Backing
Profits
Profits noun - The excess of revenues over outlays in a given period of time (including depreciation and other non-cash expenses).
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He came up with the modern R&D cycle: Identify a market, get backing before you start, publicize it ahead of time so the public is wiling to pay for it, and plough back the profits into making more inventions.
Source: Useful Notes / Thomas Edison
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