Akio Morita
Akio Morita
Akio Moritawas a Japanese businessman and co-founder of Sony along with Masaru Ibuka...
NationalityJapanese
ProfessionEntrepreneur
Date of Birth26 January 1921
CountryJapan
long working-together fruition
without an organisation that can work together, sometimes over a very long period, it's difficult to see new projects to fruition.
business innovation enemy
An enemy of innovation could be your own sales force.
moving games creating
Americans make money by playing `money games,' namely mergers, acquisitions, by simply moving money back and forth ... instead of creating and producing goods with some actual value.
want kind plans
Our plan is to lead the public with new products rather than ask them what kind of products they want,
fate bonus share
the company must not throw money away on huge bonuses for executives or other frivolities but must share its fate with the workers.
believe people satisfaction
I believe people work for satisfaction.
mistake believe thinking
I believe it is a big mistake to think that money is the only way to compensate a person for his work. People need money, but they also want to be happy in their work and proud of it.
japan want ifs
If you don't want Japan to buy it, don't sell it.
men break rice
Never break another man's rice bowl.
education jobs people
My chief job is to constantly stir or rekindle the curiosity of people that gets driven out by bureaucracy and formal schooling systems.
years america japan
America looks 10 minutes ahead; Japan looks 10 years.
effort peaceful succeed
If we do our best and make efforts, a peaceful and great future will become ours without fail. Whether we succeed or not depends on the strength of our resolve and the amount of our endeavor.
believe research new-products
We don't believe in market research for a new product unknown to the public. So we never do any.
children growing-up learning
We all learn by imitating, as children, as students, as novices in the world of business. And then we grow up and learn to blend our innate abilities with the rules or principles we have learned.