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I started Softbank in 1981, a year and a half after I came back from the United States, after graduating from Berkeley. I wanted to start my own company when I came back to Japan.
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I always take bold moves. So it can have great return but with great risk.
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We believe the singularity is inevitable, and all businesses will be redefined as computers overtake humans in intelligence.
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I try to look in the future and think backwards. That is when I am at my most comfortable. Because then I am just like the movie, 'Back to the Future.'
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I said from the very beginning, 'Yahoo should position itself as a technology innovation company, not as a media company.'
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SoftBank is not a specialist on any instrument. We did not invent any instrument. Not the best player. But we would like to be a conductor of this information revolution.
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I am not trying to chase what other people are doing.
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To have real success and roots in a society, there has to be a local champion, and hence we believe in identifying a local entrepreneur.
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Every street light will be interconnected to the Internet because we can save when car is not passing. Automobile will all be connected, so driverless car much safer.
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When Gates was active in business, he was the smartest - so focused that no company could surpass Microsoft.
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Robots have already surpassed human beings in calculation and memory, but I have no doubt that the time will come when they will surpass in wisdom as well.
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Uber is redefining the transportation industry now; Airbnb is doing it to the hotel industry. You can expect that to happen in every single industry.
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Some kind of correction will always happen. But it depends on the specific companies.
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The pension system ties you to companies much longer in Japan.
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Those who rule chips will rule the entire world.
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Renewables is part of social responsibility, but the information revolution is the only main thing I am interested in.
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Mankind had the agricultural revolution, the industrial revolution, and now this third one, the information revolution.
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India has the best opportunity ahead of us.
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The autonomous car is definitely coming, and when that stage comes, this ride-share business becomes even more important.
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I think in terms of 20-year horizons.
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I am the largest shareholder in SoftBank; I share the same interest as the other shareholders.
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We have lots of ideas, lots of dreams.
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All human beings are the same. In the United States, people come from all over the world, all races, all backgrounds. And they're all doing what they want, many scoring huge successes. When I saw that, I became more open. It freed my soul.
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If Japanese cannot have new babies quick enough, then the government should start importing workers faster.
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