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Alex Stone, Ty Warner is a name known to those who collected Beanie Babies.  He made his fortune off Beanie Babies years ago and has since bought mega resorts around the world.  Last week a man broke into his mansion in the celebrity enclave of Montecito and beat a woman who was inside of the open into a coma.  The man, a combat veteran, refused to come out until a SWAT team went in and he jumped out of a window and was arrested // Lip reader reveals what French President Emmanuel Macron's wife Brigitte said moments after shoving him in the face // Radio competing with streaming & podcasts. Remember “Must See TV” Thursday on NBC? Name the line up on NBC Thursday nights right now? // Come take a trip with Conway! But where are we going? Taking the joke too far...Pushing the limits

Send us a textWant access to the book? go to PlatformGrowthBooks.comMastering the Lazy Launch: Strategic Steps to Rapid ValidationIn this episode, we delve into Chapter 12 and discuss the third pillar of launching your Rapid Validation Product (RVP) - deploying your launch plan. Using the success story of Ty Warner's Beanie Babies as a case study, we break down the importance of scarcity, urgency, anticipation, and social buzz in creating a successful product launch. We also explore why most launches flop and introduce the Lazy Launch Method, a smart strategy that involves validating and selling your offer in just two weeks. This method aims to maximize results with minimal effort by focusing on building anticipation and urgency. The episode concludes with practical exercises and tactics to brainstorm ideas for injecting more excitement and urgency into your RVP launch.00:00 Introduction to RVP Launch Plan00:06 The Beanie Babies Phenomenon01:36 Why Most Launches Fail02:38 The Lazy Launch Method04:05 Executing the Lazy Launch04:55 Understanding Buyer Psychology05:43 Building Anticipation and Buzz06:47 Creating Urgency and Delivering Value08:30 Practical Exercise: Brainstorming Ideas10:54 Key Takeaways and ConclusionImplement the Blogging System that 40x My Online Business! Click here to get the training video

Send us a textHad a great time on this interview with Ty. y'all check out his musicwww.tywarnerglobal.comSupport the showThe David Bradley ShowHost: David Bradleyhttps://www.facebook.com/100087472238854https://youtube.com/@thedavidbradleyshowwww.thedavidbradleyshow.com Like to be a guestContact Usjulie@thedavidbradleyshow.comRecorded at Bradley StudiosProduced by: Caitlin BackesProud Member of CMASPONSERSBottled Water and Sweet Tea provided by PURITY DairyABlaze Entertainment

Discover the fascinating story behind the Beanie Babies craze of the 1990s. Introduced by toy salesman Ty Warner in 1993, these small stuffed animals became the center of an unexpected economic bubble. Learn how these cute plush toys, including rare versions like Peanut the Royal Blue Elephant, had adults scrambling to collect them in hopes of securing a fortune during the rise of the internet. #BeanieBabies #1990scraze #TyWarner #economicbubble #stuffedanimals #collectibles #PeanuttheRoyalBlueElephant #internetrise Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

When eccentric toy maker Ty Warner created a new line of floppy stuffed animals with cute names and charming poems, he unleashed pure havoc and chaos into the world. At the height of Beanie Mania, people spent their life savings and even assaulted others to collect the rare creatures like Patti the Platypus and Ziggy the Zebra before they “retired”. When the dust settled, fortunes were lost, limbs were broken and Ty (as in, TY INC.), was left holding the big, floppy bag. Ian Karmel (All Fantasy Everything) and Brian Moller (B Mo the Prince) join Misha to relive the Beanie Baby bubble,Follow The Big Flop on the Wondery app or wherever you get your podcasts. You can listen to The Big Flop early and ad-free on Wondery+. Join Wondery+ in the Wondery app or on Apple Podcasts.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

(AI Generated Episode Recap) Dive into this riveting podcast episode that explores the sensational world of Beanie Babies, the most sought-after toys of the 90s. Join hosts Jack and Kevin as they delve into the unique marketing strategies of Ty Warner, the creator of Beanie Babies, and how they revolutionized the toy industry. Learn how demand manipulation, strategic retirement of designs, and limited editions fueled the global trading frenzy for these soft toys and contributed to their mind-blowing success. This episode doesn't shy away from the darker sides of the Beanie Babies phenomenon, including its eventual collapse, stories of collectors accruing enormous debt, and Warner's controversial business tactics. Discover the fascinating story of Patricia Trivedi, a key contributor to the Beanie Babies' success who was underappreciated and the role of personalized poems in making each Beanie Baby unique. Revisit the exhilarating height of Beanie Mania in 1997 with the launch of "Teeny Beanie Babies" in McDonald's Happy Meals and the bitter divorce case that saw a couple dividing their Beanie Baby collection in a courtroom. Explore the darker corners of this toy craze with Harry Rinker, a collectibles expert who first warned about its potential collapse. Learn about the emotional toll the trend took on individuals who placed fortunes on these toys as safe investments and the aftermath left in the wake of the Beanie Baby bubble burst. This intriguing episode serves as a timeless lesson on the volatile nature of market trends. Don't miss out on this trip down the memory lane into the whirlwind world of the Beanie Babies phenomenon.

1997 Holden w/ tag misprint and Jake, the OJ Simpson in the Slammer Pog, gear up for a doubleheader as they explore the shortlived baby gambling craze that was quickly banned in schools and Ty Warner's 90's collectible icon that led to literal chaos in stores (plus at least one man to murder), we're talkin' Pogs and Beanie Babies! Want even more WizBru? Support us on Patreon! Patreon.com/WizBru

Down on the Docs - Ep. 58 - Beanie Mania (2021) Part 2 Beanie Babies, the stuffed toys created by Ty Warner that inspired a collecting craze in the late 90s, are the subject of this eye‐opening, nostalgic, and endlessly‐entertaining documentary film. BEANIE MANIA is a layered and riveting look at how a children's toy spawned an unprecedented investment bubble and a frenzy of American greed. Join our Discord! https://discord.gg/VykasRN974 Down on the Docs, starring comedians Chris Neff & Dave Sarra, is a weekly podcast breaking down the latest documentaries on Netflix, HBO, and Amazon Prime the only way they know how, with lots of dumb jokes. Twitter: ⁠⁠⁠https://twitter.com/downonthedocs⁠⁠⁠ Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/downonthedocspod/⁠⁠⁠ Chris Neff: ⁠⁠⁠https://twitter.com/chrisneffcomedy⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/horsetooth⁠⁠⁠ Dave Sarra: ⁠⁠⁠https://twitter.com/davexhale⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/dave.sarra⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠https://youtube.com/DaveSarra⁠

Down on the Docs - Ep. 57 - Beanie Mania (2021) Part 1 Beanie Babies, the stuffed toys created by Ty Warner that inspired a collecting craze in the late 90s, are the subject of this eye‐opening, nostalgic, and endlessly‐entertaining documentary film. BEANIE MANIA is a layered and riveting look at how a children's toy spawned an unprecedented investment bubble and a frenzy of American greed. Join our Discord! https://discord.gg/VykasRN974 Down on the Docs, starring comedians Chris Neff & Dave Sarra, is a weekly podcast breaking down the latest documentaries on Netflix, HBO, and Amazon Prime the only way they know how, with lots of dumb jokes. Twitter: ⁠⁠⁠https://twitter.com/downonthedocs⁠⁠⁠ Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/downonthedocspod/⁠⁠⁠ Chris Neff: ⁠⁠⁠https://twitter.com/chrisneffcomedy⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/horsetooth⁠⁠⁠ Dave Sarra: ⁠⁠⁠https://twitter.com/davexhale⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/dave.sarra⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠https://youtube.com/DaveSarra⁠

Directors Kristin Gore and Damian Kulash discuss their new film, The Beanie Bubble, with fellow Directors Valerie Faris and Jonathan Dayton in a Q&A at the DGA theater in Los Angeles. In the conversation, they discuss the evolution of the script over the years, the limitations in using real likenesses and Beanie Babies, and structuring the story as a rise and fall for its many characters. The film tells the story behind the Beanie Baby toy obsession that took off in the 1990s, centered on manufacturer-turned-billionaire Ty Warner, and the women who were integral to his success. See photos and a summary of this event below: https://dga.org/en/Events/2023/September2023/BeanieBubbleQnA_0823

