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5. I’m British. I spent several years building thousands of prototypes of my bagless vacuum, carefully planning, reviewing, organizing, designing, re-reviewing, and testing my product. Today my company pulls in over a billion dollars a year. My foundation encourages the education of young people in design and engineering. It has a cool website which you should definitely check out: jamesdysonfoundation.com . Who am I? _ _____________________________________________________________________ What’s my innovator trait? __________________________________________________________ 6. I am educated as doctor and as a biophysicist. I spent many years studying how potassium and sodium generate electric voltages in the human body. In 1977, I invented a machine that uses nuclear magnetic resonance to detect differences between normal and abnormal tissues to help diagnose all kinds of diseases and injuries. It is called the MRI which stands for Magnetic Resonance Imaging . It has saved millions of lives. Who am I? _ _____________________________________________________________________ What’s my innovator trait? __________________________________________________________ 7. I am a former secretary. In my day, people used typewriters. All I wanted was to find a better way to correct typing errors to make my job a little easier. I worked with the local high school chemistry teacher to develop a formula for a product now called “Liquid Paper.” It whites out mistakes made in ink. I sold my company to Gillette for $47.5 million. Who am I? _ _____________________________________________________________________ What’s my innovator trait? __________________________________________________________ 8. Even though I was only 19, I saw the potential for great improvement in blood tests. I invented a method of testing for hundreds of health problems with just a single drop of blood. My company is called Theranos . I am the youngest female billionaire in the U.S. Who am I? _ _____________________________________________________________________ What’s my innovator trait? __________________________________________________________ 9. I came to the U.S. in 1978 when I was ten years old. The only English word I knew was “shoe.” In college I studied electrical engineering and met David Filo. We could see that internet use was set for a huge growth explosion, and that a directory of websites would be very useful. We created a website called "Jerry and David's Guide to the World Wide Web.” It evolved into Yahoo . Who am I? _ _____________________________________________________________________ What’s my innovator trait? __________________________________________________________ James Dyson Dr. Raymond Dahmadian Betty Nesmith Graham Elizabeth Holmes Jerry Yang cautious/planner education; immersion in field collaboration alert to ways to improve things vision PRODUCT PREVIEW
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