In the last several decades, the world has been introduced to several basic technology advances. These advances were the very minimum advances needed to spawn entirely new markets. They were also based on fairly simple premises; premises that had been locked away waiting to be found, understood and utilized. As these basics were understood and brought to market, many ways to profit from them were also found. These opportunities might have included licenses or downstream applications. An investor who can find a company at the right stage of basic discovery advance and commercialization is the investor who will profit significantly.