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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Category: Podcast
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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What makes people pay for new online events
You would expect that event-focused startups would be some of the hardest hit by the global...
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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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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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