More homeless people have been created due to the housing supply crisis. Homelessness is up 11% since last year, per the WSJ. The opioid crisis, consumer inflation, and NIMBYism have contributed too. California has the most homelessness on both a total and per capita basis. States with higher housing costs have more homeless people. I share our poll results: “Should we pay to house the homeless?” Are you a NIMBY? We find out today. We can increase housing supply with rezoning, construction training, and lower mortgage rates. The cycle of investor emotions led to wild investing manias. It was tulip bulbs in the 1600s Netherlands and Beanie Babies in the 1990s United States.  I discuss exactly why “buy low, sell high” is more difficult than it sounds. Timestamps: The correlation between homelessness and the housing market [00:00:00] Discusses the relationship between the housing market and the increasing problem of homelessness in America. Investing manias and lessons from history [00:00:00] Explores the phenomenon of investing manias and the lessons that can be learned from historical examples. The tight inventory market conditions and potential solutions [00:04:56] Lawrence Yun, Chief Economist of the National Association of Realtors, discusses the tight housing market conditions and suggests tax incentives to increase housing supply. Timestamp 1 [00:10:32] Affordability of moving to different cities and the proposal of a tax incentive for real estate investors. Timestamp 2 [00:11:49] Discussion on the housing supply crisis, mortgage rates, and the homeless population in the US. Timestamp 3 [00:14:14] Increase in homelessness in America, reasons behind it, and the correlation between housing prices and homelessness rates. The impact of high density housing on quality of life and home value [00:21:12] Discussion on the potential negative effects of building high density housing near single family homes, including reduced home value, increased traffic and noise, and loss of nearby open space. Alternative solutions to increase housing supply and reduce homelessness [00:23:30] Exploration of alternative measures to address homelessness, such as trade training for the homeless and relaxing excessive safety requirements in home building. Giving real change to the homeless [00:25:50] Encouragement to give directly to homeless shelters or soup kitchens instead of giving small change to individuals on the street, with the concept of "give real change not small change" explained. Note: The timestamps provided are approximate and may vary slightly depending on the podcast episode. The Origins of Tulip Mania [00:31:37] Tulips were introduced to Europe in the 1500s and became a luxury item for the affluent. The cultivation of tulips locally in the Netherlands led to a flourishing business sector. The Tulip Bubble [00:32:55] By 1634, tulip mania had swept through the Netherlands, with the demand for tulip bulbs exceeding supply. Prices reached exorbitant levels, and futures contracts were being bought and sold. Lessons from Tulip Mania [00:37:53] Tulip mania serves as a model for financial bubbles, with similar cycles observed in other speculative assets like beanie babies, baseball cards, NFTs, and stocks. It highlights the dangers of excess, greed, and speculation without tangible value. The cycle of investor emotions [00:44:32] Explanation of the different stages of investor emotions, from optimism to panic, in relation to stock market investing. The peak of the stock market [00:46:43] Discussion on the peak of the stock market being the point of maximum financial risk and the difficulty of selling at the right time. Real estate as a stable investment [00:51:56] Comparison of real estate investment to speculative bubbles, highlighting the stability and income stream provided by real estate. Explains how the integration of HOA (Homeowners Association) helps maintain uniformity and cleanliness in the rental property investing world. Details about the upcoming real estate event [00:38:31] Promotion of a live event where listeners can learn about new construction fourplexes and have their questions answered in real time. Resources mentioned: Show Notes: www.GetRichEducation.com/463 Get mortgage loans for investment property: RidgeLendingGroup.com or call 855-74-RIDGE  or e-mail: info@RidgeLendingGroup.com Invest with Freedom Family Investments. You get paid first: Text ‘FAMILY' to 66866 Will you please leave a review for the show? I'd be grateful. Search “how to leave an Apple Podcasts review”  Top Properties & Providers: GREmarketplace.com GRE Free Investment Coaching: GREmarketplace.com/Coach Best Financial Education: GetRichEducation.com Get our wealth-building newsletter free— text ‘GRE' to 66866 Our YouTube Channel: www.youtube.com/c/GetRichEducation Follow us on Instagram: @getricheducation Keith's personal Instagram: @keithweinhold   Complete episode transcript:   Welcome to Get Rich Education. I'm your host, Keith Weinhold. America's homeless problem has become FRIGHTENING. I describe how that correlates… with the housing market.  Then, investing MANIAS. What drives people to spend more for one tulip flower bulb than they would for an entire luxury home?    And lessons you can learn that'll benefit you the rest of your life from other manias throughout history. All today, on Get Rich Education.   ___________   Welcome to GRE! From Seaford, DE to Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA and across 188 nations worldwide, you're listening to one of America's longest-running and most listened to shows on real estate investing. Along with plenty of ongoing hot takes on wealth mindset and the real estate economy.    I'm your host, Keith Weinhold.    See, the crash in the SUPPLY of available American homes is bad and it isn't just creating more upward prices, it's a contributor to homelessness.    Let's talk about some of the drivers of homelessness, understand the problem a little more, how many homeless people ARE there in America, and then… what can we do about it?   As you'll soon see, one prominent real estate industry influencer actually suggests that you actually SELL your rental single family homes in order to help serve the homeless. More on that shortly.    Also, I have the results from a GRE Instagram Poll. The poll question is: “Should we pay to HOUSE the homeless?”    And the answers that you - the GRE listeners gave… actually surprised me. I'll give you those super-interesting poll results later, because I have more to explain there.   But first, what IS a homeless person? Let's define it. I think most anyone knows that since it's a person without a home, it's thought of as living on the street.   Really, then, that person might not be homeless but “houseless” in a literal sense. Even if they live in a tent under a bridge, that is then, their home. Though it might be INADEQUATE housing.   More accurately, the unsheltered or undersheltered population could be more apropos.     Then there's vagrancy. A vagrant is defined as a person without a settled home OR regular work… who wanders from place to place and lives by begging.   So vagrants are PART of the homeless population then. This all helps DEFINE what we're discussing.   Now, the lack of available American housing supply - especially the affordable segment - is OBVIOUSLY a big contributor to homelessness.   For example, anymore, how many builders even construct a new-build entry-level home for $200 or 250K? Practically nobody… anywhere.   And just how bad is the supply problem now? Well, the NAR has been tracking housing supply since 1982 and it just hit its lowest level ever this summer - EVER - and that's in 40+ years of tracking.    That's one reason why just last week, it was announced that Warren Buffett is making a big bet on housing by investing in homebuilders.   Now to keep consistent with the same stats I've been reporting to you for you, to update that, again 1-and-a-half million available homes is the baseline supply. That's the long-term “normal” per the FRED Active listing count.   And through last month, it's still under 650,000. That is STILL a housing SUPPLY crash of 57% from its peak of 1 ½ million.   I want you & I to listen to this upcoming piece together. This recent interview with NAR Chief Economist Lawrence Yun is from the 8th of this month.   Yes, HE is the one that basically wants you to sell your SF rental properties. And he makes his case for an inducement to get you to do this. (Ha!)   He's not proposing anything COMPLETELY ludicrous. It's REALLY interesting. Listen closely for that.   This about 5 minutes in length and there's a lot of material here within this clip - a nutrient dense piece, so I've got SO much to say about this when I come back to comment.    [Yun clip]    Yeah, the NAR Chief Economist there talking about how, much like I have for years, great opportunity is in the Midwest and Southeastern parts of the US.    With this greater ability for people to work from anywhere, when people move in from the pricy coasts, it's sooo affordable to them.   Moving from Manhattan to Cincinnati feels incredibly affordable.  Moving from San Francisco to St. Louis feels like you've upgraded from serfdom to a kingdom. Moving from Boston to Jacksonville feels like a total life makeover.   That's why, here at GRE, we're focused on properties in those INbound destinations.    Before I continue, especially for those outside the US, I know that it seems a little odd that Ohio and Indiana are in what we call the Midwest when they're actually in the northeastern quadrant of the nation.   But the fact that they ARE midwestern states is rooted in history and in cultural tradition.   So, getting back some new angles on the housing supply crisis.   Lawrence Yun proposed that a tax incentive be introduced to unleash the inventory of SF rentals from individual REIs.    And says that there are over 20 million single-family housing units that are rented out.    If we reduced or canceled the capital gains tax & just got 1% of that inventory on the market, he states that that would help.   Well, yeah, but even that then would only put about 200,000 units of the market - and they'd get snatched up so fast.   Now, if mortgage rates come down to say, 5%, it would unleash both housing demand AND supply.    Both - like Lawrence Yun says. So it's not apparent that that would help this shortage, if both demand and supply go up.   In a nation of about one-third of a BILLION people now - that's how I like to express it this year - America now has one-third of a billion people… also known as 333 million - how many do you think are classified as homeless?   As you think about that - as you think about how many of America's 333 million Americans are homeless, this homeless population figure that I'm about to share with you is from HUD and it's through last year, so it's their latest year-end figure.    And I'll tell ya, it's hard to believe this number. The Department of Housing and Urban Development states that about 582,000 Americans are experiencing homelessness.   Now, how HUD does this is that their number is a snapshot of the homeless population as of a single night at the end of January each year.    The total number of people who experience homelessness for SOME PERIOD each year will be higher than that.   I just did the math and then that means that just 1 in every 572 Americans are homeless. C'mon. Do you believe that? Only one in every 572 Americans are homeless?   I might believe that it's something like more than 1 in 200. What are your thoughts?   Even HUD would probably concede that there are shortcomings in that stat and that it's only a starting point.   And over the last decade, according to HUD, the homeless population is little changed… apparently until just this past year.   Homelessness is surging in America. The number of people experiencing homelessness in the US has increased 11% so far this year over 2022. That would be the biggest jump by far in equivalent government records beginning in 2007.   Now this 11% homeless jump is according to a WSJ analysis of hundreds of smaller & local agencies.    Most  agencies say the alarming rise is because of the lack of affordable housing and rental units, and the ongoing opioid crisis.   Inflation is part of that affordable housing problem. Inflation widens the disparity between the haves and have-nots.   To cut some slack to census-type of surveying, homelessness can be hard to measure. Some live on skid row, some live in the woods, some homeless people live in their cars.    Some aren't interested in being counted. Others are essentially invisible. I mean, if someone's between jobs and needs to couch surf at their aunt and uncle's place for three months, are they homeless or not? So, to be sure, there's a lot of leeway in those numbers.   One in 572 as homeless - that should just be a minimum - a starting point in my opinion.   Now, homelessness broken down by STATE is really interesting.   California at 171,000, has the most of any state, more than double of next-most New York, and then Florida is third.   