| INVENTREPRENEUR |
| Inventrepreneur - noun [in-ven-truh-pruh-nur] - one who organizes and operates a business based on an invention of their own creation, usually at considerable risk and effort. |
| Inventrepreneurs are not those who organize and operate businesses based on the inventive efforts of others. |
| In the age of product licensing the inventrepreneur is the missing element in American innovation. |
| Examples Thomas Edison Alexander Graham Bell Henry Ford George Westinghouse Orville and Wilbur Wright Alfred Nobel George Eastman Walt Disney Sam Walton William Gates |
| "I find out what the world needs, then I proceed to invent. My main purpose in life is to make money so I can afford to go on creating more inventions." "Anything that won't sell, I don't want to invent. Its sell is proof of utility, and utility is success." Thomas Edison |
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| There is very little difference between entrepreneurs and inventrepreneurs. Most successful entrepreneurs have an unique product or selling point. |
| Inventors and Entrepreneurs Club |
| at South Texas College |
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