James Dyson
James Dyson
Sir James Dyson OM CBE FRS FREngis a British inventor, industrial designer and founder of the Dyson company. He is best known as the inventor of the Dual Cyclone bagless vacuum cleaner, which works on the principle of cyclonic separation. According to the Sunday Times Rich List 2013, his net worth in 2013 was £3 billion...
ProfessionEntrepreneur
Date of Birth2 May 1947
thinking research-and-development ideas
If you didn't have patents, no one would bother to spend money on research and development. But with patents, if someone has a good idea and a competitor can't copy it, then that competitor will have to think of their own way of doing it. So then, instead of just one innovator, you have two or three people trying to do something in a new way.
engineering ideas together
Manufacturing is more than just putting parts together. It's coming up with ideas, testing principles and perfecting the engineering, as well as final assembly.
technology ideas design
Design and technology should be the subject where mathematical brainboxes and science whizzkids turn their bright ideas into useful products.
creativity ideas confusion
It's the unlikely juxtaposition of creativity and logic which causes the wooliness and confusion around the term 'innovation'. Everybody wants to be innovative; many companies and ideas are proclaimed to be innovative and no one doubts that innovation is a money spinner. And, thus, we are all looking for the magic formula. Well, here you go: Creativity + Iterative Development = Innovation.
order ideas stubborn
You need a stubborn belief in an idea in order to see it realised.
technology ideas plenty
After the idea, there is plenty of time to learn the technology
inspiring ideas may
Everyone has ideas. They may be too busy or lack the confidence or technical ability to carry them out. But I want to carry them out. It is a matter of getting up and doing it.
enjoy failure learn
Enjoy failure and learn from it. You can never learn from success.
art escaped mini school took
When I escaped to art school it was a Mini that took me there.
build cheap economical mini perfect
The Mini was cheap to run, economical to build and perfect for nipping about town.
sexy thinking issues
The media thinks that you have to make science sexy and concentrate on themes such as rivalry and the human issues.
technology needs investors
We need to encourage investors to invest in high-technology startups.
take-time
There's nothing wrong with things taking time.
technology effort want
If you really want to improve technology, if you want things to work better and be better, you've got to protect the person who spends a lot of effort, money, and time developing that new technology.