What Are the Different Types of Global Business Ideas?
Ideas and inventions can promote social progress, create a better life for people, and bring great wealth to the inventor himself.
However, if a product that can be commercialized is not invented, this means that no matter how good the idea is, it may be just behind closed doors. In the book, the author explores 50 industrial design, invention and innovation practices that have a significant impact on the business world, tells the stories of top business elites, entrepreneurs and inventors, introduces contact lenses, microwave ovens, email , Barcode, Google's "20% Time" innovation policy and other business innovations are generated and how they affect the business world and people's lives.
At the same time, the world's top commercial innovation design introduced in the book has a good inspirational meaning for Chinese enterprises to promote independent innovation. For ordinary readers, they can also get more innovation information.
50 top business ideas in 50 years
- Foreword to Chinese readers 1 Contact lens 2 Disposable diapers 3 Contraceptive pill 4 Satellite TV 5 Biometric technology 6 Electronic data exchange technology 7 Pull ring 8 Button telephone 9 Equal opportunity policy 10 Video phone 11 Fax machine 12 Plastic bags 13 Microwave ovens 14 Smoke alarms 15 Kevlar 16 Deodorant sprays 17 Computer-aided design 18 Internet 19 Pocket calculator 20 Cheap aviation 21 E-mail 22 ATMs 23 Computer games 24 On-time inventory management 25 MRI 26 Home Video System 27 Bar Code 28 Electronic Point of Sale Technology 29 Global Positioning System (GPS)
30 Fiber Optic 31 Electronic Form 32 Walkman 33 Personal Computer 34 Infrared Remote Control 35 Sticky Notes 36 CD 37 "2070-10" Rule 38 Digital Camera 39 Remote Control Door Lock System 40 Double Cyclone Vacuum Cleaner 41 Tablet PC 42 International Overnight (Overnight ) Courier service 43 Smartphone 44 Search engine 45 Click-to-pay advertising 46 Credit card payment technology 47 Hybrid car 48MP3 multimedia player 49 Google: "20% Time" innovative policy 50 e-reader
- For thousands of years, inspiration and creativity have always been inseparable from various problems. These inspirations and ideas can always change people's work and lifestyle, and people have never stopped pursuing them.
This book is written to praise the 50 greatest business ideas of the past 50 years. Over the past half century, the emergence of some revolutionary creative ideas has profoundly affected the entire social and business world. So why did we choose the past 50 years? Because it is an era closely linked to the entire industrial revolution. In the past 50 years, the field of information and knowledge has gradually entered the computer age. Digital means have made technology easier to spread, and globalization and commercialization have also stimulated the market's potential for creative demand.
Each of the 50 creative ideas in this book has undoubtedly brought huge changes to the world. Many of them still affect our lives today, such as personal computers, the Internet, satellite TV and barcodes, and so on. Although some of these creative products have been controversial, such as disposable diapers, contraceptives, deodorant sprays and plastic bags, etc., no matter how many negative impacts these creative products have, it is undeniable that they have produced significant social development Impact. Of course, the influence of some creative ideas is declining in today's age, such as fax machines, post-it notes, walkmans, and pocket calculators. These products have been replaced by new digital things. Even so, their contributions cannot be ignored.
In fact, when we praise the companies and individuals who have changed the world, maybe within a short period of time, new ideas that have influenced the world have already occurred.
This book deals with many small stories generated by ideas, some of which you have heard, but many more that you did not know. You'll find that ideas that are enough to change the world are made by chance, such as the discovery of Kevlar, the invention of smoke alarms, microwave ovens and post-it notes, and so on. At the same time, creativity is always inseparable from failure. As Kevlar discovered, today this polymer is often used to make protective clothing and other high-quality goods that require materials that are not affected by the outside world. After failing the experiment, scientist Crowlake did not directly discard those turbid, viscous products, but instead woven them into fibers, and found that these fibers were stronger than the fibers ever made. This high-strength fiber has so far generated billions of dollars in revenue for DuPont.
