Edison became a rich man thanks to his imagination's ability to transform "piles of junk" into products and businesses that didn't previously exist. Today's more knowledge-based world may demand less physical junk and more service ideas as invention's starting point, but these 10 billionaire inventors are worthy heirs to Edison's tradition.
Thursday, August 2, 2007
Billionaire Inventors
"To invent, you need a good imagination and a pile of junk." So said Thomas Edison, inventor of so many things we take for granted today and the archetypical American entrepreneur-inventor.
Edison became a rich man thanks to his imagination's ability to transform "piles of junk" into products and businesses that didn't previously exist. Today's more knowledge-based world may demand less physical junk and more service ideas as invention's starting point, but these 10 billionaire inventors are worthy heirs to Edison's tradition.
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Edison became a rich man thanks to his imagination's ability to transform "piles of junk" into products and businesses that didn't previously exist. Today's more knowledge-based world may demand less physical junk and more service ideas as invention's starting point, but these 10 billionaire inventors are worthy heirs to Edison's tradition.
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