A limb sometimes a lack of caution leads to amazing results a new era of breakthrough fast wealth but it can also all come crashing down around us and today we look at some transformational moments in the history of Economic Activity and finance welcome to mate so what is a good investment when is the right moment to expand and who is the best partner for a new project so many questions and the answers determine success or failure even the biggest names in industry can get it wrong and falter lets look 1st at a few recent examples. The money is pouring into his venture. To any investors working for the winners in mega markets. And will his ad caught ever be completed really if i didnt work for the airport i guess id only believe it once it opened when i heat my suitcase off the carousel. Hes an expert on risky investments obviously the americans here take a risk because the law foods like also backfire. They can either be of the ocean they store through central berlin was organized by the internet portal get your guide is a platform for holiday activities it doesnt sound like high finance but the investors of pouring funding into the portal digitalisation in the Tourism Industry promises billions and. Profits at get your guide sankey new offices we meet found your highness fake this year hes received half a 1000000000 euros from International Venture capitalists thats an impressive sum for a german startup get your guides yearly sale still come to only around 100000000. 00 euros. I think that in germany we think too much about expectations and pressure im thinking about building up a Global Market leader. And that is much more exciting than driving yourself crazy thinking about what might happen if it doesnt work out the way we expect. And thats for sure rex biggest investor is must say oshie son the head of Japanese HoldingCompany Soft Bank raises Money Worldwide for his Vision Fund Investments the biggest foreign sources of the u. S. And saudi arabia vision Funds Investment capital of 187000000000. 00 euros is distributed to startups in america and Asia Companies that promise good growth and need money to expand but does it have to come from saudi arabia which is under fire internationally for human rights abuses mind of its you i dont have a relationship with saudi arabia but with softbank and we agree on where the market is headed. Our product helps people get to know the world and soft banks money is well invested here. Another investment project that seems to be neverending ballons new airport. Actually it was originally scheduled to open in 2011 but the date has been pushed back repeatedly since then and 2014 past the airport was supposed to go into operation the current slated date is october of 2020. 1. I can tell you that the construction site is finished since april or may the technical inspectors have been looking at the individual facilities. Im testing the ones that are responsible for fire safety for over 2 years weve been on schedule its working. Mistakes shoddy work and corruption pushed the price of building the airport way above the original projection of 2000000000 euros the costs of amounted to 7300000000 euros and counting. The airport full seen by the original plan was too small so an extension had to be built its geminis most embarrassing construction project recently from we have to deliver more trying of course given the history of the airport so far its no wonder that no one will believe us until we prove it for the call much a momentous handshake by is acquisition of nonsense who was the biggest foreign takeover in german history the stakes were high for bio which paid 54000000000. 00 euro news and also acquired responsibility for the more than 18000. 00 lawsuits and monsanto did by underestimate the risk. Buying one santa now probably much much cheaper than buying 130. 00 like 2 or 3 years when all the lawsuits are finally resolved so obviously the motions for you take a risk because the law foods might also backfire. In crossing if it can cost for the northern tip of reputation except. But at the moment its a very interesting and attractive investment some courts have said monsantos glyphosate based herbicide roundup causes cancer its still unclear how much liability by a faces that will determine if the costly takeover was worth it so will it prove a bold investment or just a reckless one. Now what some call crazy others of us clever or a stroke of genius and indeed looking back some of the biggest business successes in history come down to a quickie entrepreneur who took the right risk at just the right time perhaps misfits are the most creative and successful people in business out of the box thinkers sometimes have ideas that change the world. Crazy maybe but certainly successful. Many of the worlds most gifted minds were called crazy at some point. Despite bandt well maybe because of but these ones made it right to the top. At the start of the 20th century there was american engineer and reform would be revolutionized the Automotive Industry which in moving Assembly Line production was cheaper than ever everyone could afford his cars whats more he only made his staff work 5 days a week and paint them generously. But he was no dream boss ford wanted total surveillance he was known as the benevolent dictator the head of a department at ford was required to know everything about his workers including what they ate and how they lived for its