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
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Some of the best inventive moments are born out of 'wrong thinking'. Most people start with the right way so they all follow the same path. The wrong way will lead to mistakes from which you can learn and create new discoveries-the kind of original ideas that come to life when we dare to be different, keep an open mind, and have no fear of failure.
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Successes teach you nothing. Failures teach you everything. Making mistakes is the most important thing you can do.
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The important thing is to learn from mistakes - something graduates are adept at. Our graduate engineers are working on new technology - from uncharted applications for our digital motor, to a new take on the hand dryer. With an unhindered mind, nothing is off limits.
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Enjoy failure and learn from it. You can never learn from success.
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When I escaped to art school it was a Mini that took me there.
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The Mini was cheap to run, economical to build and perfect for nipping about town.
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The media thinks that you have to make science sexy and concentrate on themes such as rivalry and the human issues.
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We need to encourage investors to invest in high-technology startups.
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There's nothing wrong with things taking time.
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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.
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In the digital age of 'overnight' success stories such as Facebook, the hard slog is easily overlooked.
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My interest in film is sort of catholic - apart from science fiction and horror movies, I'll watch almost everything.
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Nobody wants the expenditure of a lease on a factory which lasts 21 years. You can't plan 21 years ahead.
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In the past, the U.K. got away with selling things that weren't unusual. Now it's no use trying to export without having something that's unusual and better.