We only live once, so I want to think big.
I am the largest shareholder in SoftBank; I share the same interest as the other shareholders.
I use the iPhone and iPad every day, and I no longer touch PCs at all.
There will come a time when the human race and super intelligence will coexist to create a richer and happier life.
Being educated in the United States gave me a good understanding of American culture. I think I got a lot of influence from the entrepreneurial mind in the United States.
As a student, I had a hobby of inventing new ideas for products. For me, thinking of new businesses is like inventing new products.
Just believe in the future and direction of the capability that ARM has. Go deep and build a better future, both for the company and for its contribution to the industry. That's what I want ARM to do: invest more the future.
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.
If Japanese cannot have new babies quick enough, then the government should start importing workers faster.
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.
The pension system ties you to companies much longer in Japan.
I want to be number one.
Softbank has always been a service firm, and with the Internet, services became the center of the technology industry.
My philosophy is that the digital revolution will make mankind happier and more productive, and that won't change over the next 300 years. If you don't stick to that original philosophy, even perfect control of a bunch of companies isn't going to do you any good.
It's easy to look at where your pieces are now and place the next one nearby.
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.
I am going to support Ola.
I see a lot of opportunity in Internet-related start-ups, and second is the solar business.
InMobi is not just an India-focused company, but it is a global player.
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.
