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2010 SoftBank 30 year vision document: its a wilde ride [pdf]
- arkitaip 6y agoIt's the perfect ugly design to communicate a pretentious and empty vision.
- moralestapia 6y agoFrom the slides, >5 turning points of SoftBank >1981 Big bet after one month of business foundation >1983 Fight against illness >1994 IPO, ventured into US >2001 Start broadband business >2006 Acquired Vodafone KK Lol, what about the one-in-a-lifetime investment opportunity in Alibaba, which they took probably by chance, and pretty much MADE the modern SoftBank.
- skbly7 6y agoWell, to be honest they acknowledged in the sides that any company's survival chances for 30 years are 0.02%. They don't need to worry about all investments turning into multibragger.
- rpeden 6y agoAlibaba hadn't gone public yet when these slides were made, though, so had Softbank actually gotten any return on that investment yet?
- pcurve 6y ago20 year old me would've rolled eyes so hard I'd be looking straight into my throat, but 40 year old me appreciates a deck like this because I've learned over time that vision like this does matter. Interesting tidbit I found about Soft Bank. They pay their employees to have kids, upwards of $40k if you have your fifth.
- qserasera 6y agoTelepathy seems like an outlier here