In a tiny, make-shift office in the town of Boston, Massachusetts, an inventor slaved over his latest creation. He had struggled for years, but each successful step had suffered a major setback. He committed so much time to designing and building his idea that he couldn’t hold down a job. Finally, broke and out of work, he was forced to borrow money from his in-laws.

    After much perseverance and several technological breakthroughs, the inventor was ready to show his invention to a live audience. Only to be laughed at!

    One spectator called the invention a “ toy.” Others told him to give up, that it would never work. But the man refused to give up. Not only did he continue perfecting his innovation, others, realizing the potential, tried to copy him. Before he was finished , he had received numerous patents for what was to become the world’s most well known device. And he created an empire from that far-fetched idea.