Uber and Airbnb represent a new very kind of startup, one that could not have existed twenty years ago, and the very thing that make these companies so transformative in the United States ensures they will never succeed in Japan. You see…
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This is a rather personal episode. We have no guests this time. It’s just you and me. Today,...
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Welcome to our 100th show. If you are new, welcome to Disrupting Japan. If you are a long-time...
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(Photo Credit: WurFi) This is a short and very personal episode. Things will be changing for me...
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This is a rather personal episode. We have no guests this time. It’s just you and me. We talk a...
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This is a rather personal episode. We have no guests this time. It’s just you and me. From the...
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Uber and Airbnb represent a new very kind of startup, one that could not have existed twenty years ago, and the very thing that make these companies so transformative in the United States ensures they will never succeed in Japan. You see…
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Overall trends are going pretty well for startups in Japan, but things could be a lot better.
One strange thing seems to be that almost everyone asking how to improve things for startup in Japan are either government officials, academics or venture capitalists. It’s fantastic that they are interested, and their interest in sincere, but there is only so much they can do. What needs to happen …
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Too many things that are labeled as “cultural differences” have much simpler explanations. There are perfectly rational (and even mathematical) reasons why we have not seen a lot of entrepreneurship in Japan over the last 50 years, why we are starting to see a lot more of if now, and why we are likely to see an explosion of Japanese startups in the coming decade.
In this episode, we look what happens in Japan when the gatekeepers who stand between the creative people and the broader public are removed.
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So many things that are labeled as “cultural differences” have much simpler explanations. There are perfectly rational (and even mathematical) reasons why we have not seen a lot of entrepreneurship in Japan over the last 50 years, why we are starting to see a lot more of if now, and why we are likely to see an explosion of Japanese startups in the coming decade.
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The phrases “disruptive innovation” and “disruptive business” are thrown around far too often and far too loosely these days. Of course, at first glance, it would seem that the same charge could be leveled against this podcast. This is a special one-on-one episode where we talk about what disruptive innovation really means.
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Far too many people, including many of the Japanese themselves, consider Japanese society as inflexible and unable to change. This is simply wrong.
In this kickoff episode we look at what was behind the two disruptive, transformative really, changes that Japanese society has been through in the past, and examine the groundwork that is being laid for the coming startup boom. We nail down …
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