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The parallels between a multi-million dollar discovery and my new hobby

Posted on December 26, 2021July 4, 2022 by Andrew Parks

On a quiet Saturday afternoon, James Dyson had finally had enough. At the time, he was in his mid 20’s. He was vacuuming his home – a small farmhouse in the western part of England. On this day, he ran into a familiar problem: His vacuum quickly lost suction. This

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