What you can learn from Japan’s seven-minute miracle
Today we are going to look at a different kind of innovation. It’s not technology....
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Category: Podcast
This startup built the first open-source driverless car
The automotive industry is closed and proprietary. But Shinpei Kato, founder and CTO of Tier IV,...
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Why startups should be better than charities at solving social problems
Startups exist to develop new solutions to problems. But many of society’s biggest problems...
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The Dream of Flying Cars meets the Truth of Aviation Startups
Personal aviation is awesome! Aviation has been a source of inspiration and a symbol of innovation...
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What’s really changed after six years of Disrupting Japan
Disrupting Japan is six years old and ready to party! Unfortunately, we can’t. Like so much...
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How this silkworm startup is taking on the pandemic
Bio-tech is messy because life is complicated. A lot of attention is given to computers sequencing...
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Reinventing online maps to focus on community
We have always loved maps. Maps combine artistry and utility in a way that very few disciplines...
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Selects: Why Japan’s Geisha are disappearing in the social media age
You don’t usually think of Japan’s geisha as being an industry, but it is. In fact, strictly...
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Your Japanese textbooks are lying to you
They probably mean well. They are telling you something that is easy to understand and that seems...
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DJ Selects: Why startups lose control of their sales channels, and how to fix it – Allen Miner – Oracle
Oracle first came into Japan more than 25 years ago, but the challenges they faced and overcame...
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