But let's break that down by rate - on a per capita basis. So… think of this as the highest CONCENTRATION of homeless:   Washington DC has 65 homeless per 10,000 people. That's not really a state though, so…   #1 on a per capita basis is STILL California, with 44 per 10,000. So California leads in the nation in homeless on both bases then - both absolute and relative.   The second highest rate is Vermont.  Third Oregon Fourth Hawaii Fifth is New York And then numbers 6 through 10 on the most homeless per capita are Washington, Maine, Alaska, Nevada, and Delaware.   Now, strictly anecdotally. You've probably seen just what I've seen in the last year-plus - more visible homeless people in your city and other cities.   The state with the FEWEST homeless of all 50 states is Mississippi - and see, housing is quite affordable there. MS is one of the most affordable states for housing.    There is at least SOME correlation between your cost of housing and homelessness.   Recently on our Instagram page, and the handle there is easy to remember - it's @getricheducation - if you want to participate in future polls, we ran a poll on homelessness.   Here is the poll question that we ran - and I'd like you to think about your answer to this too.   “Should we pay to house the homeless?”    That's the question.    And in polling, the way that the question is phrased, of course, can skew your answer.    See, if instead, we phrased it as, “Should the government house the homeless?” you might have more ‘yes' answers - even though it's the same question - because you FUND the government.    But the question as we phrased it: “Should we pay to house the homeless?” - it also showed a photo of vagrants on a street curb under the question.   Here we the results, which surprised me, to:  Should we pay to house the homeless?   Those answering “Yes” were just 6% The no's were 45% But we also had a third option: “It's complicated”. 48% answered with that option.   So again, just 6% of you said we should pay to house the homeless and 45% said “no”. “48% said it's complicated”.   In a way, that makes sense to me since we have a largely entrepreneurial, self-made type of audience. I thought that might have happened.   But what surprised me is in how emphatic it was. It was a landslide. 7 to 8 TIMES as many of you said we should not pay for the homeless as those that said we should.   Well, the reason that I added - and I'm the one that ran the poll myself - they're quick to do. I added the paying to house the homeless “It's complicated” option because it IS complicated… that WAS the most popular answer.   I mean, why should you go to work and pay to house a stranger that has no income because he or she doesn't want to work?   But what if they're disabled and they can kinda work but not really work… or a zillion other complications.    Substance abuse is obviously a big problem that keeps homeless people homeless… and there's a substantial thought paradigm that says, if they're an abuser, then why would I pay for THEIR housing?   Substance abuse is just one reason that there is a population that's VOLUNTARILY homeless. They don't want to have to comply with a group home's ban on substances.    I wanted to address the homeless problem somewhat today, because here we are on Episode 463 of a real estate show and this is the most that we've even discussed it.   I think the perspective it gives you is that it helps you be grateful for what you've got.    But it's abundance mentality here. You can be grateful for what you have and at the same time, grow your means.   What else would help with more housing supply which would also move us toward mitigating the homeless problem?   Well, we've already discussed a number of them so I'll only go in depth with some fresh angles here.   Obviously, more homebuilding. We've done episodes on how 3D printed homes and shipping container homes are not quick, easy answers. Tiny homes might be but then you could get into a zoning density problem again.   Just last week, my assistant brought me this Marketwatch article that reported that the average American home size is shrinking just a little & that often times, new-build houses tend to be a little closer together.   That's what gets us into relaxing zoning requirements. But you know something, OK, this is going to be interesting.    This plays into NIMBYism. Not In My Backyard: communities saying that they don't want high-density housing built next to them.    Now, I think that there are a lot of critics of NIMBYism. But the criticism comes from people that live far out of that area and aren't affected.   Let me just play a fun little experiment with you here. Let me paint a picture of a fictitious life for you and just… place yourself there.   Say that you live in a nice single-family home, with a quarter acre lot. It's not a sprawling estate but you've got a good measure of privacy that way.   You're in a SFH, quarter-acre lot and two car garage. That is classic suburbia.   And… just a hundred yards away from your home there's a big, wide-open field where you walk your dog and use as a little makeshift golf driving range or whatever. Nice open space nearby.   Say you've got a fairly idyllic life here. It's always been this way since you bought the home years ago.   Suddenly, in your neighborhood of all SFHs, you learn that they want to build a bunch of fourplexes in the nearby lot where you used to throw tennis balls to your dog.   What can that do to your quality of life & your home's value, now that a bunch of new fourplexes and eightplexes were built nearby?   It reduces your home's value because there are less valuable, high density properties nearby.   It also increases the amount of traffic & even noise in your neighborhood. Now you can't use that nearby park anymore - it's been all-built up with these higher-density apartments.   So, let me go back and ask - point blank - did you really want all those new high-density developments near your home?   If that made you uncomfortable, that's NIMBYism. So it's quite natural to evoke that feeling type. You're just a human being.   How else can we increase housing supply to help reduce homelessness?   NOT with rent control. Over time, capping the amount of rent that a LL can charge gives property owners no incentive to improve their property and neighborhoods end up dilapidated.   We need more training for tradesman and laborers. How about training the homeless for that? But then someone's got to pay for that training.   Another measure that's become ridiculous is that we've gotta relax these excessive safety requirements in homebuilding. Now, some safety is good.   But when every single home - entry-level and all needs to have fire-rated shingles and fired-rated doors and GFCI outlets and smoke detectors in every room and carbon monoxide detectors all over the place, sheesh! Well, that raises the cost of housing for everyone.   In some earthquake-prone areas, you've got to have seismic restraining straps on your water heater or you can't even sell your home. Do you know how big of an earthquake it would take to damage your water heater like that?   And an excessive safety PROPONENT might say, yeah, but did you hear about that one family that died ten years ago that would have lived if they had carbon monoxide detectors?   Well, the counterargument to that is, yeah, but what about all the homeless people that were exposed to the elements and died in the cold because they couldn't AFFORD the more basic housing, the prices of which have escalated for all this excessive safety stuff.   Are you saying a middle class person's life is worth more than a poor, homeless person's life? That's the counterargument.    Again, some safety is good. But we've gone overboard in too many places - in housing & beyond.   Rising housing costs keep people homeless. A few weeks ago, I did that episode about escalating insurance costs.   I now own some properties that have extremely low mortgage rates and the insurance has gone up to the point where I pay more in monthly escrow expenses than I do principal & interest.    But, hey. I'm not homeless, and if you're listening to this, neither are you.   So when it comes to helping the homeless in the short-term, that campaign called, “Give real change, not small change.” - that really resonates with me.   Don't give 5 bucks to a vagrant on the corner. That just keeps them showing up at that corner, plus they're going to spend your 5 bucks on a cheap bottle of Monarch vodka.   Instead, if you're going to give, give to a homeless shelter or soup kitchen.    That's what's meant by “Give real change, not small change.” And that's something actionable.   Coming up next, investing MANIAS. How wild it gets - paying more for a tulip flower than a SFH, shooting and killing someone over a Beanie Baby toy… and then I'm going to wrap it all up with what all this has to do with the cycle of your investor emotions.   Around here, we don't run ads for the Swiffer. This week's sponsors that support the show are people that I've personally done real estate business with myself and have benefited from.    Ridge Lending Group specializes in INVESTMENT property loans in nearly all 50 states. Start your prequalification at: RidgeLendingGroup.com    Then, for super-passive real estate returns, check out Freedom Family Investments. Right now, what you can do, is just text “FAMILY” to 66866.   I'm Keith Weinhold. You're listening to Get Rich Education. ___________ Welcome back to the GRE Podcast. I'm your host and my name is Keith Weinhold.    If you've got a friend or family member that you think would benefit from the knowledge drops here on the show, you can simply tell them to grab the free Get Rich Education mobile app.   That's a convenient option for listening every week for both iOS and Android.   Today's topics of homelessness and investing manias could very well bring a new audience here, so…    A little more about my backstory. I'm from PA but got my real estate comeuppance in Anchorage, Alaska of all places & grew out nationally & internationally from there. I had humble beginnings and wasn't born anywhere near wealthy. I had to figure out how to build it myself.   But see, if I were born wealthy, I wouldn't have learned how to build it, and then I wouldn't be of much help to you. Likewise, if you're building it yourself, you'll be able to help others too.   BTW, I was born in the same PA town as Taylor Swift.    Though she & I don't have much ELSE in common, I guess that she & I are both best-known for using a microphone.   Though I think that I'm about as likely to start using this microphone to sing into your ears like Taylor Swift does… as Taylor is to launch a real estate investing show.   For hundreds of years, the tulip has been one of the most-loved flowers in the Netherlands. It's an enduring icon - as synonymous with the country as clogs, windmills, bicycles, and cheese. The tulip has a long and storied history - including the infamous shortage in the 1600s known as “tulip mania”. If you're someone that has even a fleeting interest in investing, you should at least know what this is.   Tulips first appeared in Europe in the 1500s, arriving from the spice trading routes… and that lent this sense of exoticism to these imported flowers that looked like no other flower native to the continent. It's no surprise, then, that tulips became a luxury item destined for the gardens of the affluent.  According to The Library of Economics and Liberty, “it was deemed a proof of bad taste in any man of fortune to be without a collection of [tulips].” Hmmm. Well, following the affluent, the merchant MIDDLE classes of Dutch society sought to emulate their wealthier neighbors and also demanded tulips. So to start out with, it was purchased as a status symbol for the sole reason that it was expensive. But at the same time, tulips were known to be notoriously fragile, and would die without careful cultivation. In the early 1600s, professional cultivators of tulips began to refine techniques to grow and produce the flowers locally in the Netherlands. They established a flourishing business sector that persists to this day. By 1634, tulipmania swept through the Netherlands. The Library of Economics and Liberty writes, “The rage among the Dutch to possess tulip bulbs was so great that the ORDINARY INDUSTRY of the country was neglected, and the population, even to its lowest dregs, embarked in the tulip trade. Now, everyone's in - rich to poor. It's a little hard to say for sure how much people paid for tulips.  But Scottish journalist Charles Mackay, wrote an extremely popular 1841 book - you've probably heard of this book - it's called the Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds… It does give us some points of reference such that the best of tulips cost upwards of $1 million in today's money (but a lot of bulbs traded in the $50,000–$150,000 range).  By 1636, the demand for the tulip trade was so large that regular markets for their sale - like a little Dow Jones Industrial Average - got established on the Stock Exchange of Amsterdam, in Rotterdam, Haarlem, and other towns. It was at that time that PROFESSIONAL TRADERS got in on the action - that's all that some people do now - is trade tulips… and everybody appeared to be making money simply by possessing some of these rare bulbs.  