Origin and originality of ideas

"Make it a practice to keep on the lookout for novel and interesting ideas that others have used successfully. Your idea must be original only in its adaptation to the problem you are working on."

- Thomas Edison

This semester's class of CIMBA entrepreneurship students are developing business plans for food tours, social networks for studying abroad, RFID tracking of personal valuables, and kiosk-based auto rental. While each of these ideas has been implemented before in some shape or form, these students embraced Edison's advice and the challenge of original adaptation. Look for updates here!