Dear Hannah,

All ideas are great. The ones that are developed, financed, negotiated, produced, packaged, and sold make money.

Love,

Daddy

"LEarning (Games People Play (The Story of Monopoly) - in 90 Seconds)"
By Derrick Brown

Charles Darrow lost his job as a heater salesman at the beginning of The Great Depression in 1929.

He then created, patented, copyrighted, and licensed Monopoly between 1933 and 1935 - but Monopoly was based on versions of real estate trading games whose patents date back to 1904.

Why did Darrow's version flourish - making him the first millionaire game designer?

Well, two lessons come to mind ...