Since invention is 1% idea and 99% hard work, just hire enough people to do the hard work.
If they're smart and they also come with good ideas ? that's even better. You saved yourself some work.
Collaborate. Hire people to help you, don't try to be a lone genius.
Or even a lone patent acquirer in Edison's case.
In my mind his big innovation was agressively commercializing research. Basic research remains the almost sole domain of academia and government grants, but he proved that it was possible to spin up a positive feedback loop by focusing on attainable tech over a short timeframe. Part of what made him so prolific was that he was first to market with the concept and was able to attract top talent for cheap wages relative to the money his employees made for him. Of course he was also an incredible asshole etc
> Part of what made him so prolific was that he was first to market with the concept and was able to attract top talent for cheap wages
Isn’t this basically the definition of American corporate entrepreneurship?
The article is quite well written, I got a lot out of it without reading the actual book.