Thomas Edison was a dynamic inventor, engineer, and businessman. Investigate his life. Note the hours he worked when seeking a solution, his use of teams to develop ideas into products, and his business acumen in searching for products that had market potential.

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Answer 1

Thomas Edison was known for working long hours and demanding the same from his coworkers. He often would investigate multiple materials, e.g., fi laments for the light bulb, before fi nding the optimum one. His company did not always have the initial patent, as was the case with the light bulb, but built on promising patent ideas of others, writing around the initial patent. His business acumen relates to his undertaking projects that had commercial possibilities. He did not pursue ideas he could not commercialize.