What happened when one Japanese startup talked about women’s sexual health
Some things are supposed to be only whispered about in Japan. But startups are about breaking...
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Some things are supposed to be only whispered about in Japan. But startups are about breaking...
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Sometimes it seems like Japan is almost invisible in global e-commerce. Despite a dynamic domestic...
Read Moreby Tim Romero | Aug 16, 2022 | 2
World-changing trends can start anywhere in the world today. Because the social media platforms...
Read Moreby Tim Romero | Jul 12, 2022 | 3
You never hear the names of some of the world’s best SaaS startups. Why waste money building...
Read Moreby Tim Romero | Jun 14, 2022 | 0
Manga is one of Japan’s best known exports, but it’s surprisingly hard to make money...
Read Moreby Tim Romero | May 17, 2022 | 4
Subscription boxes can be a tough business. Most of these startups shine brightly as they burn...
Read Moreby Tim Romero | Sep 28, 2021 | 4
It’s hard to get paid to do what you love. Perhaps no one understands this better than...
Read Moreby Tim Romero | Nov 10, 2020 | 2
Startups exist to develop new solutions to problems. But many of society’s biggest problems...
Read Moreby Tim Romero | Sep 17, 2019 | 0
Ad-fraud is one of the most profitable activities for organized crime today. The scammers are...
Read Moreby Tim Romero | Jun 25, 2019 | 8
Startup culture has crazy and contradictory views about failure. As founders we are told to fail fast, but also to never give up. We are told to follow our vision, but be ready to pivot. Somehow this macho-bullshit culture of “I never really fail and ‘m not afraid of failure.” has become dominant amount founders. But it’s the result of denial. Trivializing failure is a way of not thinking about it’s effects.
The truth is that failure sucks. Failure is painful. Failure …
Read Moreby Tim Romero | May 28, 2019 | 9
We’ve been talking about smart homes and smart cities for a long time. However, it turns out...
Read Moreby Tim Romero | Nov 20, 2018 | 6
Whenever you hear someone claim that the Japanese will never do something for unspecified...
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