Which term is used to describe someone who turns an invention into a market-ready product?

• A. Entrepreneur
• B. Innovators
• C. First to market
• D. Drivers for invention

Answer: (A)

Turning an invention into a market-ready product involves recognizing a business opportunity, organizing resources, and taking on risk to develop and launch a saleable offering. The person who does this is an entrepreneur. They identify customer needs, craft a viable business model, secure funding, manage product development and production, and handle marketing and distribution to bring the product to market and sustain the venture.

Innovators focus on creating new ideas or improvements, not necessarily on building a business around them. Being first to market is about launching sooner than others, which is about timing more than the ongoing role of turning an invention into a product. Drivers for invention isn’t a standard term for the person who commercializes ideas.