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Bigg Dawg Aka C - Loc - Round And Round Feat Kevin Gates

Restructuring advisor Michael Sellinger of GLC Advisors & Co. discusses how Caesars Entertainment can avoid an out-of-court restructuring for its struggling operating company, Caesars Entertainment Operating Company. He explores with Debtwire Middle Market Editor Jon Berke and Debtwire gaming reporter Laura J. Keller whether investors would be wise to snap up bankrupt Florida Gaming Centers to take an early position in a potentially burgeoning Florida gaming market. ROC Finance’s woes and trends in tribal gaming and regional gaming are also discussed.

Episode 4, talking Caesars & Miami jai-alai w/ GLC's Michael Sellinger

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With healthcare a hot restructuring topic, Jon Berke, editor of Debtwire Middle Market, sat down with Guy Sansone, the managing director of Alvarez & Marsal’s healthcare practice, to discuss regulatory and financial factors impacting companies in the space. 

They discuss how Obamacare will impact home healthcare providers such Gentiva, and  potential M&A activity in the hospital space dominated by issuers such as Tenet Healthcare and HCA. They also examine how the fallout from the Center for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) now bidding for distribution affects the likes of Rotech Healthcare and other companies. 

Laura J. Keller produced this episode. 

Episode 6, talking healthcare restructuring w/ Guy Sansone of Alvarez & Marsal

DDJ Capital Management founder Dave Breazzano discusses with Debtwire reporter Laura J. Keller where he drums up high-yield and distressed investing ideas. The thirty-year market veteran also talks about efforts to bring more transparency in to the leverage loan arena, and how diverging from Wall Street’s herd mentality can drive profits when firms’ credit-specific opinions are unshaken by headline risk.

Breazzano also reveals his best-ever investment: Frontier Airlines.

Other credits referenced include Caesars Entertainment, Momentive Performance Materials, M*Modal and Toys R’ Us. 


Ep. 7, talking distressed investing w/ DDJ Capital founder Dave Breazzano

Have we as a culture become expert at globalizing industries, but are we failing when it comes to truly world-changing technological breakthroughs? Is competition bad for business?  Should you bother with creating the “nth” social network (the answer is no)? Chris Dixon and Blake Masters dig into these themes, plus “power laws” and the importance of secrets from Peter Thiel's new book with Masters, “Zero to One.”  Dixon tries to pry a secret from Masters, but they aren’t called “secrets” for nothing.

a16z Podcast: Secrets, Power Laws, and Technology – The Ideas of  “Zero to One”

Speaker(s): Peter Thiel | It's easier to copy a model than to make something new. Adding more of something familiar takes the world from 1 to n. But every time we create something new, we go from 0 to 1. Today our challenge is to imagine and create new technologies to make the future more peaceful and prosperous. Peter Thiel (@peterthiel), an entrepreneur and investor, co-founded PayPal and the data analytics firm Palantir Technologies. He made the first outside investment in Facebook, funded companies like SpaceX and LinkedIn, and started the Thiel Foundation, which nurtures tomorrow's tech visionaries through programs such as the Thiel Fellowship and Breakout Labs. This event marks the publication of Peter's new book Zero to One: Notes on Start Ups, or How to Build the Future (@zerotoonebook). Professor Al Bhimani is director of LSE Entrepreneurship. LSE Entrepreneurship (@LSEship) runs a series of lectures, short courses, networking platforms, debates and social exchanges that explore entrepreneurship's extreme potential for change.  Credits: Tom Sturdy (Audio Post-Production), LSE AV Services (Audio Recording). Fri, 26 Sep 2014 18:00:00 GMT

How to Build the Future [Audio]