The same is true of the invention of the smoke alarm. After the Swiss scientist Jagger failed the test of the toxic gas detector, he smoked helplessly to relieve fatigue, but accidentally found that the smoke can trigger the response of the sensing device. Therefore, the smoke alarm is not an invention that Jieger wants to get. It is purely his accidental discovery. Without his accidental discovery, the advent of commercial smoke alarms may be greatly delayed. Another example is the invention of post-it notes. When Dr. Silver's adhesive development was not completely successful, his colleague Frey used this weak glue as an adhesive to stick bookmarks on the Bible, and the post-it notes were born.
The invention of the pull ring on the can was produced after Frazer forgot to bring a beer driver in a picnic in 1959. After several years of research efforts, the Fraser ring quickly achieved success once it was launched on the market, which fundamentally affected world food and beverage consumption. Another food-related invention was the microwave oven. Its invention was purely accidentalthe chocolate peanut bars close to the microwave melted. In 1944, Dr. Spencer of Raytheon was standing near the magnetron system being tested and found that the stick-shaped snack in his pocket was inadvertently heated by the device. Raytheon registered a patent for this in 1945, and invented a less practical microwave oven a few years later. It was not until 1965 that the true home microwave oven was developed.
As for the invention of optical fiber, as we know, Gao Yan, a Chinese physicist, believes that light can be used as a propagation medium. This idea has been ridiculed by most professional engineers, but he made unrelenting efforts to complete what was originally considered impossible. Dreams come true. A similar experience also occurred during the invention of the home video system. The home video system was able to enter the market mainly due to two employees of Japan's Victory Company "stuck down" on an unattended project.
The 50 ideas selected in this book are the results of our joint discussions. We have selected ideas that are very representative and influential in academia, business, and finance. To this end, we have invested a lot of energy and repeatedly discussed . These 50 ideas have a huge impact on the future, not just the commercial impact defined by the pioneers. We don't regret creative ideas with subjective choices. As everyone knows, the pill has just passed its 50th birthday, but its irreversible limitation has made the pill not to be promoted in some countries. The same is true for many other goods, and for some reason we no longer use them.
In most cases, creativity is inseparable from the laboratory. These ideas that have influenced the world have gone through a long process of development, so before every company can enjoy the benefits brought by creativity, the creativity must be continuously improved by many people. Today we The innovative products that we see and use are the predecessors' continuous efforts to gain their status today. The Internet was born in the late 1980s and early 1990s. Its inventor, Tim Berners Lee, was recognized as the "father of the Internet", but the Arpanet, which appeared earlier than the Internet, promoted the arrival of the Internet . ARPANET appeared in the 1960s and was specially equipped for the Pentagon in the United States. This is the world's first effective computer network configuration. On the other hand, without the World Wide Web and his Hypertext Language (HTML) proposed by Berners Lee, the Internet cannot enable billions of Internet users to use Google, Facebook, and eBay to shop. But there is no doubt that Li's invention can only be realized on the basis of Arpanet.
Just like a vacuum cleaner, not every inventor adheres to the innovation process. Some inventors often do early research and then use different materials to make so-called new products. Those inventors or companies are constantly making, building, reshaping, testing, and adjusting to create the best and most applicable revolutionary products. This is the book praising the Walkman, Double Cyclone Vacuum Cleaner and Google s "20% Time "The reasons for creative trailblazers such as innovation policy.
It is a pity that some good innovative concepts are not included in our choices, such as hybrid cars. Of course, you may argue and even get angry that some ideas will eventually be selected into this book. Some people may think that ideas that are not selected by us are equally important, such as integrated circuits and laser technology. These ideas are not for some reason. Finalist 50 ideas selected.
Reading this book will bring you unique enjoyment. This book contains the most prominent and most prominent creative stories in half a century, including inventors, patents, models, protracted legal battles, and inventor contributions. Blood, sweat and tears. But everything is over, and these top contributors will surely live with their ideas.