Cathy Engelbert Quotes

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

I consider myself an inventor first and an entrepreneur second. In real life, my hero is Thomas Edison. He was a great inventor, but also an outstanding entrepreneur who was able to sell his inventions to the masses. He didn't just develop the light bulb; he invented the entire electric grid and power distribution system.

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 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.

America demands invention and innovation to succeed.

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.

My passion for innovation and my interest in the 'business of science' has seen Biocon commercialize many innovative platforms and products.

I want to create an environment where I can create technology, get it into the hands of someone to market it, and move on to other technologies so I can keep innovating. I want to be a serial entrepreneur: Incubate an idea, get it to a good state, and make that an enabler to get to the next state. It's every researcher's fantasy.

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

Innovation is the calling card of the future.

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

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.

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

In business, success often depends upon the relative age of your ideas.

Israel produces more conceptual products than any other country.

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

As a student, I had a hobby of inventing new ideas for products. For me, thinking of new businesses is like inventing new products.

I don't invest in ideas because ideas are a dime a dozen. I could steal the idea pretty quickly.

When man invents or produces anything of any value, volumes are written on the subject.

I just want to innovate.

The big deal for me has always been innovation.

If you look at innovation, it doesn't just occur in the lab.

Kevin Systrom of Instagram used to work for us as a consultant in the early days of Mint. I knew him a long time ago. Maybe I could have gotten in there. But with photo sharing, I don't know if there's an obvious business model. I don't think there's a competitive, sustainable advantage.

I think there's always room for more innovation and new things.

I believe that science is the engine of prosperity, that if you look around at the wealth of civilization today, it's the wealth that comes from science.