Innovate like Edison

Great introduction to the life and achievements of one of the most famous inventors ever lived.

Backstage view on Edison life and his enterprise operation is shown in this book: ideas and inventions, entrepreneurial approach to things and business dealings show Edison not only as a scientist, but as a great business leader.

Very good review on how operation of the first R&D laboratory looked like.

Authors tries to give systematic approach of innovation, but I don’t really believe that. I view the book as a collection of “good to have” advices.

They mention lots of Edison’s things that were just his thing, and which are so different in between entrepreneurs that it’s hard to tell whether Edison’s “unique features” really helped him to be so successful.

There’s a big cross-section with Napoleon Hill’s classic here, which authors emphasize several times. This only proves how big of a art piece Hill’s book is.

To balance the feelings after this book, I suspect I’ll have to pick something about Tesla’s life.

Anyway - really enjoyed listening to it.