“The next revolution, the next trend is to be an intelligence-intensive...” — Barry Lam Quote

The next revolution, the next trend is to be an intelligence-intensive company. That has more value to society than a labor-intensive company.

Taiwan has been so well developed economically. But we are underdeveloped culturally.

The market is so competitive. There are so many products that are similar. So we are forced to invest in innovative research in new products that are one or two years ahead of the market.

The laptop computer is a workhorse. The tablet is just a display.

I'm still a small shrimp, not a dragon.

My thing is to have a good, profitable company, for it to be 100% owned independently.

My mother taught me something at a young age - she said 'you are the company you keep'. To define yourself by some label or some level of resources - that's pretty shallow.

When a company is facing a problem, it always takes a stance and takes a decision, but at the same time it wants to make sure of what it can learn from it, what enhancements it can make.

People send you stuff if you say you're interested in something. I have a tonne of body lotion. So I could mention I was interested in, you know, surfing, and some company would send me a surfboard.