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 18: Japan’s New Agency Model for Innovation – Yuta Inoue

Posted April 27, 201500:35:25

Yuta Inoue and Quantum have developed a model to help large Japanese companies both work with innovative startups and to remember how to innovate internally....

Show 17: From Salarymen to Freelancers – Japan’s New Economy – Koichiro Yoshida

Posted April 13, 201500:35:34

Koichiro Yoshida took CrowdWorks from idea to IPO in less than three years, and today both CrowdWorks and crowd-sourcing in general are seen as essential...

Show 16: Innovating by Asking for Help – Eiko Hashiba

Posted March 30, 201500:34:41

Startup founders know that going from zero to one means not only making mistakes, but also asking for help. Unfortunately, in Japan asking for help...

Show 15: Tea Ceremony in Blue Jeans & Startup Lessons

Posted March 16, 201500:37:41

Investors were skeptical that combining traditional face-to-face learning with a P2P web platform would work. Over the past three years, startup...

Show 14: Bursting the Filter Bubble – Atsuo Fujimura

Posted March 2, 201500:33:03

One Japanese startup founder is on a mission to change not only the way we think about the news, but the way we think about each other. The "filter...