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#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER If you want to build a better future, you must believe in secrets. The great secret of our time is that there are still uncharted frontiers to explore and new inventions to create. In Zero to One, legendary entrepreneur and investor Peter Thiel shows how we can find singular ways to create those new things. Thiel begins with the contrarian premise that we live in an age of technological stagnation, even if we&rsquo;re too distracted by shiny mobile devices to notice. Information technology has improved rapidly, but there is no reason why progress should be limited to computers or Silicon Valley. Progress can be achieved in any industry or area of business. It comes from the most important skill that every leader must master: learning to think for yourself. Doing what someone else already knows how to do takes the world from 1 to n, adding more of something familiar. But when you do something new, you go from 0 to 1. The next Bill Gates will not build an operating system. The next Larry Page or Sergey Brin won&rsquo;t make a search engine. Tomorrow&rsquo;s champions will not win by competing ruthlessly in today&rsquo;s marketplace. They will escape competition altogether, because their businesses will be unique. Zero to One presents at once an optimistic view of the future of progress in America and a new way of thinking about innovation: it starts by learning to ask the questions that lead you to find value in unexpected places. Available for purchase at: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0804165254?tag=pgus-20">Amazon - Audiobook (CD format)</a><a href="http://search.barnesandnoble.com/booksearch/isbnInquiry.asp?ISBSRC=Y&ISBN=9780804165259&cm_mmc=Random%20House-_Zero+to+One-CD-1-9780804165259-_-Zero+to+One-CD-1-9780804165259-_-Zero+to+One">Barnes & Noble - Audiobook (CD format)</a><a href="http://www.tkqlhce.com/click-2665379-10876509?SID=Zero+to+One-CD-1-9780804165259&url=http://www.booksamillion.com/p/Zero+to+One/Peter+Thiel+with+Blake+Masters/9780804165259">Books A Million - Audiobook (CD format)</a><a href="http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780804165259?aff=PenguinGroupUS">IndieBound - Audiobook (CD format)</a><a href="http://www.powells.com/biblio/9780804165259?utm_source=randomhouse&utm_campaign=randomhouse&utm_content=Zero+to+One-CD-1-9780804165259">Powell's - Audiobook (CD format)</a><a href="http://linksynergy.walmart.com/fs-bin/click?id=VD9*lkiWNd8&subid=&offerid=183959.1&type=10&tmpid=273&u1=Zero+to+One-CD-1-9780804165259&RD_PARM1=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.walmart.com%2Fsearch%2Fsearch-ng.do%3F&RD_PARM2=search_query%3D9780804165259%2526ic%3D16_0%2526Find%3DFind%2526search_constraint%3D3920">Walmart - Audiobook (CD format)</a><a href="http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZSearch.woa/wa/advancedSearch?term=Zero+to+One&entity=audiobook&at=11l3IH&ct=Zero+to+One-DN-1-9780804165266">Apple - Audiobook (Downloadable format)</a><a href="http://www.qksrv.net/click-2665379-10273919?url=http://www.audible.com/search?advsearchKeywords=Zero+to+One+Peter+Thiel+with+Blake+Masters&source_code=COMA0213WS031709&SID=Zero+to+One-DN-1-9780804165266">Audible - Audiobook (Downloadable format)</a><a href="http://www.tkqlhce.com/click-2665379-11117375?SID=Zero+to+One-DN-1-9780804165266&url=http://www.audiobooks.com/search/book/Zero+to+One">audiobooks.com - Audiobook (Downloadable format)</a><a href="http://www.downpour.com/catalogsearch/result/?q=Zero+to+One">downpour - Audiobook (Downloadable format)</a><a href="http://www.qksrv.net/click-2665379-10273919?SID=Zero+to+One-DN-1-9780804165266&url=http://www.emusic.com/listen/#/search/book/Zero+to+One">eMusic - Audiobook (Downloadable format)</a>

Zero to One by Peter Thiel, Blake Masters, read by Blake Masters

A ground-breaking and thought-provoking book on innovation and what it takes for a new company to prosper, from the co-founder of one of the most successful tech start-ups in history

WHAT VALUABLE COMPANY IS NOBODY BUILDING?

The next Bill Gates will not build an operating system. The next Larry Page or Sergey Brin won’t make a search engine. If you are copying these guys, you aren’t learning from them. It’s easier to copy a model than to make something new: doing what we already know how to do takes the world from 1 to n, adding more of something familiar. Every new creation goes from 0 to 1. This book is about how to get there.