behavior was extremely controlling and manipulative. In postwar germany tayo outraged cofounded a discount supermarket called. People to take vitamins off the shelves the sounds allowing for fewer staff and Cheaper Products the concept was a huge success and taylor price wealth grew and grew but al breast was still fanatically frugal stingy and woe betide the employee who ordered too many pens or didnt use the paper on both sides he had no empathy whatsoever for his stuff. One time was kidnapped and he even claimed the ransom money he paid as tax deductible his obsession with saving drove stores into disrepair managers and he dared to renovate after he died. Today many thinkers are drawn to Silicon Valley space x. Founder long musk has proposed using the hyperlink Passenger Transport a super high speed pneumatic tube train he also wants to colonize mars for musk and his workers theres just one rule business 1st family time only if the Company Goes Bust the tycoon can be a real live wire is bad tempered tweets have given his companys shares a bumpy ride over the years so whats the one thing that unites all these crazy minds theyre all men maybe the great women out there are just better at keeping it together or should we conclude that madness is male. Interesting question too risky to answer on air well not taking risks can also be risky take the German Economy europes powerhouse its managed to weather one crisis after another thanks to its strong export sector the country is taking in what tax revenue than its spending leaving room to maneuver but at the same Time Investments in schools and infrastructure a falling behind why because germans dont like going into debt despite negative Interest Rates on sovereign bonds the government is sticking to its mantra of a balanced budget but critics warn that too much for galatea could cost germany dearly in the end. The black 0 here in germany thats what we call a balanced budget its a good thing it means stability at least according to the government so ministerial. But today im meeting someone who wants to bury the 0 we need to move on from this crazy idea that saving is always good and that is always bad theres a what he means is germany urgently needs to invest and if it needs to borrow to do so thats fine if it helps boost the economy. The president of the German Institute for Economic Research one of the most influential economists in germany for 5 long something to show him. If i try this departure weve brought along a black 0 youre not a fan right and its unfair for anybody and you know im not per se it depends on a balanced budget shouldnt be an end in itself its fine when the economy is thriving but were in the 3rd quarter of 2019 and technically were in a recession thats why the 2nd quarter with negative growth so the politicians need to act they need to do something to stabilize the yukon. And automatically need to secure jobs thats the real issue the black 0 is all very well but its basically a fetish. Every year since 2014 the german states revenues have been higher than its expenses even though Public Services like schools and hospitals are underfunded railways too. We need to move on from this crazy idea that saving is always good is always bad the opposite is true when times are tough we need to invest so that people can keep their jobs and we can guarantee stability. Teat. So keeping the future in mind the future and also future generations thats what we need to do thats my point of me im 30 and i keep hearing about the mounting debt that it will be up to me to pay off. Why is that. The state depends on substance in other words that might have been reduced but assets the value of streets and bridges Public Institutions knowledge as capital social housing all of that has been squandered devalued in the past 15 years the state has invested too little to maintain that value so as a 30 year old in the future you have less value. Doesnt even factor in the environment the climate. The german state is investing more in Environmental Protection than it has in recent years its working towards long term climate goals but its already clear it wont hit its 2020 targets. Thats an embarrassment for a country thats made such a lot of its environmental credentials and it could have been different the technology exists theres been rapid progress in the past few years so right now we urgently need more investment energetic. Renovation of buildings electricity grids we also need a new transport policy we need to do away with combustion engines and carbon intensive technology and embrace Carbon Neutral and emo billeted this needs to become a top priority and that requires funding. A failure to invest cant even end up costing money take this entrepreneur so recently he had to store important data on a u. S. B. Stick because he had such a slow internet connection. When it comes to Digital Infrastructure german investment is lagging seriously behind you. In terms of future technologies were missing opportunities if that doesnt change soon then the future will belong to china and the us. Especially in the areas of digitalisation and artificial intelligence. Youre a keen bungee jump or so youre obviously not risk averse but theres always an element of risk with investing that can go wrong. In this its investment is always a risk but life is high risk or germany wouldnt be as successful as it is it wouldnt be as wealthy as it is and as comparatively