Why public humiliation is the secret to success
I’ve never managed to find a direct road to success. My bio reads like a random walk down...
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Category: Podcast
The Japanese Trap of the Glorious Failure
Japanese businessmen famously fear failure. But that understanding is horribly incomplete. In...
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DJ Selects: Why Your Startup Accelerator is Going to Disappear
Almost all startup accelerators are going bankrupt and going away. Hiro Maeda, the founder of two...
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One important lesson startups will forget after the panic
Innovation drives society forward, but everyday competence keeps it on the road. Over the past...
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Why boring startups are actually the most interesting
Some of the most important startups are ones you never hear about. Some industries are so complex...
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DJ Selects: How this Musical Shoe is Helping Hospitals
Most great startup ideas don’t grab your attention right away. It takes a while before the...
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Why Japan’s #KuToo is Not Really About Shoes
Today I am going to correct two big mistakes; one of my own and one of society’s. I lot of...
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Big News for Disrupting Japan! – Japan Startup News
There is big news for Tim and for Disrupting Japan this week. It’s a very short episode, and...
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The Ultimate Guide to Raising Money in Japan
There has never been a better time to be raising money in Japan than right now. Founders ask me...
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How Japan’s forgotten past can stop IoT’s dystopian future
Technology is global, but ideas are local. The same IoT technology is being deployed all over the...
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