Masayoshi Son Quotes

• I haven't invented anything earth-shattering. If I could be said to have one noteworthy ability compared with the average person, it's that I have a keen interest in reading the direction and timing of paradigm shifts.

  Masayoshi Son

  Reading, Average, Earth

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• I'm a man, and I think every man wants to be No. 1.

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  Hombres, Pensar, Querer

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• I would say that hardware is the bone of the head, the skull. The semiconductor is the brain within the head. The software is the wisdom and data is the knowledge.

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  Data, Skulls, Brain

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• Having made up my mind, I went to see Steve [Jobs]. I brought a hand-drawn sketch with me, and I said, "Please make something like this." He said, "Don't show me such an ugly design sketch." But he also said, "You've got the right idea. I totally agree that the time has come when we can make the ultimate mobile machine."

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  Jobs, Hands, Ideas

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• Sea cual sea el país, sea cual sea la cultura, sea cual sea la época, cuando te conviertes en una organización lo suficientemente grande, empiezas a colapsar y a ralentizarte.

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  Country, Organization, Culture

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• No me interesan las cosas que darán dinero en los próximos dos o tres años. Creo que soy mejor que otros a la hora de olfatear cosas que darán fruto dentro de 10 o 20 años cuando aún están en la fase de semilla, y estoy más dispuesto a asumir los riesgos que eso conlleva.

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  Pensar, Años, Dos

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• Jack's [Ma Yun ] theory is that whoever controls data controls the world.

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  Data, World, Theory

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• If something happened, like engineers starting to quit, things would go downhill fast.

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  Quitting, Starting, Engineers

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• But a big paradigm shift is staring us in the face. If I left things to someone else despite having my own thoughts on it, I wouldn't be true to myself.

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  Faces, Bigs, Being True

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• Our proposal had more than just money. We would increase their staff and keep their headquarters, their brand and their management in place. We made them a comprehensive offer they couldn't refuse. Shareholders simply receive cash, but with the staff and management, we had to show that we could share the same vision. Employees would probably resent us if money were all [we offered].

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  Vision, Cash, Management

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• I'd met Simon [Segars] for the first time in London. He struck me as a quiet, natural-born engineer and an orthodox successor [to East]. He has a home in Silicon Valley, and he said it's just a few minutes' drive away from mine.

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  Home, London, Firsts

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• Creo que me habría mantenido en contacto con inversores de capital riesgo y empresarios. Seguro que seguir involucrado como algo parecido a un entrenador sería divertido. Si cediera las riendas a un sucesor, no me quedaría [para mover los hilos] como un emperador retirado.

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  Fun, Thinking, Entrepreneur

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• I thought I might spend the rest of my time on golf. But thinking about it now, I'm happy playing whenever I have some downtime in my busy schedule, and even if I had all the time I wanted to play, my score probably wouldn't be very good.

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  Golf, Thinking, Play

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• [Simon Segars ] came by a few times.I told him, "If you understand the future of the internet of things that much, then you should add more engineers and go on the offensive." Simon had explained to analysts and others that he intended to do that sort of forward-looking investment, but he said it's tough for a listed company considering its share price falls if profits drop.

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  Fall, Add, Goes On

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