The Very Best Podcasts About Japan
Podcasting has taken off in Japan. Quality varies, of course, so I put together a list of the very...
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What I Learned as Japan’s First Professional Podcaster
There is a better way to make money in podcasting. Having to build an audience from scratch in a...
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Four Signs Your Startup is Secretly a Relationship Company
Startups in Japan have a problem. It’s the same problem that faces startup founders around...
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How Uber’s Failure in Japan Can Help Startups Everywhere
Uber’s disastrous failure in Japan was not caused by local competition, but by a uniquely American strategy that simply could not work in Japan.
You see, Uber represents a new kind of startup. The very thing that makes them so successful in America dooms them to failure in Japan.
Why I turned down $500K, Pissed off my investors, and Shut down my startup
I just did what no startup founder is ever supposed to do. I gave up. It wasn’t even one of those glorious “fail fast and fail forward” learning experiences. After seven months of hard work and two weeks before we were to start …
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