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 engineering hands
Having a good idea is one thing, but persuading other people to buy it is quite another. Good inventors are polymaths: they think with their hands and their brains. They're experts in design, engineering and business.
thinking should
I just think things should work properly
math technology engineering
I'm not into politics but I am committed to a cause: ensuring design technology and engineering stays on the U.K. curriculum, alongside science and maths - grounding abstract theory, merging the practical with the academic.
Anger is a good motivator.
children parent challenges
Children want the challenge of difficult tasks - just look how much better they are than their parents on a computer.
people modern employers
As a modern employer you have to treat people well.
home car pills
Engineers are behind the cars we drive, the pills we pop and the way we power our homes.
partners china trading
China can and will be an invaluable trading partner to both the U.S. and the U.K.
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An inventor's path is chorused with groans, riddled with fist-banging and punctuated by head scratches.
order ideas stubborn
You need a stubborn belief in an idea in order to see it realised.
fun lifetime invention
One of the most fun inventions of my lifetime is the Mini.
engineering agency creative
[M]anufacturing, science and engineering are ... incredibly creative. I'd venture to say more so than creative advertising agencies and things that are known as the creative industries.
running giving-up pain
A lot of people give up when the world seems to be against them, but that's the point when you should push a little harder. I use the analogy of running a race. It seems as though you can’t carry on, but if you just get through the pain barrier, you'll see the end and be okay. Often, just around the corner is where the solution will happen.
technology ideas plenty
After the idea, there is plenty of time to learn the technology