Why It’s Never Been Easier To Be A Successful Inventor

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This article appears in the June 25, 2012 Investment Guide issue of Forbes.

Five years ago Adrian Van Anz decided he wanted a moped. Problem was, the models on the market were too slow, too clunky, too drab. Simply put, they didn’t set his soul on fire. So he took what for him was the logical next step—and built one himself.

A veteran tinkerer whose first big hit was a vodka-cooled computer, Van Anz ordered a 2hp motor fr...