Senra: Masayoshi Son is a gambler who never built a useful product
David Senra · David Senra on Nvidia, Jensen Huang, and Being a Great Founder. · Mar 24, 2025 · at 28:17
Founders podcast host David Senra explains why he abandoned plans to produce an episode covering SoftBank founder Masayoshi Son.
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“He is a legit gambler and it's like a sad existence. He didn't build a product that made somebody else's life better. He didn't do any of that.”
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