The priceless heart of a promising startup is its intellectual property (IP) — the disruptive idea, the brilliant invention, the genius breakthrough.
In reality, while lone geniuses and breakthroughs do occur, incremental progress and collaboration are more important in increasing our understanding of nature.
In "Quirky: The Remarkable Story of the Traits, Foibles, and Genius of Breakthrough Innovators Who Changed the World," Melissa Schilling gathers eight titans of STEM among them Albert Einstein, Steve Jobs, Nikola Tesla, and Benjamin Franklin and finds that they share a handful of key traits.
And some Matisses, from before 1904, when Vollard organized a Matisse show, which tanked, document a genius whose imminent breakthrough Vollard missed.
iTunes 8 includes the new breakthrough Genius feature, which lets you automatically create playlists from songs in your music library that go great together with just one click.
The new iPod nano incorporates Apple's breakthrough Genius technology which automatically creates playlists from songs in your music library that go great together, with just one click.
Using Apple's breakthrough Genius feature is easy select any song, click the Genius button, and iTunes instantly creates a playlist of songs that go great together from your own library.
But the report, which meticulously points out Robson's precise age–"15 yrs & 7 months"–is more of a genius marketing move than breakthrough analysis.
The impure genius of Sonic Youth's breakthrough "Daydream Nation," which Moody lauds without quite catching on to, was all about bundling that mismatched Velveteen baggage up in Patti Smith's "Transcend, transcend" mantra and lighting out for parts unknown with it.
For that special someone whose child just can't get enough of dinosaurs or who regales you with tales of scientific breakthroughs and forgotten geniuses, the gift of membership at a local museum or science center is a way to feed that hunger for knowledge and share it with friends.
