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This post irks me! What does the author consider Thomas Edison's work? Did Edison innovate early for the sole purpose of making money? I think rather he did

This post irks me! What does the author consider Thomas Edison's work? Did Edison innovate early for the sole purpose of making money? I think rather he did because of passion, interest and possibly the thought of changing the world. Obviously he succeeded in the above and in turn created industries that fed and feeds millions of people each year. I can't imagine starting up a business where I had no passion and interest in doing, rather only for the money. Ummm i had that type of situation before and it was called a job!

cubedice 18y ago
Edison certainly had passion and interest, but he also had a giant ego. He cut down Tesla, knowing full well that AC was a better option. Maybe he wasn't just thinking about the money (he did stand to lose his patent royalties), but certainly his legacy came before "changing the world." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_of_Currents http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_of_Currents http://media.www.thetriangle.org/media/storage/paper689/news/2004/10/15/SciTech/Edison.Tesla.Competed.For.Acdc.Current.Monopoly-754734.shtml http://media.www.thetriangle.org/media/storage/paper689/news...
savantids 18y ago
Nothing wrong with being a successful entrepreneur AND having passion. But the point of the article is that founders of boo.com, webvan.com, kosmo.com etc. and all the other stupid 90's dotcom ideas all failed as entrepreneurs because their business sucked ... not because they lacked passion. Passion + stupid business = passionately stupid business ailure.