Against the Odds: An Autobiography by James Dyson

What I learned from reading Against the Odds: An Autobiography by James Dyson

I am a creator of products, a builder of things (4:01)

The best kind of business is one where you can sell a product at a high price with a good margin and in enormous volumes. (13:30)

One sentence summary of this book: Difference, and retention of total control (14:50) 

Misfits are not born or made; they make themselves (18:08)

The parallels of running and building companies (20:35)

People who inspired him (26:00)

I am only celebrating my stubbornness. I am claiming nothing but the virtues of a mule (30:00)

When selling something new, do not mix your messages. Consumers can not understand multiple new ideas (40:40)

Entrenched professionals are always going to resist more than private consumers (42:40)

Don't make your products too wide. Narrow it down (50:17)

The "Edisonian Principle of Development" (58:02)

Total control is what this whole thing had been about (1:11:00)

James' Design Philosophy (1:13:51)

If you make something, sell it yourself (1:25:00)

James' Business Philosophy (1:27:30)

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