What is a filament?
How does the light bulb work?
How did Thomas Edison persevere, or overcome, when things were difficult?
Improving the Light Bulb
What is a patent?
Why do you think Thomas Edison wrote down his ideas?
An entrepreneur is someone who decides to create or run a business. But what set him apart was his approach to invention. He didn’t try to find a new problem to solve. Instead, he looked at what solutions had already been created and found ways to improve them. Edison referred to this as ‘perfecting’ rather than inventing. He took things that were already made and worked to make them better or less expensive
What is ‘perfecting?’
How was Thomas Edison resourceful?