The innovative age of Shadow IT is coming to an end
Shadow IT has been responsible for more enterprise SaaS deployments and workflow innovation than...
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Category: Japanese Business Culture
So you want to disrupt finance? This is what it’s going to take
For decades (centuries, really) lending in Japan has relied on personal guarantors and...
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The lies, myths, and secrets of Japanese UI design
There is a lot of hate directed at Japanese UI design. To Western eyes, it’s just too busy,...
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The forgotten mistake that killed Japan’s software industry
This is our 200th episode, so I wanted to do something special. Everyone loves to complain about...
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How do you know if your startup idea is bad?
Coming up with ideas is easy. Spotting the bad one early is a rare skill. Today we talk with Yo...
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Can Japan’s “Anti-Uber” disrupt global airport transport?
Once the disruptors become the incumbents they are ripe for disruption. Uber, Grab and rest of the...
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But what if your data is too big for the Cloud?
Cloud visionaries promised us unlimited scalability, but they greatly underestimated the amount of...
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Why people are afraid to trust AI. And how to fix it
Artificial Intelligence makes a lot of people nervous. That’s understandable. Today we sit...
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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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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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