or perhaps new opportunities for qualcomm leadership. 1.0,ng me today on studio qualcomm ceo steve mollenkopfyou made it. you have a few things going on. better fight with apple. you fended off a hostile takeover. what did i miss? steve: you haven't missed anything. we are at the center of a lot of key technology, which makes us both interesting from a partner point of view. we tend to not do anything small. ifn i look at it, i say anything, we improve the technologies we work on. taken onuld you have the job if you had known about all the complex situations you would be dealing with? steve: i have been with the company 24 years. it was clear what we would do next. a lot of these things were issues that we knew about and had to deal with. we are knocking them off the list. you are in a technology company, you have to be prepared for ups and downs. what you tend to do as a ceo's live your life further out in the future than where you are bettingbecause you are on big technology moves. you will always be an optimist or wouldn't remain in the industry. you have to work through near-term issues t

joining me today is steve mollenkopf. thanks for being here. steve: happy to be here.mily: you have a few things going on. you are in lawsuits with apple. you had a failed deal this past year. what did i miss? steve: you have not miss anything. are at the we epicenter of a lot of key technology which tends to make us interesting from a partner point of view. we don't tend to do anything small. when i look at it, if anything improves under the technology -- emily: would you have taken the job if you had known of all the complex situations you would be giving with? knew: yes, it was clear we what we wanted to do next and so a lot of these things were issues that we know about and we are knocking them off the list. athink anytime you are technology company, you have to be prepared for ups and downs and what you tend to do, i think live your life further out from where you are living. you are betting on technology moves. you are always an optimist. you have to work through near-term issues to get to the long-term changes. emily: how have you evolved as a feeder the last tw

joining me today is qualcomm ceo, steve mollenkopf. eve thanks for being here. , steve: happy to be here. emily: you have a few things going on. you are in bitter lawsuits with apple around the world. you fended off a hostile takeover of your company, you had a failed deal this past year. what'd i miss? steve: well, you haven't missed anything. it has been interesting. i would say we are at the center of a lot of key technology which tends to make us interesting from a partner point of view. we don't tend to do anything small. when i look at it, if anything proved the importance of the technologies that we work on. emily: so, would you have taken the job if you had known of all the complex situations you would be dealing with? steve: i have been at the company for a little over 24 years. when i became ceo it was clear we knew what we wanted to do next and so a lot of these things were issues that we know about and we have to deal with. we're knocking them off the list. emily: you had an inkling it would be a hard for years? steve i thin

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