‘Peter Thiel has built multiple breakthrough companies, and Zero to One shows how.’
ELON MUSK, CEO of SpaceX and Tesla

‘This book delivers completely new and refreshing ideas on how to create value in the world.’
MARK ZUCKERBERG, CEO of Facebook

‘When a risk taker writes a book, read it. In the case of Peter Thiel, read it twice. Or, to be safe, three times. This is a classic.’
NASSIM NICHOLAS TALEB, author of T

Zero To One by Peter Thiel & Blake Masters (Audiobook Extract) read by Blake Masters

The actress and author of the New York Times bestseller Down Came the Rain, Brooke Shields, explores her relationship with her unforgettable mother, Teri, in her new memoir Brooke Shields never had what anyone would consider an ordinary life. She was raised by her Newark-tough single mom, Teri, a woman who loved the world of show business and was often a media sensation all by herself. Brooke's iconic modeling career began by chance when she was only eleven months old, and Teri's skills as both Brooke's mother and her manager were formidable. But in private she was troubled and drank heavily. As Brooke became an adult the pair made choices and sacrifices that would affect their relationship forever. And when Brooke&#8217;s own daughters were born she found that her experience as a mother was shaped in every way by the woman who raised her. But despite the many ups and downs, Brooke was by Teri&#8217;s side when she died in 2012, a loving daughter until the end. Only Brooke knows the truth of the remarkable, difficult, complicated woman who was her mother. And now, in an honest, open memoir about her life growing up, Brooke will reveal stories and feelings that are relatable to anyone who has been a mother or daughter. Available for purchase at: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1611763851?tag=randohouseinc7911-20">Amazon - Audiobook (CD format)</a><a href="http://click.linksynergy.com/fs-bin/click?id=VD9*lkiWNd8&subid=&offerid=239662.1&type=10&tmpid=8433&u1=PRHD39095A662--9781611763850&RD_PARM1=http%253A%252F%252Fwww.barnesandnoble.com%252Fean%252F9781611763850">Barnes & Noble - Audiobook (CD format)</a><a href="http://www.tkqlhce.com/click-2665379-10876509?SID=PRHD39095A662--9781611763850&url=http://www.booksamillion.com/p/9781611763850">Books A Million - Audiobook (CD format)</a><a href="http://www.indiebound.org/book/9781611763850?aff=PenguinGroupUS">IndieBound - Audiobook (CD format)</a><a href="http://www.powells.com/biblio/9781611763850?utm_source=randomhouse&utm_campaign=randomhouse&utm_content=PRHD39095A662--9781611763850">Powell's - Audiobook (CD format)</a><a href="http://linksynergy.walmart.com/fs-bin/click?id=VD9*lkiWNd8&subid=&offerid=183959.1&type=10&tmpid=273&u1=PRHD39095A662--9781611763850&RD_PARM1=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.walmart.com%2Fsearch%2Fsearch-ng.do%3F&RD_PARM2=search_query%3D9781611763850%2526ic%3D16_0%2526Find%3DFind%2526search_constraint%3D3920">Walmart - Audiobook (CD format)</a><a href="http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZSearch.woa/wa/advancedSearch?term=There+Was+a+Little+Girl&entity=audiobook&at=11l3IH&ct=PRHD39095A662--9780698190344">Apple - Audiobook (Downloadable format)</a><a href="https://play.google.com/store/search?q=9780698186231&c=books">Google Play Store</a><a href="http://click.linksynergy.com/link?id=VD9*lkiWNd8&offerid=258185.12829781935712206&type=2&u1=PRHD39095A662--9780698186231&murl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.kobobooks.com%2Fsearch%2Fsearch.html%3Fq%3D9780698186231">Kobo</a><a href="http://www.qksrv.net/click-2665379-10273919?url=http://www.audible.com/search?advsearchKeywords=There+Was+a+Little+Girl+Brooke+Shields&source_code=COMA0213WS031709&SID=PRHD39095A662--9780698190344">Audible - Audiobook (Downloadable format)</a><a href="http://www.tkqlhce.com/click-2665379-11117375?SID=PRHD39095A662--9780698190344&url=http://www.audiobooks.com/audiobook/9780698190344">audiobooks.com - Audiobook (Downloadable format)</a><a href="http://www.downpour.com/catalogsearch/result/?q=9780698190344">downpour - Audiobook (Downloadable format)</a><a href="http://www.qksrv.net/click-2665379-10273919?SID=PRHD39095A662--9780698190344&url=http://www.emusic.com/listen/#/search/book/There+Was+a+Little+Girl">eMusic - Audiobook (Downloadable format)</a>

