1. Inventions and Innovations

Have you ever wondered why the company you are working for now or worked at in the past was willing to put money into research and development for one product while denying funding for another? Or have you wondered why some additional product features for an existing product were funded while another set was not? Did you think all of those decisions made sense or were arbitrary and capricious?

How many times have you had a great idea that you didn’t follow up on, only to find a year later that a complete stranger not only had the same idea but turned it into an actual invention with a patent and a market? Did you kick yourself because that person has fame and fortune and you don’t?

Not many of us have the genius ...

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