Esdohr, September 13, 2010, http://www.joernesdohr.com/bada/petition-voip-
for-bada/.
the GPS system was poor: Gareth Beavis, “Samsung Wave Review,” TechRadar,
August 8, 2010, https://www.techradar.com/reviews/phones/mobile-phones/
samsung-wave-680092/review/9.
chicken-and-egg problem: T.J. Kang, interview by the author, January 29, 2016.
“You must have some idea”: Ibid.
Shin thought that acquisitions: Eight former Samsung executives, interviews by the
author, January 2015–February 2017.
“They didn’t want to wait”: T.J. Kang, interview by the author, January 29, 2016.
Samsung’s cash pile would soon: Daisuke Wakabayashi and Min-Jeong Lee,
“Samsung’s ‘Good’ Problem: A Growing Cash Pile,” The Wall Street Journal,
May 8, 2013, https://www.wsj.com/articles/
SB10001424127887323798104578454440307100754.
Chairman Lee II and his son: Yonhap News Agency, “Lee Kun-hee Espouses
Importance of Software.” T.J. Kang, Daren Tsui, and Ed Ho, interviewed by
the author, added that Jay Lee came out in favor of software and M&A.
Samsung set aside $1.1 billion: Jonathan Cheng, Evelyn M. Rusli, and Min-Jeong
Lee, “Samsung Plays Catch-up on Software,” The Wall Street Journal, October
7, 2013, https://www.wsj.com/articles/a-weak-spot-for-samsung-1381190699.
began poaching software engineers: T.J. Kang, interview by the author, March 27,
2016.
Work would eventually begin: Sam Byford, “Take a Look Inside Samsung’s New
$300 Million Silicon Valley Campus,” The Verge, February 27, 2013,
https://www.theverge.com/2013/2/27/4034988/samsung-silicon-valley-
campus-pictures.
“There was a rumor that Palm”: T.J. Kang, interview by the author, January 29,
2016.
T.J. was prepared to negotiate: Ibid.
tryst with a female contractor: David Goldman, “Marc Hurd’s Sex Scandal Letter
Emerges,” CNNMoney, December 30, 2011, https://money.cnn.com/2011/12/
30/technology/hurd_letter/index.htm.
“There was a fight”: T.J. Kang, interview by the author, January 29, 2016.
In Cannes at the music technology conference: Ibid.
Tsui and Ho became early movers: Peter Delevett, “Mercury News Interview: Daren
Tsui, Co-founder, CEO of mSpot,” San Jose Mercury News, June 24, 2011,
https://www.mercurynews.com/2011/06/24/mercury-news-interview-daren-
tsui-co-founder-ceo-of-mspot/.
“Until then, you stored”: T.J. Kang, interview by the author, January 29, 2016.