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The founding of the Bell Telephone Company from "summary" of Alexander Graham Bell by Edwin S. Grosvenor,Morgan Wesson
Bell's invention of the telephone was a groundbreaking moment in history, but it was the founding of the Bell Telephone Company that truly solidified his place in the annals of innovation. The company was established in 1877, just a year after Bell had received his patent for the telephone. With the help of his financial backers, including Gardiner Hubbard, Thomas Sanders, and Thomas Watson, Bell was able to turn his invention into a commercially viable product. The Bell Telephone Company was not the first telephone company in existence, but it quickly became the most successful. Bell's patent gave the company a competitive advantage, allowing them to control the market for telephone technology. This allowed the company to grow rapidly and establish a dominant position in the emerging telecommunications industry. One of the key factors in the success of the Bell Telephone Company was Bell's own vision and leadership. He was not content to simply invent the telephone and then sit back and watch others profit from his creation. Instead, he took an active r...
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