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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Startups in Japan have a problem. It’s the same problem that faces startup founders around...
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Uber’s disastrous failure in Japan was not caused by local competition, but by a uniquely American strategy that simply could not work in Japan.
You see, Uber represents a new kind of startup. The very thing that makes them so successful in America dooms them to failure in Japan.
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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I just did what no startup founder is ever supposed to do. I gave up. It wasn’t even one of those glorious “fail fast and fail forward” learning experiences. After seven months of hard work and two weeks before we were to start …
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The Japanese commitment to customer service is legendary, but it has a dark side as well. We Westerners are usually taken aback when we first encounter it, but it is something that most Japanese have simply grown to accept. …
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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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