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So what did I learn from these facts?
Tesla, the greatest inventor of the century (my opinion of course) was mediocre at choosing underlings and a lousy business man.
Edison was good at picking underlings, a good inventor, better innovator and superb business man.
Jobs was good at choosing the underlings he needed (but just okay at keeping them), a superb innovator, an unknown as an inventor, a superb business man and a showman that could give P.T. Barnum a run the his money.
Gates was every bit as good as Jobs but where Jobs filled all those shoes at once Gates filled them sequentially.
What I learned is this. If a person is moderately good at creating or innovating and outstanding as a business man and showman (Edison was no slouch as a showman either) they can become household names of great respect and wealthy to boot. If, on the other hand someone is a great inventor and innovator but a lousy business man they will become a pauper with a household name of derision.
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