors Execute the plan, overcome obstacles, and produce stellar, recognition-worthy results Praise for All Hands on Deck “A timeless guide to navigating the challenges of organizational change in today’s ever more turbulent seas. . . . A must read for anyone commencing a significant change effort!” —Len Schlesinger, Baker Foundation Professor, Harvard Business School, President Emeritus, Babson College