Dutch speculators at the time spent incredible amounts of money on bulbs that only produced flowers for a Week—many companies were formed with the SOLE PURPOSE of trading tulips.  To everyone, at the time, it seemed that the price could only go up forever. Pretty soon, demand for tulips EXCEEDED THE AVAILABLE SUPPLY of tulips by so much that people were into buying futures contracts, basically saying, I'll pay you this much money TODAY for a tulip that you provide to me in 3 years. By the last 1630s, these futures contracts were like a crack that appeared in the price runup. Demand began to wane when people were just buying a token for a future tulip that hadn't even started growing yet.  People felt like they weren't buying anything tangible anymore. That's one factor that helped create an oversupply of tulips in the market and started depressing the prices. Supply caught up with - and exceeded - demand. A large part of this rapid decline was driven by the fact that people had purchased bulbs on credit, hoping to repay their loans when they sold their bulbs for a profit. But once prices started to drop, holders were forced to sell their bulbs at any price and to declare bankruptcy in the process. So people had begun buying tulips with leverage, using margined derivatives contracts to buy more than they could afford. But as quickly as the run-up began, confidence was dashed. By the end of 1637 is when prices began to fall and never recovered.   And the bubble burst. Buyers announced that they could not pay the high price previously agreed upon for bulbs, and that made the market fall apart.  While it wasn't actually a devastating occurrence for the entire nation's economy, it did undermine social expectations. The event destroyed relationships built on trust and people's willingness and ability to pay. It's been said that “the wealthiest merchants to the poorest chimney sweeps jumped into the tulip fray, buying bulbs at high prices and selling them for even more.” Well, this is what can happen - today it happens with financialization and nothing real backing up purchases. Tulipmania is a model for the general cycle of a financial bubble. That's what happened with Dutch tulips. Now, here in more recent times, similar cycles have been observed in the price of Beanie Babies, baseball cards - I got caught up in the baseball cards as a kid, owning more than 100,000 baseball cards at one time, also non-fungible tokens (NFTs), and shipping stocks.       The example of tulipmania is now used as a parable for other speculative assets, such as cryptocurrencies today or dotcom stocks from around the year 2000. So, when you hear someone likening an investment to a Dutch tulip bulb, now you'll know what they're talking about. It's a symbol of excess, greed, and FOMO. But there has been a good bit of more modern scholarship that tells you that tulip mania did indeed occur in the 1600s Netherlands. But that the tale has been exaggerated and it's something that the upper classes of society were mostly involved in. Now, that's the Dutch tulip bubble. But for a more modern-day parable about an investing mania, there's a new movie about the rise & fall of BEANIE BABIES that's on Apple TV+. These were little stuffed, plush toy animals that became more popular among adults than children. The rise and fall of Beanie Babies—toys that people mistakenly thought would make them rich. The movie is called “The Beanie Bubble”.  It's a MOSTLY TRUE account of the lovable toys' boom and bust in the '90s -  comparable to the meme stock frenzies that took place during the Covid-19 pandemic. These $5 pellet-stuffed plush toys had astronomical appreciation estimates: Stripes the Tiger, released in 1996, was predicted by collectors to surge from $5 to $1,000 by 2008.  Forecasts like these were so enticing that one dad invested his kids' college funds in Beanie Babies, thinking he'd resell them later for a hefty profit. At the height of the frenzy, people were ruining relationships and committing felonies to get their hands on some of these sacks of fuzz. Border officials confiscated more than 8,000 smuggled Beanie Babies at a US–Canada border crossing in 1998. A West Virginia man shot and killed a former coworker in 1999 after an argument partly about $150 worth of Beanie Babies. That same year, a divorcing couple couldn't agree on how to split up their collection, so the judge made them divvy up the toys in person, right on the courtroom floor. How did that all happen? Barely anyone cared about Beanie Babies when a company called Ty Inc. launched them in 1994. Stores only got lines out the door once the toy's creator, now-billionaire Ty Warner, began pulling strings to juice demand. Here's what Warner did. OK, so here's how you induce people into a speculative bubble. He refused to stock Beanie Babies at Toys R Us and Walmart. Instead he created an illusion of rarity by only selling them at small toy stores and independent shops. Even if you did find a retailer, every store's supply of Beanie Babies was limited to 36 of each animal, so inventory restocks drew a crowd. This, combined with Warner's decision to start “retiring” certain animals in 1995, created artificial scarcity and a mass panic to stock up on Beanie Babies.  Soon, an aggressive resale market was born, replete with magazines and blogs and even trade shows for these Beanie Babies. One woman's guide to the secondary Beanie Babies market got so popular that she was selling 650,000 copies per month and, on many days, she did two or three radio interviews before her kids woke up for school. Ty Inc. later gave her an award for boosting sales. At Peak Beanie mania, Ty Inc. and legions of speculators actually made hordes of money: The stuffed animals accounted for 6% of eBay's sitewide sales in 1997 and 10% in 1998. Beanies averaged a resale value of $30—six times their retail price—but rare ones, like the Princess Diana bear, went for hundreds or thousands of dollars (and now you can find one online for $15 bucks). Ty Inc. hit $1.4 billion in sales in 1998, which is what Mattel grossed in Barbie dolls in 1995. At the end of the year, Ty Warner gave all ~250 employees holiday bonuses equal to their annual salaries. But most regular people didn't sell their Beanie Babies at their peak price. And unfortunately for them, the hype subsided. Anticipating a drop in interest as more kids reached for Pokémon and Furbies, Ty Inc. announced it would stop making Beanie Babies at the end of 1999, and that poked a hole in collectors' this-will-never-not-be-popular mentality and that sent demand plummeting. There were no underlying fundamentals to Beanie Babies' value. That's all that I've got on that speculative craze.   So let's review how this happened with both speculative crazes - Dutch tulips and Beanie Babies: Investors lose track of rational expectations. Psychological biases lead to a massive upswing in the price of an asset or a sector. A positive-feedback cycle keeps inflating prices. And soon, investors realize that they are holding an irrationally-priced asset. Prices collapse due to a massive sell-off, and an overwhelming majority go bankrupt. Now, much stock market investing is based off of buy low and sell high mentality. And stock investors can get caught up in similar crazes.    But because many stocks are tied to productive companies, the stock investor deals with smaller bubbles. A lot of times, the stock price can double, triple, or even 10X even though that company is not even profitable. Buy low & sell high. Well, that sounds easy. But why is this harder to do than it sounds? It's called the cycle of investor emotions.   It starts here with… optimism. Because you HEAR about 10% stock returns or people making money with Dutch tulips or Beanie babies.    Let's say that you aren't fully invested in the stock market. But some friends are, and they're achieving small gains.   Then comes excitement. The market is now up some more. Hey, what's in motion tends to stay in motion.   More friends are telling you how much money they're "making".    You're soon experiencing a full-blown case of FOMO—Fear Of Missing Out.   The next stage is the Thrill you feel. So you jump into the stock market fully, rationalizing with something like, "Hey, I'm a momentum investor". Sounds pretty good, I guess.   Now that you're in, it actually feels fantastic to you for a short time. You figure that some days, you're making more from stocks than your job. Winning activates dopamine.    Dopamine is a brain chemical that's known as the “feel-good” hormone. It gives you a sense of pleasure. It also gives you the motivation to DO SOMETHING when you're feeling the pleasure.    So then, you add MORE shares… at an elevated price until you are FULLY invested. Now everyone is "making money", even your Uber driver.   The next stage is Euphoria - The peak! As you can see, this is the Point of Maximum Financial Risk.    OK, now, remember the simplicity of “buy low, sell high”?   Well then, savvy stock investors should now be SELLING here in my example - at the HEIGHT.   Now be “selling”? Leaving the party at its crescendo? Stopping the dopamine flow? Yes, exactly… and THAT'S why it's so difficult.    What happens after the stock market peak? Overbought, with bloated price-to-earnings ratios, the market soon drops 10% from its recent high.    That's what's known as a correction - a drop of 10% or more. Now you feel a little ANXIETY. Your dopamine flow is stifled.   Next, you tell yourself, "I shouldn't be worried because I'm a long-term investor." It's down 15%. You're experiencing DENIAL & FEAR.   Now you're checking the Robinhood app almost hourly to see if it will recover.   Next, comes Desperation & Panic - Stocks are down 20%, that's the definition of a bear market. You're devoting more mindshare to this each day than what's healthy.   Then there's Capitulation - Down 30%, you finally surrender to a FEAR of FURTHER LOSS. You're getting so sick of months of losing. You finally do it and cash out your stocks into a safe money market fund. Now you're out.   And you rationalize and justify doing this because you tell yourself, "You know, at least when I wake up tomorrow, I'll know that I haven't lost money AGAIN. And THAT gives me certainty.”    The next stage in the Cycle of Investor Emotions is Despondency - You realize that what you've done is the polar opposite of successful investing. It's complete. You've now bought high… and then sold low.    Next, stocks completely bottom out. But this is actually the Point of Maximum Financial Opportunity. Instead, you should be buying.   But you can't. Because you're experiencing the next investor stage - Depression. You're so full of contempt for the situation that the idea of actually buying at bargain-basement levels again is simply inconceivable. You've been burnt badly.   Then, there's Hope & Relief - The market has begun ticking up after the crash. It soon should be clear that share prices are FAIRLY VALUED again.    But you don't buy the recovery story. You wait until enough price growth occurs that the confidence and Optimism stage is felt again before you'll even consider getting back in and buying.   And the entire pattern repeats.   That's the “cycle of investor emotions”. There's an average of 3-and-a-half years between each stock bear market, BTW.   Of course, we've been kind to call this all “investing”. It's more like speculating.   But here's the real problem—most investors THINK they're better than average stock pickers, so they keep playing this game. This effect has a name. It's called illusory superiority.   It's like how at least 70% of people think they're better than average drivers, despite the statistical impossibility.   Even professional money managers fall prey to this! Fewer than 10% of active U.S. stock funds manage to beat THEIR benchmarks.   The renowned British economist and value investor Benjamin Graham once said: "The investor's chief problem—even his worst enemy—is likely to be HIMSELF." Well, as real estate investors, we largely SIDESTEP the cycle of investor emotions for two main reasons.   Returns are more stable.   Real estate, we sidestep this emotional roller coaster. Not only do we have stable prices, but appreciation is one of just 5 ways that you're simultaneously paid.   RE also has monthly income. Dutch tulips or Beanie Babies don't pay you a durable monthly income stream. They don't provide an income stream at all.   And finally, RE is a REAL asset that fulfills a REAL human need.   I hope that you enjoyed this journey through speculative bubbles today and how they play into human psychology and investor emotions.   Go ahead and tell a friend about Get Rich Education.   If you've got a friend or family member that you think would benefit from the knowledge drops here on the show, you can simply tell them to grab the free Get Rich Education mobile app.   That's a convenient option for listening every week for both iOS and Android.   My name's Keith Weinhold and I'll be back with you right here… next week. Don't Quit Your Daydream!

