Comments by "Bob Roberts" (@bobroberts2371) on "How Sony Mastered the Transistor" video.

  1. Fixed typo There is a story where Sony was shipping the early radios to the USA with batteries from Everready ( Union Carbide ) . Apparently these batteries were intended for non USA sales and Everready protested on the grounds that Sony was skirting the territory agreement. One of the Sony founders ( Probable Morita ) went to the Everready HQ in the USA, to solve the problem. I don't remember the exact words but it was a mic drop event that went along the lines of " If a person in the US buys a Sony radio with an Everready battery, they are likely to buy the same brand as a replacement, therefor Everready will continue to see sales. " After saying this, he got up and walked out of the office. This was effectively Steve Jobs asking John Sculley ( the CEO of Pepsi ) in he early days of Apple and was looking for a real CEO " : Do you want to sell sugar water for the rest of your life? "
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  2. This issue with Sony ( and other high end electronic makers ) is that the quality of lower cost brands has gotten way better. This encroaches on Sony's territory and there isn't enough of a value gain to justify the added price of a Sony.
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  3. With a purposeful grimace and a terrible sound He pulls the spitting high-tension wires down
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  4.  @boardernut  It was in a book about Sony Sony: a Private Life " John Nathan 1999 Page 64 There is an excerpt from a paper IMPORTING THE AMERICAN DREAM: JAPANESE HARDWARE AND SOFT POWER By Kenneth S. Klei at Harding edu ( page 10 )
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  5.  @AcuteChronic  said " Morita wouldn't even be a runner up. " The point of my original post comparing Jobs saying " Do you want to sell sugar water for the rest of your life " to Morita spending under 5 minutes in the meeting, stating what amounts to a one liner then WALKING OUT before a reply was given takes incredible self confidence to do this. I don't have a particular malice or like for either of these people other than their ability to make things happen . “The people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world are the ones who do.” ( said by someone )
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  6. With monster hooplah and Mexican hound The Hollywood lizard is comin' to your town
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  7.  @wesjones1181  Sony: a Private Life " John Nathan 1999 Page 64
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  8.  @AcuteChronic  Don't bet on it, look for a copy of the book Morita co authored with Shintaro Ishihara “The Japan That Can Say ‘No’ .” . 1989 The book is very critical of the USA.
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