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James Dyson: The Ever-Tinkering Engineer

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Deirdre supported Dyson’s prototype habit with her modest salary as an art teacher. He politely answered questions about his startup years and tough business decisions (in 2002, he moved production of his machines from Malmesbury, a small town in England, to Malaysia; more on this later). A jet engine goes 15,000 RPM.

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How to Break Up with Your Business Partner

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He is 25 years older, and he was my mentor early in my career. He insisted he didn’t want to change anything, although he did agree that, moving forward, I would draw a higher salary for my administrative duties and we wouldn’t share the management of our clients as we had in the past; any new clients would be solely under my management.

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If You Think You’re Unbiased, You’re Wrong

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Thanks to people like him, we now know that diverse teams tend to outperform their more uniform counterparts. Not only did the PWD task force ensure compliance, they “established a worldwide accessibility project office” in 2002 to ensure all products and services were made accessible. “You don’t hate them more than you love money.”

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