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Founders: #400 The Stubborn Genius of James Dyson

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This episode covers the extreme perseverance and the stubborn genius of James Dyson. Dyson has a business philosophy which is very different from anything you might have encountered before. A philosophy which demands difference from what exists and retention of total control. For almost four decades, James Dyson has been building one of the most valuable privately-held companies in the world. A company he owns without shareholders — and one that is centered around an obsession with the quality of the product above all. I spent well over 70 hours reading (and rereading) both Against the Odds and Invention: A Life of Learning Through Failure. These books tell the story of the vision of a single man, pursued with dogged determination, that was nothing less than obsession. Episode sponsors: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Ramp⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ gives you everything you need to control spend, watch your costs, and optimize your financial operations —all on a single platform. Make history's greatest entrepreneurs proud ⁠⁠⁠by going to Ramp and learning how they can help your business control your costs and save time and money.⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠https://ramp.com⁠⁠⁠ Automate compliance, security, and trust with Vanta. ⁠⁠⁠Vanta helps yo

[00:00] A: So it took me nine years to get to episode 400. That means over the last nine years, I've read and reread 400 biographies and autobiographies of history's greatest entrepreneurs. My number one recommendation has been, for many years and still is to this day, James Dyson's first autobiography. Called against the Odds. I covered James Dyson's first autobiography on episode 25, episode 200, episode 300, and on episode 400. What I've done is spent the last two weeks cover reading and rereading both his first autobiography and his second autobiography. Dyson wrote his second…

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