There Was a Little Girl by Brooke Shields, read by Brooke Shields

What began as a scientific approach to creating and managing startups has now become a worldwide movement for companies of all sizes -- and for creating (or rather rediscovering) entrepreneurs in all places. Not just inside startups, not just for software, and not just inside Silicon Valley. It's about unlocking human creativity everywhere. Perhaps even reinventing the firm.

As utopian as that sounds, Eric Ries -- who pioneered the lean startup movement and wrote the definitive book on it -- argues the case in this episode of the a16z Podcast. But has it become too much of a religion? One where people apply the letter of, but not the spirit, behind lean startup principles?

Ries, who recently crowdsourced a leader's guide for practitioners to test and evolve the very concepts he first published 5 years ago, shares lessons learned -- as well as the true meaning of overused terms like 'MVP' and 'pivot'. Ultimately, lean startups are about how to make decisions and build new products under conditions of high uncertainty. Without having to chisel the principles into stone tablets.

a16z Podcast: Beyond Lean Startups

India and China. The two most populous countries on the planet are also two of the most tantalizing markets for companies of all size, from startups to conglomerates. But those markets are also intensely, densely competitive: There's a lot of capital, a lot of players, and a whole lot of people.

So do local players really have the home-court advantage here? Can they compete with the global players who have unparalleled execution ability and scale? And how does timing and structuring of companies entering those markets matter?

Andreessen Horowitz partners Connie Chan and Anu Hariharan discuss these topics and more -- everything from logistics and infrastructure to design and talent -- on this episode of the a16z Podcast. As well as how domains like e-commerce, payments, and ride-sharing are playing out against the incredibly layered sociocultural backdrop of these two countries.

a16z Podcast: The Tiger and the Dragon -- On Tech and Startups in India and China

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A download of guided meditations aimed to complement the learnings found in Prof Mark William's and Dr Danny Penman's guide to freeing yourself from the stresses of everyday life. Containing all the meditations that are mentioned in the book this is an invaluable resource to cement their teachings on how to find Mindfulness, and how to keep it.

Mindfulness - Finding Peace In A Frantic World - Guided Meditations

Meditation Four: Breath And Body

الفرق بين ريادة الاعمال والمشاريع الصغيرة. 
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نعود بحلقة جديدة بعد انقطاع طويل جدا ونتيجة الطلبات الكثيزة(مشكورين على دعمكم الدائم) لتسجيل حلقات جديدة متنوعة. اختصرت لكم عدة مواضيع متنمنيا ان تنال على رضاكم، اخوكم ممدوح الردادي

Zero to One نتكلم بزنس- ريادة الاعمال من الصفر للواحد

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An intimate portrait of two men who cherish the slim bond between them and the dream they share in a world marred by petty tyranny, misunderstanding, jealousy, and callousness. Clinging to each other in their loneliness and alienation, George and his simple-minded friend Lenny dream, as drifters will, of a place to call their own—a couple of acres and a few pigs, chickens, and rabbits back in Hill Country where land is cheap. But after they come to work on a ranch in the fertile Salinas Valley of California, their hopes, like “the best laid schemes o’mice an’ men,” begin to go awry.

Of Mice and Men also represents an experiment in form, as Steinbeck described his work, “a kind of playable novel, written in novel form but so scened and set that it can be played as it stands.” A rarity in American letters, it achieved remarkable success as a novel, a Broadway play, and three acclaimed films. Steinbeck’s tale of commitment, loneliness, hope, and loss remains one of America’s most widely read and beloved novels. 

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Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck, read by Gary Sinise

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Zero to One by Peter Thiel, Blake Masters, read by Blake Masters

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