Akio Morita,few of you would recognize this name but I bet many of you will recognize this name for sure "SONY".Ahhh...now you recognize that don't you.Well it is one of the biggest brands in the global market and a world leader in Electronics.It is one of the many brands that japan has given to the world and indeed it was the first brand to emerge out of post-war japan.Akio Morita was the Founder of this Global brand.
I think for any budding Entrepreneur there can be no better role model than Akio Morita.At a time when japan was producing cheap knock-offs of items developed in the West he built a corporation whose bedrock was Innovation and creation of new technology trends.
Post-war japan was not the ideal place for a budding entrepreneur,but he converted this millstone into a milestone.He was one of the first Entrepreneurs in the world who sought to blur the boundaries of their bussiness and move into a global market.He pioneered such innovations as the first radio produced using a transistor,walkman,the first color home videotape recorder,the first 3.5-inch floppy disk.He also entered completely different domains to form Sony Music and Sony Pictures.
The path of innovation that he set at Sony continues to be tread to this day ,even after his death.
I've allways thought that India has a lot more to learn from Japan than from the US ,for the simple reason that India and Japan are more similar as both are ancient,orthodox and intellectual societies.Well I just hope that one of us from India will emulate a person like Akio Morita and turn India into a global power to be reckoned with.
I think for any budding Entrepreneur there can be no better role model than Akio Morita.At a time when japan was producing cheap knock-offs of items developed in the West he built a corporation whose bedrock was Innovation and creation of new technology trends.
Post-war japan was not the ideal place for a budding entrepreneur,but he converted this millstone into a milestone.He was one of the first Entrepreneurs in the world who sought to blur the boundaries of their bussiness and move into a global market.He pioneered such innovations as the first radio produced using a transistor,walkman,the first color home videotape recorder,the first 3.5-inch floppy disk.He also entered completely different domains to form Sony Music and Sony Pictures.
The path of innovation that he set at Sony continues to be tread to this day ,even after his death.
I've allways thought that India has a lot more to learn from Japan than from the US ,for the simple reason that India and Japan are more similar as both are ancient,orthodox and intellectual societies.Well I just hope that one of us from India will emulate a person like Akio Morita and turn India into a global power to be reckoned with.
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