More Comments from the Disruptive Bill Watkins

  • “They thought I was going to punch out one of the board members. I didn’t, but I did call him, ‘You f- mother-,’  (Editor’s Note:  Shouldn’t it be “You mother f-” instead?)
  • “A 17-watt LED bulb, which emits roughly the same amount of light as a 75-watt incandescent, sells today at Home Depot for $40. Watkins expects silicon-based bulbs of similar wattage to sell for $5 within two years.”  (Editor’s Note:  20 MAR 2011, Watkins said in an Interview with The New York Times, ““Due simply to manufacturing scale, we’ll see a $10 LED lamp in 12 months…”)
  • “I told my current board, in two or three years we’re going to all look back on this moment and say, ‘This is what we did that fundamentally changed Bridgelux, and that’s why we’re successful,’ ” he says. “Or you’ll all say, ‘This is why we fired that dumb -hole.’ “

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