Anna Davlantes, WGN Radio's investigative correspondent, joins Wendy Snyder (in for Bob Sirott) to share what happened this week in Chicago history. Stories include why Ty Warner was fired, the unveiling of the Picasso sculpture, the Jackson 5’s Chicago debut, and more.

This week is an exciting episode as we are live and unfiltered. Get ready for an exciting time hearing about the history of Jeff and the Beanie Babies craze. MONEY MONEY MONEY. He will share in the in's and out's of the back door dealings with conventions, hunting, and selling. Enjoy this cup of coffee today or anyway with Mary B's 5th son.-IF YOU LIKE THIS WEEKS EPISODE HELP US GROW THIS PODCAST BY RATING, SUBSCRIBE, AND FOLLOW US ON INSTAGRAM @MARYBS5THSON. FINALLY, PLEASE SHARE THIS PODCAST WITH THOSE YOU LOVE TO HELP US CONTINUE TO CREATE CONTENT FOR YOU TO ENJOY EVERY SUNDAY MORNING OR ANYTIME!

In this episode of The Compendium: An assembly of fascinating and intriguing things, Adam & Kyle delve into the fascinating story of the Beanie Baby craze that took the world by storm in the 1990s. Together they explore the origins of the adorable, stuffed toys and how they became a cultural phenomenon. They also examine the key factors that led to their skyrocketing popularity and eventual downfall, including the strategies used by the creator, Ty Warner, and the behavior of collectors and speculators in the market. Join us as we take a trip down memory lane and explore the rise and fall of one of the most beloved toy crazes in recent history.Resources used in todays episodeSupport the showConnect with Us:

