Benjamin Franklin: America's Original Entrepreneur

While many of America's founding fathers were business owners, one in particular stood out as one of history's greatest entrepreneurs: Benjamin Franklin. His many useful inventions include bifocals, an odometer, the lightning rod, swim fins, watertight bulkheads for ships, and the wood stove. See Inventors Guide Mary Bellis' has in-depth profile of Benjamin Franklin for more.

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