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# You can't succeed just by listening to successful people!

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**You can't succeed just by listening to successful people!

Have you heard of Zoom?　  
   
Many people are now familiar with Zoom thanks to Corona.  
The company was created by a spin-out of a former Cisco Systems engineer.

Yuan Zhen, the founder of Zoom.  
 

Coincidentally, his success started in Japan.

As shown in the link below,

 

Yuan Jen happened to be in Japan on a business trip and had the opportunity to listen to a lecture by Bill Gates, the founder of Microsoft. I was enlightened by Gates' concept of an "information highway.  
 

He wanted to work in the U.S. in 1994-1995, a time of great change in the IT industry represented by Windows 95, and he suffered eight times since then, being denied a Visa from the U.S. and unable to enter the country.

Aside from his success story, I was also present at this Bill Gates' lecture at that time.

   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
 

He was co-hosting with Richard Branson, whom I love in the photo.

One is a nobleman of IT, the other an extremely free man.  
While Bill Gates spoke with his PC at his disposal, Richard Branson took the stage with only a single paper notebook.

With a notebook in his hand to jot down his ideas, he said, "This is my personal computer." He said.

Now that I think about it, that's a super light laptop!

This is what the president of Microsoft in Japan had to say behind the scenes in the waiting room for his speech at that time.

He later wrote in his blog.

You can't succeed just by listening to successful people."

How many people are coming to listen to our lecture today? That's right. If they want to be successful, they don't have time to listen to us. If I were you, I'd go back to work right now.

They laughed at each other saying that.　

What do you think?

One of those in the audience, Yuan Jian, is the founding owner of a company that has been in business for nine years and now has a market capitalization of over 4 trillion yen.

What I think is that it is very good to be inspired by others, whether by a lecture or by reading a book, and that subsequent actions, strength of thought and will, and luck are all important.

I wonder how many people were inspired and enlightened by their stories and started moving toward their own dreams after that lecture.

I wonder how many of them ended up just saying, "That was a nice talk.

And then they get busy with the busyness of everyday life.

Those who don't move, and those who do.

This is the first turning point.

And after that, the driving force to keep moving is the power to believe in what you feel, to keep believing in it, and to have a strong will.

Believe in the world you want and keep moving toward that dream.  
Keep thinking about it without resting even for a moment.

The body rests, but the mind thinks.  
To hold on to this strong will.

This is the second turning point.

My boss at the time told me that if I wanted to be a manager, I should look at everything from a business perspective.

He told me to think about why the business was profitable and to think in terms of numbers.  
Even if you are in an industry that has nothing to do with you, you need to figure out the revenue and expenses of that industry.  
Think about it in your sleep and when you are cold.  
He told them to be mindful of their perspective.

Later, that thinking became his interest.

When I went abroad, I thought about the profit structure of free newspapers, BEP (break even) for airlines, and so on.

Strong will and numbers.

Dream in one hand, abacus in the other.

I guess it is like that.

I, too, admired Richard Branson and founded my first company, Prime Link Corporation, in 1995.  
Unfortunately, I was not interested in the IT industry at the time and founded the company in a different industry, yearning for Branson and seeking freedom.  
With some luck at the time and some help from others, we were able to go public about 6 years after the company was founded.

So now, the world economy is in shreds because of Corona, but starting from scratch is the same everywhere.

   
This is our chance to compete with the big players.  
We are fortunate in many ways that we were small in scale.

Cooperate with others, look at tomorrow with wisdom and thought, deal with people in a positive manner, and live with faith in tomorrow.

Don't give up on life.

Life is short.

Wear your dreams and live your life!

Article by Zoom Founder　  
https://jbpress.ismedia.jp/articles/-/60304**

 

 

 

 

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#### Akira Tsuchiya(en)

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Our background In 1991, we started the business that was not yet found in Japan, or even in the world. That business was to become an agency who provides franchise store-development service. We came up with the idea to persuade companies to join a franchise as their new business; our target was not individuals, but the small and medium-sized enterprises who already established with their businesses. With that as a start, we managed to expand over 30 franchise brands including various restaurant brands i.e. Bakery Restaurant St.Marc(650 uint in Japan, BBQ “Gyu-kaku”(850 unit in Japan), Katsudon “Katsuya”(350 unit in Japan), Sushi delivery “Gin-no Sara”(730 unit in Japan), and from other hospitality business categories i.e. Second-hand automobile dealer “Gulliver”(450 unit in Japan), Second-hand golf club dealer “Golf Partner”(350 unit in Japan), Women’s fitness club “Curves” (2,000 unit in Japan as a master franchisor of the American brand), by selling new businesses to small to medium-sized enterprises in Japan. Number of the stores we successfully opened are over 8000 ! During this time, in 1996, Akira has established a company, Prime Link Co.Ltd., to start a business that we become franchisee ourselves to grow the business. In 2001, Prime Link Co, Ltd., became the very first franchise business company that is listed on the stock market(Nasdaq Japan). In 2006, Akira left Prime Link and started our company, Assentia Holdings, Inc. In 2010, Akira has established Assentia Holdings PTE. Ltd. in Singapore, and started the business to connect Japan and the world. During the last 5 years, our client’s franchise stores have spread in 19 countries（180 unit) in the world. Japanese food business and Japanese-style service are catching a great deal of attention from the world. Our work is spreading out from Asia to Oceania, Middle Eastern, Europe and North, Central and South America. Published a business book "Gain F&B franchise business opportunities in Asia"

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