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FIVE years ago, after graduating from New York University with a film degree and thousands of dollars in student loans, Scott Gerber moved back in with his parents on Staten Island. He then took out more loans to start a new-media and technology company, but he didn’t have a clear market in mind; the company went belly up in 2006.

“It made me feel demoralized and humiliated,” he says. “I wondered if this was really what post-collegiate life was supposed to be like. Did I do something wrong? The answers weren’t apparent to me.”

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James Dyson, the British industrial designer, is best known for the innovative, high-performance appliances that bear the family name — cyclonic vacuum cleaners with powerful suction and fans that generate a breeze without blades.

But the silver-haired, 63-year-old billionaire has more than the Dyson products on his mind lately. Mr. Dyson is an adviser to Prime Minister David Cameron on how to accelerate Britain’s development of new technology and build up its manufacturing and export prowess.

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Very long, but very interesting. Maybe get comfy, curl up on a couch, and read it on your iPad, the way Steve Jobs would want! No sarcasm here, I’m a fan

READ FULL INTERVIEW – http://www.cultofmac.com/john-sculley-on-steve-jobs-the-full-interview-transcript/63295