robust if germans hadnt taken risks taking risks doesnt mean acting blindly you need to take calculated risks in order to make economic and social progress. So germany is successful but its squandering its success by not investing enough in its future thats a shame because there are great ideas around a startup in berlin has developed a kite that generates electricity as its source but the firm needs investors Technological Prowess and it has to keep a keen eye on the competition. This cut could help solve the Energy Problems of the future. Generates electricity from wind power on a level that no wind turbine can achieve. Its vision is to develop the technology and scale it to a size that can keep up with todays when turbines. Were starting small and have a long way to go and were always starting over. A telescopic arm connected to the truck holds and guides the kite soon it should be able to climb hundreds of metres and fly. Thats what the developers in berlin are currently working on. The big challenge is programming the computer so that it can steer the kite with these cables and. The generator that produces the electricity is in the truck under the cable drums they hope it will one day replace inefficient diesel generators. Turbines are fixed to the ground. Connected to a base station and fly up to 300 meters in the air the wind is stronger and more steady at that height. Their Development Laboratory is on the campus of the Technical University of berlin. The engineers started experimenting with fabric kites in 2012. When the kite goes up the rope turns the generator trouble and generates electricity. Then the kite is pulled in again which consumes very little power its like a yo yo going up and down. Over all that creates a surplus of election. Most of their time was spent doing calculations or in the workshop. They built the kite and all the technology themselves and theyre always having to redesign and optimize. As a mater our motto is to make as many mistakes as possible in a short a time as possible but i was only once because. I mean we have to learn and the mistakes make us smarter and they make the product safer as a hero. Theyve been working on the carbon kite since 2017 or so would have already invested over a 1000000 euros in the prototypes but its still not finished. The wind energy summited hamburg is the teams chance to find new investors. Yeah thats right thats what were asking investors to acquire a stake of up to a 1000000 euros this year so we can turn the technology into a product that can be successfully brought to market that. Theres plenty of competition working hard on rival products borman will have to win people over. To deliver something ringback nothing else. Other developers are working on gliders instead of kites. Several companies are in a race to produce the best technology and to secure global investors. Theyve done it theyve found the venture capitalists who are willing to continue investing yet still the courts were close to seeing whether whats been developed over the past couple of years really works and if we get the feeling that it does work then well provide the next round of funding ill be in for sure i dont really think. That will this make you richer. Because i have added a i dont know about rich or. I dont have a lot of capital but i invest a little money in Renewable Energies part of that. Once a week the developers drive out to the airfield they havent made much progress with flying yet. They often started midnight when theres more of a steady wind the team is feeling the pressure. They need to make the kite fully automated but the technology is not cooperating. The investor is getting impatient hes come over to see for himself. Sometimes competitors making progress start to get nervous. But then you come back and see how its working out. Confidence again. After months of tests takes off steered by the cables and stabilised by the computer now they have to program the computer to carry out all the flight maneuvers alone. The next step is the most critical. To be very precise little mistakes get punished in a big way but weve been practicing for so long its become routine by the end of the month well be able to get the kite flying really high. The kite is still fine just a few meters away from the arm but once the computer learns to guide the properly it should start flying higher and generating electricity. The people of britain took a risk with bricks it businesses spooked by the uncertainty some companies are moving jobs to the continent but there are also those who are betting that investment in britain now can pay off big time with breaks it only slightly worsening the odds are they out of their minds reportage and theyll do malone went to find out. London in the summer of 2019 a tumultuous time for the city nobody knows yet just how much more tumultuous it will get but were all getting closer to finding out. Were looking at less than 3 months to go before a potential window if your brakes it but maybe you are not the Prime Minister could lose a vote of confidence plus her going for a selection or there could even be a 2nd right the referendum that returns the question of to the people whether you take what you said unilaterally revoke article 50 about counseling right it tries to say theres a lot of uncertainty and you know a business hurts youve got it certainty. Thats why assets worth 800000000000 pounds are being shifted from the u. K. To that you thats about 861000000000 euros. A growing number of companies has said that theyre moving headquarters parts of the wrapper a sense jobs are asked that out of the u. K. After a break that several companies have done some or all of those things. But not everyone will be as the u. K. General manager and 26. 