Mullets. Skinny jeans. Crocs. Many of us can recall trends that we've jumped on, only to see those trends become passé soon after. But the fear of missing out can snowball into heavier consequences.In this episode of Choiceology with Katy Milkman, we look at how speculation and rapidly growing trends, however niche, can cloud people's judgment. A tight knit group of friends in Chicago start buying stuffed animals from a little-known toymaker, called Ty Warner, for their kids. The friends' enthusiasm for the toys is contagious, and soon the demand for these cute stuffed animals, called Beanie Babies, is growing so quickly that people are treating them as investments. People are lining up for hours to get their hands on the newest releases. Parents are using their kids' college funds to collect Beanie Babies. Collectors are buying secondhand Beanie Babies for thousands of dollars. Filmmaker Yemisi Brookes tells the story of how a group of moms launched an unassuming stuffed toy to unexpected highs—and lows.Yemisi Brookes is the director of the documentary Beanie Mania, available on HBO. Next, Katy speaks with Robert Cialdini about his research that shows while humans are influenced by what a majority of people are doing, humans pay special attention to trends that are growing, even if it begins with just a small fraction of the population. You can read more in the paper he co-authored with Chad R. Mortensen and Rebecca Neal called "Trending Norms: A Lever for Encouraging Behaviors Performed by the Minority."Robert Cialdini is the Arizona State University Regents' Professor Emeritus of Psychology and Marketing and the best-selling author of several books including the mega-bestseller, Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion. Choiceology is an original podcast from Charles Schwab. For more on the series, visit schwab.com/podcast.If you enjoy the show, please leave a ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ rating or review on Apple Podcasts. Important DisclosuresAll expressions of opinion are subject to change without notice in reaction to shifting market conditions.The comments, views, and opinions expressed in the presentation are those of the speakers and do not necessarily represent the views of Charles Schwab. Data contained herein from third-party providers is obtained from what are considered reliable sources. However, its accuracy, completeness or reliability cannot be guaranteed.All corporate names are for illustrative purposes only and are not a recommendation, offer to sell, or a solicitation of an offer to buy any security.Investing involves risk, including loss of principal.The book How to Change: The Science of Getting from Where You Are to Where You Want to Be is not affiliated with, sponsored by, or endorsed by Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. (CS&Co.). Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. (CS&Co.) has not reviewed the book and makes no representations about its content. Apple Podcasts and the Apple logo are trademarks of Apple Inc., registered in the U.S. and other countries.Google Podcasts and the Google Podcasts logo are trademarks of Google LLC.Spotify and the Spotify logo are registered trademarks of Spotify AB.(0323-3FSX)

We discuss Ty Warner, Beanie Babies, and the lasting impact to the collecting world.

In this episode, we will talk about America's 5 most popular hotel billionaires. Many of them, became rich thanks to franchising. We are going to review families like Trump, Marriot & many others. If you are interested in this topic, feel free to tune in to this episode! This episode was based on an exclusive Vetted Biz analysis, click here for the full report: https://www.vettedbiz.com/top-hotel-billionaires/ Need help finding the right franchise? Click here: https://www.vettedbiz.com/franchise-search/ 00:00 Introduction 00:21 Pritzker Family 00:58 Marriott Family 01:34 Donald Trump 03:15 Ty Warner 04:09 Adelson Family 05:01 Conclusion #5HotelBillionaires #FranchiseFindings If you are looking for more information, you can connect with us through our networks: https://www.vettedbiz.com/ https://www.linkedin.com/company/vettedbiz/ https://www.facebook.com/vettedbiz https://www.tiktok.com/@businessandfranchiseinus

In this new episode, we're diving into one of the largest collector crazes of all time: Beanie Babies! We talk about the owner, Ty Warner, the insane collectors market and how a bunch of homeless people were fed thanks to a horrendous McDonalds Happy Meal promotion!

A deep-dive into the world of Beanie Babies, Ty Warner's plush toys the biggest fad of the 1990s. Who is really responsible for this toy-craze? We know some suburb-moms that would love to take credit... Smells Like HumansLike spending time with funny friends talking about curious human behavior. Listen on: Apple Podcasts Spotify

Conocemos las burbujas económicas desde hace siglos. Las hemos visto de todo tipo. De repercusión local, como la burbuja Poseidón, en Australia; continentales, como la asiática a finales de los 90, o mundiales, como la crisis subprime. De activos tangibles, como las muchas vinculadas a la vivienda o al tren; o intangibles, como la puntocom. La de los cómics, la de los tulipanes... Pero igual ninguna burbuja fue tan aparentemente inexplicable como la de los peluches Beanie Babies.Para entender esta burbuja hay que comenzar por el principio, muy por el principio. Ty Warner nació en 1944, en Chicago. Hijo de un vendedor de juguetes y una pianista, tuvo una infancia complicada. En los años 60 trató de convertirse en actor, para lo que se trasladó a Los Ángeles.La experiencia no le sale bien. Sobrevive con trabajos menores, como aparcacoches, o vendiendo cámaras o enciclopedias a puerta fría. Tras cinco años, decide abandonar la ciudad de las estrellas y volver a Chicago. Allí empieza a trabajar en Dakin, una juguetería, en la que precisamente había trabajado su padre.Se convierte en un gran vendedor. En el mejor de la compañía. Gracias a las comisiones, su salario llegó a superar las seis cifras algunos años. Sus compañeros destacan que tenía una gran intuición para detectar cuáles eran los juguetes que más éxito iban a tener. Pero su aventura acaba mal, porque descubren que está vendiendo productos ajenos a la compañía. Lo despiden de inmediato.Estamos en el año 1980, y con los ahorros acumulados decide irse a Italia a ver a unos amigos. Le gusta tanto que acaba quedándose allí 3 años, viviendo la vida. Y allí descubre un gato de peluche que no había visto nunca antes.Con esa idea en la cabeza, vuelve a Chicago. Y en 1986, con sus ahorros, la herencia que le deja su padre y una hipoteca sobre su casa, monta su propia empresa de juguetes, Ty Inc. Y su primer producto, no podía ser de otra forma, es un gato de peluche, que se fabricaba en Corea. Pero para el relleno, en lugar de utilizar la tradicional espuma o algodón, apuesta por bolitas de PVC. Además, les ponía menos relleno del habitual, que podía dar imagen pobre. Hay quien decía que parecía que les había atropellado. Pero en realidad esa fórmula facilitaba que los peluches se quedasen apoyados, lo que aumentaba su realismo.El resultado fue un éxito. Y en la feria del juguete de Atlanta alquila una mesa, y en tan solo una hora generó ventas por valor de 30.000 dólares. Sabía que tenía un buen producto entre manos.La empresa va bien. Y en 1993 lanza un nuevo producto, los Beanie Babies, que son versiones del tamaño de la palma de una mano de sus peluches originales. Los vende por 5 dólares, un precio que por entonces se consideraba que solo podía ser para juguetes de mala calidad, basura, por lo que el impacto es aún mayor.Los presenta en la Feria Mundial del Juguete, en Nueva York. En un primer momento las ventas no arrancan, y hasta hay cadenas que se niegan a venderlos. Pero gracias al boca a boca, su popularidad va creciendo. En Chicago se convierten en todo un fenómeno, que supera incluso a productos de moda como los relacionados con las Tortugas Ninja.Otro aspecto que ayuda a consolidar su éxito son las etiquetas. Estos pequeños peluches contaban con dos etiquetas, una en forma de corazón, y otra de tela en la parte inferior. La etiqueta colgante tenía un espacio con un "para" y un "de", lo que las hacían perfectas para regalos. A partir de 1996, esas etiquetas incluso incluyen pequeños poemas.Cuando el éxito se consolida, y ya no solo es local, sino que alcanza a todo Estados Unidos y a parte del extranjero, Warner cambia de estrategia. Porque su objetivo no era conquistar a los niños, sino ganar dinero, hacerse rico. Así, comienza a limitar deliberadamente la producción de estos peluches. Y no solo eso, sino que además no le ofrecía la colección completa de muñecos a ninguna tienda: a unas cadenas les ofrecía unos personajes, y a otras, el resto.Con esta estrategia, Ty Inc logra su objetivo: convertir un popular juguete para niños en un artículo raro, en un producto para coleccionistas. Y para especuladores. La sensación para los compradores interesados era que el producto estaba siempre agotado, o que era complicadísimo completar la colección.La escasez se convierte en el elemento clave del modelo de negocio de la compañía. En el momento álgido, llegaron a retirar previamente peluches por valor de 100 millones de dólares, que guardaban en un enorme almacén. Warner era un genio jugando con la oferta y la demanda.Y así, esos ositos, y otros pequeños animales, que se vendían por 5 dólares en tienda, se revendían fácilmente por 15 dólares. Y después, por cientos. Y en plena ola especulativa, en el mercado secundario se podían vender hasta por miles de dólares.Las colas en las tiendas cuando se anunciaba la llegada de un nuevo peluche eran enormes. Se veían a adultos pegarse, literalmente, por conseguir los Beanie Bears. La gente de verdad creía que con la revalorización de estos muñecos iba a poder comprarse una casa, o pagar la universidad de sus hijos.El relato, tan famoso hoy, fue clave también en el éxito de los ositos. Contaba un antiguo directivo de la compañía que la principal virtud de Warner era que "era un maestro en vender mierda inútil a la gente y hacer que pareciera realmente importante".Tan loco era todo que un coleccionista llegó a comparar a los Beanie Babies con los cuadros de Picasso, para explicar lo que estaba pasando con los precios. "Si el fenómeno continúa creciendo, como creemos que va a pasar, dentro de diez años, los precios impactantes de hoy pueden parecer bajos. También la gente se sorprendió cuando los cuadros de Picasso se vendieron por un millón de dólares, y ahora lo hacen por 25 millones". Una teoría sin fisuras.La fiebre de los Beanie Babies se vio favorecida por una tecnología recién surgida en aquella época, que fue clave en los precios que alcanzaron estos peluches: Ebay. La plataforma acababa de nacer, y sus éxitos fueron paralelos. En 1997, subasta ositos por valor de 500 millones de dólares. Un año después, el 10% de las ventas totales cerradas en Ebay son los famosos ositos de peluche.La llegada de la plataforma, y los muchos novatos que accedieron al mundo de las subastas, también colaboró al artificial incremento de los precios de los peluches. Desconocían el mercado, desconocían el sistema, y acababan pagando miles de dólares.Otro momento cumbre se vivió en 1997, cuando Ty Inc se alió con McDonald's para lanzar una edición especial llamada Tennie Beanis, para celebrar el aniversario del nacimiento del Happy Meal. Vendieron 100 millones en diez días. Cuenta la leyenda que los mendigos dejaron de pasar hambre por la cantidad de hamburguesas que les donaba la gente. No querían la comida, solo el peluche.El éxito y el dinero que estaban moviendo, por supuesto, también se tradujo en un incremento de delitos relacionados con estos peluches. Contaba un reportaje del New York Times de 1998 que en aquellos meses se habían disparado la presencia de falsificaciones; las estafas, que también se valían del inicial auge de internet; el contrabando, los robos... Contaba un vendedor de una tienda de Los Ángeles, atracado a punta de pistola, que el ladrón ni miró la caja registradora, que lo único que se llevó fueron... 40 ositos de peluche. Lo más grave es que incluso hay documentado un caso de asesinato. Se produjo en Virginia Occidental, después de que un hombre disparase a un excompañero de trabajo, presuntamente por una deuda relacionada con los Beanie Babies.Aquel 1998 los analistas ya eran conscientes de que había una burbuja con estos peluches, que los precios no tenían sentido ni estaban justificados. Ty Inc registró ventas aquel año por valor de 1.000 millones de dólares. Aún así, y a pesar de las advertencias, en 1999 las ventas siguieron creciendo.Como en toda burbuja, hay personas que llegaron a ganar millones de dólares especulando. Y como toda burbuja, estalló. ¿Qué pasó? Todo estalló una noche de 1999. Ty Inc anunció que iba a dejar de producir algunos de peluches. Y no pasó nada. El mercado secundario no se movió, las subastas en Ebay no cambiaron... el valor no subió.Recuerda Zac Bissonenette, experto en este fenómeno, en su libro 'The Great Beanie Baby Bubble', que las burbujas se basan en una subida de precios constante, y que una vez que desacelera, colapsa. En 1999, todas las personas que querían ser coleccionistas de Beanie babbies ya lo eran. La demanda no iba a seguir creciendo. Y los precios no iban a subir más.Los coleccionistas entraron en pánico, y corrieron a Ebay a poner a la venta todos sus peluches antes de que empezasen a bajar de precio. Pero era tarde. Inundaron la plataforma de ositos, creando un superávit masivo. Su valor se hundió.

