David Senra · Dec 7James Dyson: 5,127 Prototypes
Fry gave Dyson work, taught him to distrust experts, and guaranteed £25,000 of the £50,000 mortgage for the vacuum prototypes. Dyson regrets refusing his money for the Ballbarrow.
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- 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.
- James Dyson regrets taking money from people who did not understand startups▶ 27:30The Ballbarrow board later ousted him and kept the company and the patent.
