"I've got it!"
An unruly man in a threadbare coat kicked down the door to the board room.
The entire board of directors filled the room, annoyed someone would interrupt an already too long meeting.
The intruder threw down a mass of loose leaf paper smudged over with a dozen dozen equations.
"Gentlemen, we are going to build the world's first air-ship."
The board was skeptical but the company was failing anyway and quickly agreed to fund this man of science.
Five years later, the revolutionary HMS Newton, built by Mekkanical Industries, was ready for her maiden voyage.