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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Can Japan's "Anti-Uber" disrupt global airport transport?

Posted February 15, 202200:27:59

Once the disruptors become the incumbents they are ripe for disruption. Uber, Grab and rest of the ride-sharing startups have clearly disrupted the...

What three-card monte can teach you about NFTs

Posted January 17, 202200:27:53

NFTs are easy to understand if you examine their core utility.  Unfortunately, there are thousands of NFT promoters spending millions of dollars to...

Passion alone can't make cars fly

Posted December 21, 202100:33:55

We have been dreaming about flying cars (and startups have been promising them!) for over 70 years, and it looks like we might almost be there. Orders...

But what if your data is too big for the Cloud?

Posted November 22, 202100:41:07

Cloud visionaries promised us unlimited scalability, but they greatly underestimated the amount of data we would start producing. Today we sit down...

DJ Selects: How Government Money is Hurting Japanese Startups

Posted October 25, 202100:43:05

Japanese university and government venture funds play a much larger role in Japan than in the West.  I've always considered this difference to be,...