How one innovative startup is selling true bionic legs
Startups solve real problems. During the boom times, the media focuses on the multi-billion-dollar...
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Category: Foreign Founders
How Japanese graffiti Is sneaking onto the blockchain
Graffiti is impermanent. Normally, thats a good thing, but as the global art world has begun to...
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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 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 hardest thing about hardware startups : Live from CEATEC
This year at CEATEC, I worked with Plug & Play Japan to bring on stage founders from two very...
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What You Need to Know to Raise Money in Japan
Startups and venture capital work differently in Japan. The rounds are smaller, the priorities...
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Live: What You Need to Know to Work at a Startup in Japan
I’ve got a special bonus episode for you today. Last month, I moderated a panel discussion at...
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An Inside Look at Japan’s Curious Coding Bootcamps
The developed world is facing a severe programmer shortage. Around the world, coding boot...
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The Secret to Making E-Payments Work in Japan
Whenever you hear someone claim that the Japanese will never do something for unspecified...
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Live & Unleashed – How to Run a Startup as a Foreigner in Japan
Disrupting Japan is four years old, so we decided to invite a few hundred movers and shakers from...
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Foreign Startup Founders Have Secret Advantages in Japan
The single most common question I get asked are variations of “How do you start a business...
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What They Never Teach You in Language School – Peter Galante Japanese Pod 101
Twenty years ago, we all thought that starting a startup required a special and rare kind of...
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