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Build it and will they come? A business tip from Thomas Edison
If you build it, will they come? Well, maybe. But don't count on it or you might be waiting an awful long time. This vignette from the life of the great inventor, Thomas Edison, illustrates this brilliantly (yes, pun intended!)

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Build it and will they come? A business tip from Thomas Edison
If you build it, will they come? Well, maybe. But don't count on it or you might be waiting an awful long time. This vignette from the life of the great inventor, Thomas Edison, illustrates this brilliantly (yes, pun intended!)
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What's Really Important?
The legendary inventor, Thomas Edison, had just come through a period of exceptionally hard work and even longer hours than normal. At dinner his wife said, "You've been working too hard with no breaks. You need a vacation." "But where would I go?" he asked her. "Think about where you'd rather be than any other place on earth," she replied. Edison thought for a few moments then said, "All right, I'll go tomorrow morning." The next day he was back to work in his laboratory.
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