In this edition of Near Falls With DHall. The boys are joined by 5x D2 All American Ty Warner. We talked about his wild wrestling journey. From Twin City Little Mustangs. To finishing his career at West Liberty university. What an incredible episode this is. Without a doubt a must listen!

The year was 1993 and the world didn't have enough stuffed animals, so enter Ty Warner and Ty Inc to save the day. The world caught on to this fad and everybody you know had one, if not a whole collection of them. This is their story.

KB & DJ are BACK and what a WILD week of NLL action we had in Week 7! The guys recap the week that was, assess the current state of DJ's fandom, and dive into a short, yet fun, Week 8 of NLL picks. Then they get into a Colin Squires Top-5 list for best college lacrosse helmets on the timeline, analyze the Andrew Kew x Jake Froccaro trade, and Ty Warner is BACK in the PLL! Follow Us! Twitter: @UndergroundPHI @OTBLaxPod Kyle: @KBizzl311 DJ: @SCs_nextgreat Instagram: @undergroundphi @otblaxpod @kicksbycarly Send your mailbag questions: otbunderground@gmail.com Website: undergroundsportsphiladelphia.com Twitch: twitch.tv/undergroundsportsPHI Merch & Apparel: NEW MERCH STORE COMING SOON! Manscaped Promo Code: "USP" for 20% off AND free shipping Biñho Board: binhoboard.com/?ref=Underground Tomahawk Shades Promo Code: "USP" to save 25% off at checkout Statesidevodka.com Promo Code "USP for 10% off the 1-Liter bottle (must be 21+ to order & please drink responsibly) Intro Music: Arkells "American Screams" Outro Music: Arkells "American Screams" --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/otblaxpod/message

Come for me getting aggressively angry at the man who invented Beanie Babies, stay for the major announcement about a new weekly episode of Mikey Krenek is Unemployed. I gotta tell you....it's VERY shagadelic. 

Chief & Dante join the show to talk about the HBO Documentary "Beanie Mania". We get into our favorite childhood stories about Beanie Babies, the money behind the toy industry, the story of the founder Ty Warner, and more.

In the 90s, Beanie Babies were bought and traded like stocks and became serious long-term investments for some. Unfortunately, behind these lovable cuddly creatures was also theft, fraud, and violence. The man behind this craze, Ty Warner, has a shady history of crime and deception. We dive into one of the weirdest manias of all time. Also, Ali's mom paid an obscene amount of money for the Princess Diana Beanie Baby.Webcrawlerspod@gmail.com626-604-6262Discord / Twitter / Instagram / Patreon / MerchSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/webcrawlers. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

We are feeling lucky! Kat covers the concept of luck along with some charms, rituals, and superstitions. Remember, never eat a plain egg puck, lest you be cursed with 100 years of infidelity. Next, Hayley teaches a lesson on Ty Warner, the creator of Beanie Babies. We all owe a big thank you to Hayley and her midwestern brethren for making Beanie Babies happen, and our past selves a kick in the pants for donating all of them to Goodwill. Think of the Juicy Couture tracksuits we could have bought with the profits!  https://linktr.ee/NightClassy Try BetterMorning by going to www.trybetterbrand.com. Enter promo code NIGHTCLASSY for 30% off your order!  Produced by Parasaur Studios © 2021

Today: Northwestern Indiana Regional Planning Commission executive director Ty Warner is on "Regionally Speaking" in an encore conversation about "transit-oriented development" (one such project is pictured above) and how it fits in with projects like the South Shore Line expansion. We have more about a veterans' job fair to be held Thursday at Soldier Field in Chicago, co-sponsored by the DAV and other groups. And Erika Dahl of the South Shore Convention and Visitors Authority talks about a big sporting event this weekend. More than 180 softball teams from across the Midwest are in northwest Indiana to compete in the National Softball Association Girls' Fast Pitch “B” & “C” Northern World Series. Games are being played in communities across the region, and it's expected to have a big local economic impact.

Today: NIRPC executive director Ty Warner is on "Regionally Speaking" to talk at-length about transit oriented development (TOD for short) and the concept's potential impact on northwest Indiana. TODs (like the one pictured) are included within transit development districts (TDDs) -- like ones that are being proposed within the West Lake Corridor expansion of the South Shore Line. Ty says the one of the concept's goals is to make neighborhoods more livable. A public engagement hearing is coming up June 9th about the Hammond Gateway TDD project, which is part of the West Lake Corridor. And Erin Stojic, financial wellness coalition coordinator with the Lake Area United Way, joins us to talk about the non-profit's first Community Savings Challenge. It's a program bringing community banks together with LAUW to encourage northwest Indiana citizens to save at least $250 in six months... to bolster the habit of "saving for a rainy day."

