Masayoshi Son Quotes
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I don't like accidental success. It's what Bill Gates calls 'random,' a term he uses with the opposite of respect.
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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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My original intent for investing into Sprint - the main strategy was to buy Sprint and T-Mobile at the same time, so we'd have a critical mass to fight against AT&T and Verizon. The U.S. government didn't accept that. They rejected it. So my fundamental strategy was broken.
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The energy in Silicon Valley is because of the very talented engineers immigrating from around the world, especially Indians and Chinese. They are the best engineers, and Japan doesn't have enough of them.
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Back in the year 2000, most of the Internet companies were not making any money.
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I am not trying to chase what other people are doing.
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We saw a big bang in PCs; we saw a big bang in the Internet. I believe the next big bang is going to be even bigger. To be ready for that, we need to set the foundation, and that foundation is SoftBank Vision Fund.
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Mankind had the agricultural revolution, the industrial revolution, and now this third one, the information revolution.
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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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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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Most of the time, when I make a big move, people say I am out of my mind. But I don't think about how I can add to what I have today.
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We are not experts on everything. We are not capable of doing everything by ourselves. There are a bunch of other smarter people around the world.
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I am going to support Ola.
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Softbank 2.0 means globalisation of Softbank.
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It struck me deep in my mind. Some day, the chip is going to surpass mankind's brain.
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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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Renewables is part of social responsibility, but the information revolution is the only main thing I am interested in.
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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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We have lots of ideas, lots of dreams.
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My belief is that we should never become overconfident.
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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 always take bold moves. So it can have great return but with great risk.
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Those who rule chips will rule the entire world.