25 Against the Odds: An Autobiography by James Dyson — transcript highlights
Founders · David Senra · 2018-04-22
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What the transcript keeps returning to
Product
“With this team, at last, I could put into hun- unhindered practice all the things I believed about the interdependency of design…”
The useful question here is not whether this sentence is a universal rule. It is what operating choice the episode places behind it: product.
Focus
“There was no market research, and there was no focus groups.”
The useful question here is not whether this sentence is a universal rule. It is what operating choice the episode places behind it: focus.
People
“Um, he, uh, the another way that I've heard people put that is like, "I don't wanna rely on the good graces…”
The useful question here is not whether this sentence is a universal rule. It is what operating choice the episode places behind it: people.
Persistence
“So, uh, so while it was the Dual Cyclone that was the basis of my first vacuum cleaner, as I went on…”
The useful question here is not whether this sentence is a universal rule. It is what operating choice the episode places behind it: persistence.
Capital
“And he goes, "The problem with that was that we were doing it all on borrowed money." So he ta- he took--…”
The useful question here is not whether this sentence is a universal rule. It is what operating choice the episode places behind it: capital.
A BIPU connection
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Source and attribution
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