Masayoshi Son Quotes

I try getting in front of as many opportunities as possible, but in the late '90s, I had no idea that I'd end up being CFO of a technology company. I'd no idea what venture capital was.

Believe it or not, the first spark for everything I've done today came down to me meeting one person in college who changed my life. A student named Anthony Adams who lived across the hall from me in our freshman dorm showed me what it meant to be an 'entrepreneur' when I saw him launch his own start-up company.

So we went to Atari and said, 'Hey, we've got this amazing thing, even built with some of your parts, and what do you think about funding us? Or we'll give it to you. We just want to do it. Pay our salary, we'll come work for you.' And they said, 'No.' So then we went to Hewlett-Packard, and they said, 'Hey, we don't need you. You haven't got through college yet.'

I called up a bunch of the CEOs of Silicon Valley companies and said, 'Hey, can I come and see you? And I'd like to learn about what you're doing.' And I don't know, most of them said yes.

The day I graduated, I skipped the ceremony to go straight to California for the dot-com boom.

I'd love to continue acting. Maybe start a business.

I'm an entrepreneur.

I am a big advocate of female entrepreneurs. I do what I can to advise and help them along in their careers.

I didn't have the patience to wait to take a degree before starting work, because I wanted to run my own business.

I enjoy business, being an entrepreneur on every level. I really enjoy it.

I don't want to be the guy that's sitting here, calling somebody and telling them their dream. I want to be in the seat of the founder.

Graduating business school, I had $150,000 of debt. An investment firm offered me a steady job, but it didn't feel right. It was 2007 in Silicon Valley, and I dreamed of starting an Internet company.

Starting a company and being a founder is really hard, and most companies fail. You really have to have a deep commitment and belief in it and be willing to see it through many ups and downs.

One of my dreams is to become a female entrepreneur with other projects not just related to music.

I am an entrepreneur. Beyond that, I am a mother and part of a wonderful family that is part of a wonderful business.

Having been a fan of 'Dragons' Den' since it first aired in 2005 I was absolutely delighted and proud to have the opportunity of becoming a Dragon myself.

I had to quit a 'real job' to start my first company.

I had always wanted to start a company, ever since I was very young.

I knew that when I grew up, I wanted to have a business.

I have always worked to start.

I'm a rock star at the WeWorks and tech centers of New York.

I knew I always wanted to be my own boss. My mum would say I've been my own boss since primary school. It was probably always my destiny.

My choice of this business, and that I relatively enjoy innovation and research, is greatly related to my father.

If you immediately take a job somewhere, you've given up on the dream of being an entrepreneur and creating jobs for people and making new technologies and making new paths.

I'd like to start my managerial career in England.