As you know, an idea is nothing, if you do not implement it. Even if you implement it, unless you can market it, you are not going to be successful. Even if you market it, unless you can close the deal, you will remain among the thousands of unsuccessful entrepreneurs. Read the rest of this entry »

Here are the top 20 innovations of the last 30 years, according to a survey sponsored by Knowledge@Wharton and PBS’s “Nightly Business Report”. Judging was done by Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania.

1. Internet, broadband
2. PC, laptop computers
3. Mobile phones
4. E-mail
5. DNA testing and sequencing
6. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)
7. Microprocessors
8. Fiber optics
9. Office software
10. Laser/robotic surgery
11. Open-source software
12. Light-emitting diodes
13. Liquid crystal display
14. GPS devices
15. E-commerce and actions
16. Media file compression
17. Microfinance
18. Photovoltaic solar energy
19. Large-scale wind turbines
20. Internet social networking