00 Additional Bank is companies charging towards london at a time when others are backing away i want to know why but i had a burning question to get out of the way 1st are your friends afraid you look into their account does have. More than one of them so i mean. Yes i have a question obviously because theres a lot of theres a lot of security restrictions we have in place and it would be highly inappropriate of me to be doing that so it is not something that i do you rolled out the service in the u. K. In november of last year for example uncertainty was already a thing so why are you coming when so many others are going relaunched to write the. November 2018 but already they have been over a year of planning that went into the us so launching a research into big compares to the. Now throughout that whole period of kools we knew what the results of the referendum was. Im out was we want to come here regardless of whatever happens with the outcome this will still be a place which has 60000000 People Living in new cage really one of the most structured markets force in the world what made and 26 decide to go for it at this particular moment and not until after everything was clarified what we did not want to do as a business is sit on the side and wait 1234 years lets. Plan to be dictated by politics basically that is totally out of our control so rather than trying to wait whenever that deadline is a mess and then having some certainty lets be flexible. And operate how we can and i mean saw. And masses are what we do. Businesses are in a unique bind the lack of clarity makes it a strange time to invest in the u. K. But opting out of what is still one of the worlds most important markets seems ill advised to michael of use in chief market analyst at c. M. C. Markets has been following brags that impact on business closely business is need to take a pragmatic approach and i think they need to plan for the most probable outcome and not the actual outcome businesses cant stop growing they cant stop innovating they still need to be able to move their Business Model forward now obviously the current impasse doesnt help with respect to that but what the what business is cant do is stop innovating stop creating new products stop planning the new markets what do you think is the best government make up possible in the u k. Not the current set up thats for sure we want some form of government that can actually govern the key decisions in Opening Night you know there is no room for anything else policy was apart from bricks so i think at some point between now and the end of the year well get a general election the hope is that general election will bring about a probusiness new government how the government looks i dont know. London in the summer of 2019 from what i can see its business as usual but i cant tell for how long the firms that are betting on britain have to hope for the best and brace for the worst possibly the only sane way to be in a crazy era. Or to quote another slightly tweaked saying much times call for. All thats all the risk im willing to take on this edition of made for me and the team in berlin thanks for keeping us company a bank. Ego africa. The bigger animals are cranked up a lot of attention but dont overlook these little flowers very endangered. You can do something to protect them. We presume free Success Stories from south africa. Identifying where plants are replanting them creating an urban oasis. In 30 minutes w. S. O. S. Europe the european night is in crisis. If its to have a future it will meet champions young champions. Me or activists or countries. They are fighting for the. Do they stand a chance. Can they save the european idea. Mike i need to stand up for European Values and contribute to something important to upset. Her of europe starts september 2nd on d w. You know how is your view of the world. Where i come from but all of that glitters is gold just like with chinese food doesnt matter where i am its always reminds me of home after decades of living in germany chinese food is one of the things i miss the most but that taking a step back i see something i need to differentiate not. Many of the its a person as american nation that exists as a part of the board havent been implemented in china thats when you put on the top Chinese People wondering if theyre going to say that but if people have a right to another location that is this is their job a job that of them on how i see it and just why my job because i tried to do it exactly it is a day like name of the uninsured and i work at g. W. 2 the in. Business t w news live from berlin britains Prime MinisterBoris Johnson takes a dramatic stuff he sets he has asked the queen to shut down parliament until just a few weeks before breakfast opponents are calling the plan outrageous and a dark day for democracy also coming up it is decision time in italy polled Political Parties must reach an agreement today on forming a new Coalition Government or the country will face fresh elections and polls say that its likely to put western europes 1st far right government in power