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
mind made prototype
I made 5,127 prototypes of my vaccum before I got it right. There were 5,126 failures. But I learned from each one. That’s how I came up with a solution. So I don’t mind failure.
inspirational running hurt
What I've learned from running is that the time to push hard is when you're hurting like crazy and you want to give up. Success is often just around the corner.
build cheap economical mini perfect
The Mini was cheap to run, economical to build and perfect for nipping about town.
thinking government people
When decisions on nuclear power stations and runways are delayed and the government dilly-dallies, people think they aren't important.
thinking four firsts
I imported the first Mac into England in 1984; you know, the beige box. I imported what I think were the first four that came into England. I never opened the instruction manual. That was the best thing about it.
age digital stories
In the digital age of 'overnight' success stories such as Facebook, the hard slog is easily overlooked.
people house needs
Apartments are getting smaller on a whole. Houses are getting smaller. People don't need great big vacuums anymore.
past selling-things trying
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.