Standing on the right wind, even pigs can fly. The key is to find the wind — not to be a better pig.
A $2,000 phone that does the same thing as a $500 phone is not a superior product. It is a tax on people who don't know any better.
I finished college in two years because I had something to prove. Everyone told me I wasn't smart enough. So I decided to prove them wrong as fast as possible.
The internet model for hardware is simple: sell the device at cost, build a relationship with the user, and make money on services for the next ten years. The phone is not the product — the user is the product.
I started Xiaomi at 41 because I realized I had one more big fight left in me. If not now, when? If not this, what? Age is an excuse, not a reason.
Technology should be accessible to everyone. The idea that great products are only for rich people is the biggest lie in the tech industry.