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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Show 38: Disrupting the Final Frontier – Yuya Nakamura

Posted February 1, 201600:31:39

There are not many industries more resistant to disruption than satellite and aerospace. The dominant firms thrive largely because of the massive...

Show 37: Creating Japan’s Open Internet – Kaneto Kanemoto

Posted January 18, 201600:26:49

More than ten years before Quora and ZenDesk became famous, there was OKWave. Kaneto Kanemoto founded OKWave to address a massive problem that was unique...

Show 36: The Happiest Company in the World – Yuka Fujii

Posted January 4, 201600:25:49

Yuka considers Famarry to be the happiest company in the world, and looking at who her customers are, I think she just might be right. But behind this...

Show 35: How Startup Thinking is Changing the Japanese Government – William Saito

Posted December 21, 201500:38:47

It’s hard to imagine an organization more resistant to change and disruption than the government of Japan. But today’s guest, William Saito has...

Show 34: The Myth of the Sucessful Startup Failure – Hiroshi Nagashima

Posted December 7, 201500:37:15

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...