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
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.
years want lasts
Nobody wants the expenditure of a lease on a factory which lasts 21 years. You can't plan 21 years ahead.
use want way
I've obviously used fans - I wouldn't say all my life, because we couldn't afford them when I was young, but from my 20s and onwards we've had to use fans. And I've always loathed them. Everything about them. The way you adjust them, getting them at the angle you want. Carrying them. Cleaning them. The danger of putting your finger in them.
entrepreneur retail want
I want entrepreneurs to be engineers and scientists and designers; they don't necessarily have to be Internet entrepreneurs or retail entrepreneurs.
jobs needs want
Cordless vacuums are designed for quick jobs, but you need enough power to do the job; you don't want the power waning over time.
want moments slow-down
I learned that the moment you want to slow down is the moment you should accelerate.
naysayers different want
If you want to do something different, you’re going to come up against a lot of naysayers.
want programming
I just want things to work properly.
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.
enjoy failure learn
Enjoy failure and learn from it. You can never learn from success.
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.