Here it is folks, the first installment of our coverage of one of the biggest Culture Dumps in history. Ty Beanie Babies. What became the biggest toy crazy of the 1990’s, the first internet shopping craze, and ultimately a long term investment with no pay off started in the mind of one man, Ty Warner. … Continue reading "Episode 26: Beanie Babies Part 1"

Today: Michigan City Chamber of Commerce president Katie Eaton is on "Regionally Speaking" to talk about the next community job fair hosted by the Chamber, along with city and LaPorte County organizations and agencies, on April 13th at Blue Chip Casino. We revisit our conversation with NIRPC executive director Ty Warner about a recent report on "e-commerce" in northwest Indiana. And we also have another in our Reflections" series of conversations with Midwesterners and how their lives have been changed by the pandemic. This feature is about an Indianapolis nurse.

Today: The recent COVID-19 stimulus bill passed by Congress and signed by the President will have an impact on Hoosier foster youth as they leave their foster homes and move on toward adulthood. Dr. Maggie Stevens, president and CEO of Indianapolis-based "Foster Success," talks with us about the provisions of the bill that can best assist them. We have another conversation from the Welcome Project at Valparaiso University, this time a young Black talks about trying to make friends, after moving into a new neighborhood. Ty Warner with the Northwestern Indiana Regional Planning Commission talks about a recent report entitled "E-commerce in Northwest Indiana." It's a report that addresses in more detail the dynamic shifts in the local economy. And Pangere Corp. safety supervisor Don Babcock tells us more about a recent educational collaboratin with a Purdue University Northwest professor to offer students a way to be better prepared for careers after graduation.

On this edition of the podcast you’ll hear the latest on the possibility of front-line medical staff in Lake County getting the first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine before the end of the year, Rebecca Thiele reports on the devastating financial effects the closing of a coal plant has on a community and Chris Nolte has a conversation with Ty Warner the executive director of the Northwestern Indiana Planning Commission. All of that, and more, on this edition of “Lakeshore Update”…

Sam & Carson get into WTF Wednesday (2:21) then cover some more serious news with Lyle Thompson's video on US Lacrosse (9:36) and Ty Warner's statement on the BLM movement in the PLL (21:24). To finish off, we start a new series for all of you people that feel like you don't fit the 'lacrosse' demographic. We define lax terms (both formal and slang) so that you can feel more confident when talking about lacrosse (30:35).

Kyle and Harrison are BACK and the PLL End of Season Awards have been handed out. The guys discuss the nominees and the winners and take issue with one player even receiving a nomination when there were CLEARLY better options that should have been recognized for the award. Then the Voice of the PLL, Chuck Lott, joins KB for an AMAZING conversation about how he got involved with the league, being a dad, doing PA announcing, and who his dream voice acting role would be, as well as so much more! Then KB & Harry The K discuss Ty Warner announcing he's hanging up the cleats as well as his statement on Black Lives Matter within the PLL and what he witnessed with the movement with his fellow teammates and players. Then the guys get stoked for the NLL Draft as we are ONE MONTH OUT! Follow Us! Twitter: @UndergroundPHI @OTBLaxPod Kyle: @KBizzl311 Dom: @WashedLifestyle Harrison: @harrygk83 Instagram: @undergroundphi @otblaxpod @kicksbycarly Send your mailbag questions: otbunderground@gmail.com Twitch: twitch.tv/undergroundsportsPHI Merch & Apparel: https://dsgntree.com/outside-the-box Tomahawk Shades Promo Code: "USP" to save 25% off at checkout Intro Music: Arkells "American Screams" Outro Music: Arkells "American Screams" --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/otblaxpod/message

Seth and Andrew learn some meaningful truths about consumerism, love of your fellow man, and how to pay for your kid's college with a "Punchers the Lobster." Listen and be adequately stuffed with tiny PVC pellets of knowledge. Check out our social media!@yourenotgonnalikethispod - insta@yonopod - twitterSend us your thoughts, prayers, questions, and answers:yonopod@gmail.comworks citedwikipedia:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ty_Warnerhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lina_Trivedimagazine article going deeper into Ty Warner's life and legal troubleshttps://www.chicagomag.com/Chicago-Magazine/May-2014/Ty-Warner/interview with Beanie Baby scholar Zac Bissonnettehttps://www.vice.com/en_au/article/mv58xq/the-great-beanie-baby-bubblean article by Bissonettehttps://www.buzzfeed.com/zacbissonnette/a-blue-elephant-named-peanut#.hd438G7yQYa link of where to get Bissonette's book, which I took a lot of info from https://www.amazon.com/Great-Beanie-Baby-Bubble-Toy/dp/1591848008NY Times article from the 90's about a Beanie Baby thefthttps://web.archive.org/web/20161119040006/http:/www.nytimes.com/1999/03/12/nyregion/on-the-trail-of-a-beanie-burglar.html?scp=3&sq=beanie%20bears&st=cse1 hour video of pro collectors explaining how to spot a fake Beanie Babyhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O0wpp7MZpzA

In the mid-1990s, Peggy Gallagher, a teacher from suburban Chicago, teamed up with her sister to become one of the world's first collectors of Beanie Babies — helping to spark a collecting craze that made toy manufacturer Ty Warner a billionaire. Hear Peggy's tales of speculation, authentication, and riding the Beanie bubble! Peggy's Beanie Babies authentication site • "The Great Beanie Baby Bubble" by Zac Bissonnette (source for Beanie Babies stats) • Opening theme: "Keepers" by Still Flyin' • Closing theme: "Slow Draw/Feeling In My Heart" by Eric Frisch • Additional music by Chad Crouch • www.forkeepspodcast.com

The Quest for 100 crew dives deep into a 90's fad, Beanie Babies. Find out all about how the craze began, how people profited off of the stuffed animals and how McDonald's played its part in the sensation. Don't forget to chime in on the 'Delusional Thinking' question of the week: If you could bring back fad, what would it be?

The Quest for 100 crew dives deep into a 90's fad, Beanie Babies. Find out all about how the craze began, how people profited off of the stuffed animals and how McDonald's played its part in the sensation. Don't forget to chime in on the 'Delusional Thinking' question of the week: If you could bring back fad, what would it be?

Beware! Beware! Fake Beanie Babies!   Sources and Suggested readings: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PgDsyj5eLmo (Bankrupt by Beanie Babies) http://www.chicagomag.com/Chicago-Magazine/May-2014/Ty-Warner/ https://nypost.com/2015/02/22/how-the-beanie-baby-craze-was-concocted-then-crashed/   Questions? Answers?: GoodToKnowPod@Gmail.com Music: https://www.purple-planet.com/chilled  

This week, we're back with a vengeance, LOTS of Hatsune Miku talk, and a 2x speed increased version of Nyan Cat. Sorry. Alicia gives some tasty tips. Jay sings a swan song for the intentionally understuffed. Cristaly explores a cryptic company. Yamaha lore music is "Healing" by Kevin MacLeod, licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license. (http://incompetech.com/)

Nathan and Spencer talk about one man's creation and our failure as a species. This one was chock full of audio goof-em-ups, if you wanna' get technical about it. Also it's a week late.

Today on The Gist, we remind you of what’s in that crate in the back corner of your basement. Author Zac Bissonnette tells the tale of Ty Warner and the craze that launched e-commerce. He’s the author of The Great Beanie Baby Bubble: Mass Delusion and the Dark Side of Cute. For the Spiel, a Gist-vestigation into college diploma mills. Today’s sponsor: Stamps.com. Buy and print official U.S. postage right from your desk using your own computer and printer. Right now, get a no-risk trial and a $110 bonus offer by going to Stamps.com and using the promo code THEGIST. And: QuickBooks. If you work for yourself, try QuickBooks Self-Employed. See what QuickBooks Self-Employed can do for you with a free thirty-day trial at tryselfemployed.com/thegist. Join Slate Plus! Members get bonus segments, exclusive member-only podcasts, and more. Sign up for a free trial today at slate.com/gistplus.     Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

John travels to visit our friends at Lakeshore Public Media in Merrillville for a live show on the Northern Indiana Commuter Transportation District, which has a ripple-effect across the state. Guests are Bill Hanna, President and CEO of the Northwest Indiana Regional Development Authority and Ty Warner, Executive Director of the Northwestern Indiana Regional Planning Commission.