David Senra · Dec 7James Dyson: 5,127 Prototypes
Hoover and Electrolux said that if a better vacuum cleaner were possible, they would have made it. Each rejection of the cyclone convinced Dyson he was onto something.
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- James Dyson took each rejection from vacuum makers as proof he was onto something▶ 1:28:28Hoover, Electrolux and others declined; the bag business was worth hundreds of millions of dollars a year to incumbents.
- James Dyson says experts know why things won't work, so he prizes naive questions▶ 12:45Dyson's incumbents said that if a better vacuum existed, Hoover and Electrolux would have made it.
