The manufacturer's mission is to overcome poverty by producing goods in such abundance that they become as plentiful and cheap as tap water.
産業人の使命は貧乏の克服である。その為には、物資の生産に次ぐ生産を以て、富を増大しなければならない。水道の水は加工され価あるものであるが、通行人がこれを飲んでもとがめられない。それは量が多く、価格があまりにも安いからである。産業人の使命も、水道の水の如く、物資を無尽蔵にたらしめ、無代に等しい価格で提供する事にある。
Entrepreneurs
Kōnosuke Matsushita
Konosuke Matsushita (1894-1989), Japan's God of Management, left school at nine and built Panasonic into a global giant. He pioneered divisional structure, affordable-quality pricing, and systematic leader development.
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Kōnosuke Matsushita's Other Quotes
Never think you have exhausted every option. Stand at the cliff's edge, and a fresh wind will surely blow.
A sunao (open) mind sees the truth of things without being trapped by preconceptions.
Matsushita Electric is in the business of developing people. We also happen to make electrical products.
Commerce is the art of inspiring customers.
It only becomes failure when you stop. Keep going until you succeed, and it becomes success.