Aaron Patzer Quotes

Britain is famous for being great at inventing and poor at commercializing.

You need to invent things and you need to get them to people. You need to commercialize those inventions. Obviously, the best way we've come up with doing that is through companies.

The inventors we remember didn't invent anything. They're the people who took somebody else's invention and made it commercially viable.

There is a premium on innovation and commercializing new ideas.

Americans understand that one of our great national strengths is innovation. Great innovators - Benjamin Franklin, Henry Ford, Thomas Edison, Bill Gates, Steve Jobs, and others - are household names.

The reality is, is that we love competition, at Apple. We think it makes us all better. But we want people to invent their own stuff.

My company invents all kinds of new technology in lots of different areas. And we do that for a couple of reasons. We invent for fun - invention is a lot of fun to do - and we also invent for profit. The two are related because the profit actually takes long enough that if it isn't fun, you wouldn't have the time to do it.

I had to learn everything about manufacturing, patents and how to run a business, and eventually I came up with an prototype that worked.

In America, innovation does not just improve our lives. It is the way we make our living.

When I did inventions, I always thought only of the invention itself, but the kids would ask for marketing materials.

Having a good idea is one thing, but persuading other people to buy it is quite another. Good inventors are polymaths: they think with their hands and their brains. They're experts in design, engineering and business.

You have to combine both things: invention and innovation focus, plus the company that can commercialize things and get them to people.

Successful technologies often begin as hobbies. Jacques Cousteau invented scuba diving because he enjoyed exploring caves. The Wright brothers invented flying as a relief from the monotony of their normal business of selling and repairing bicycles.

Creativity and business acumen don't always go hand in hand.

I do not think you can name many great inventions that have been made by married men.

I think in order to keep America great, we have to keep America creative.

When I think of invention, I always think of America. You're always seeing ads: 'Have you got the next big idea?' There seems to be that spirit in America of inventions and inventors.

I want to create something like Sony. Not in terms of manufacturing products but creating something that is innovative, makes money, improves peoples' lives.

London, a city where creativity and innovation have always flourished, provides a significant home for Starbucks and a significant gateway into Europe.

Is there anyone out there who is the next Steve Jobs? I think Jeff Bezos is pretty close. He is very smart. He is extremely creative. He has completely reinvented the way in which commerce is done online.

How many times have you been out for a beer or dinner and people are coming up with business ideas? Everybody wants to think they've got that great business idea.

Fact is, inventing an innovative business model is often mostly a matter of serendipity.

To me, innovations are the wheel, fire, language, movable type. There are not 3 million innovations; there are 3 million inventions.

I can't understand the conditions of a corporate product being designed and getting millions. I admire it, it's great, but I don't know how to do that. I have to have the wheel.

When we began Qualcomm, it had become quite clear that it was very important to patent new ideas.