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1. www.gsmarena.com › it_all_began_with_a_failed_riceIt all began with a failed rice cooker - a glimpse at Sony’s ...

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   Overall, it was a failed attempt, and the cooker never hit the market. Tape recorders and transistors. In May 1946, Ibuka joined hands with former naval lieutenant Akio Morita to launch a new...

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3. grasshopper.com › blog › the-early-failures-ofThe Early Failures of Famous Entrepreneurs (And What They ...

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   • Bill Gates & Traf-O-Data
   • Akio Morita & Rice Cookers
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   • Henry Ford & Detroit Automobile Co.
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   The Failure: Bill Gates will forever be remembered for starting Microsoft, but this was actually not his first business venture. Prior to founding the software giant behind Windows, Gates headed up a company called Traf-O-Data. Its objective? As StartupGallery.org explains, Gates and his partners wanted to build a 'computerized machine for processi...

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   The Failure: Today, you know Sony as a digital electronics powerhouse. But the company was considerably low-tech in the early days, as shown by founder Akio Morita's foray into selling rice cookers. The problem, as SonyInsider.comexplains, is that the rice cooker basically burnt more rice than it cooked. Calling it a 'primitive product', SonyInside...

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   The Failure: Harland David Sanders (better known as 'Colonel Sanders') endured some of the harshest early failures of all. Despite having what we now know is an undeniably popular chicken recipe, no one wanted it at first. In fact, Sanders endured over 1,000 rejections before finally finding a restaurant that was willing to work with him. Early on,...

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   The Failure: It's hard to think of Henry Ford as anything other than a smashing success in the automobile industry. Early on, though, he was anything but. Ford's first company - Detroit Automobile Company - went out of business in 1901 'amid customer complaints of high prices and low quality', according to Newsweek. Henry Ford Company (founded one ...

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   The Failure: R.H. Macy was hardly an instant success in retail. In fact, the first four store locations that he opened were abject failures (including the first true Macy's store in Massachusetts.) Between 1843-1855, every one of these dry goods stores died on the vine on poor consumer demand and lackluster sales totals. The Lesson: There is a lear...

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4. www.ft.com › content › b43ed592-5b29-11e2-8ccc-00144The rice cooker empire that never was - Financial Times

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   Jan 15, 2013 · Akio Morita started off selling rice cookers. A potentially lucrative business idea – but it burnt more rice than it cooked. Fewer than 100 units were sold. Mr Morita and his partner...

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   How did a rice cooker work?

   • The electric rice cooker, made by merely interlocking aluminum electrodes which were connected to the bottom of a wooden tub, was a primitive product. The result depended heavily on the kind of rice used and the weight of the water. Tasty rice was a rarity, as the rice cooker produced mostly undercooked or overcooked rice.

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   Did Ibuka make an electric rice cooker?

   • This was the time when the World War II had just ended. Ibuka’s firm operated from the third floor of the damaged Shirokiya Department Store (shown below) in Tokyo. Although the company mainly focused on radio repairs, it also came up with its own product: an electric rice cooker.

   It all began with a failed rice cooker - a glimpse at Sony’s history

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   Why did a rice cooker fail?

   • Made by interlocking aluminum electrodes connected to the bottom of a wooden tub, the product lacked innovation, and mostly produced either overcooked or undercooked rice - the result depended on the type of rice as well as the quantity of water used. Overall, it was a failed attempt, and the cooker never hit the market.

   It all began with a failed rice cooker - a glimpse at Sony’s history

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   How did Shozaburo Tachikawa develop the electric rice cooker?

   • The rice needed for the development of the electric rice cooker was procured by Shozaburo Tachikawa on the black market. Tachikawa was a distant relative of Ibuka's, and as a child, Ibuka used to visit the Tachikawa family, who operated a marine products wholesaler in Hakodate, Hokkaido.

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7. www.latimes.com › archives › la-xpm-1999-oct-04-mnCo-Founder of Sony Sparked a Revolution - Los Angeles Times

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   Oct 4, 1999 · Business. Co-Founder of Sony Sparked a Revolution. By CHARLES PILLER. Oct. 4, 1999 12 AM PT. TIMES STAFF WRITER. More than any other individual, Akio Morita, the co-founder of Sony Corp. who...

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8. www.sony.com › en › SonyInfoChapter1 Rebuilding from the Ashes - Sony Group Portal

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10. tkaplan.com › akio-morita-traditions-adversityAkio Morita: Traditions and Adversity - Todd Kaplan

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    Nov 17, 2014 · The first product prototype of their company was an electrical rice cooker – a Japanese rice cooker made from the fuel tanks of American fighter planes. In May 1954, The rice cooker was a failure, it did not work and it only sold 100 units.

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    On May 7, 1946, Ibuka was joined by Akio Morita to establish a company called Tokyo Tsushin Kogyo, which was later renamed ‘Sony’ ... The electric rice cooker was a primitive product, and its ...