Disrupting Japan

Disrupting Japan gives you candid, in-depth insights from the startup founders, VCs, and leaders who are reshaping Japan.

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62: How to Build a Market in Japan Without Localization – Derek Sorkin – GitHub

Posted November 28, 201600:45:56

GitHub entered the Japanese market under enviable conditions. They already had a strong corporate user base, solid brand awareness and product evangelists...

61: Will Japan’s Geisha Survive the Digital Age? – Disrupting Japan

Posted November 21, 201600:44:41

You don’t usually think of Japan’s geisha as being an industry, but it is. In fact, strictly speaking, it’s a cartel. A cartel that is now being...

60: How to Win Over Japanese Regulators – Jonathan Epstein – PayPal

Posted November 14, 201600:44:33

FinTech is one of the hottest startup sectors right now, but if you’ve been in the industry for a while, you know that FinTech is always one of the...

59: Why The Sharing Economy is Different in Japan – Spacee

Posted November 7, 201600:38:16

Spacee has staked out an interesting position in the sharing economy. Spacee enables companies and individuals to rent out unused meeting room space...

Taking Control Back from the Distributors - Allen Miner - Oracle

Posted October 31, 201601:17:55

Today is the first episode off our new expanded format. From today, we’ll be covering both disruptive Japanese startups and detailed market entry...