Comments on: How Sir James Dyson made his fortune

By: Lammo

Lammo — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 12:46:34 +0000

@Caricature King – I do believe Sir James and his team are working on a “green” car concept, but have a suspicion that you may be thinking of Sir Clive Sinclair, who brought us the pocket calculator, ZX Spectrum, and of course the Sinclair C5 electric car.

Interesting to note his recent biography that he’s just invented a folding bike that weighs less than 12 pounds and is small enough to take on the tube with you, and is also a pretty handy poker player! I can only hope to do half as much as that when I’m 69!

By: Caricature King

Caricature King — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 07:54:01 +0000

I thought Dyson had several other inventions as well- even a car – might be thinking of someone else quite willing to think outside the square.

By: Steve K

Steve K — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 23:26:42 +0000

Don’t know why the washing machine didn’t take off, but maybe it was the price tag. Either that, or the fact that it has got to be the heaviest bloody piece of kit that I’ve ever had to carry (and that’s with two others!).

I bought one a couple of years ago on eBay and it’s still going strong.

Woah … I really need to stop talking about washing machines!

By: Buy PSP Go

Buy PSP Go — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 16:01:24 +0000

Nice post – I love these stories of entrepreneurs being knocked down or turned away by big companies only to become incredibly successful and surpass those who didn’t believe in them.