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Japanese startups are fundamentally changing Japan’s society and economy. Disrupting Japan gives you direct access to the thoughts and plans of Japan’s must successful and creative startup f...
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Welcome to Disrupting Japan, straight talk from Japan’s most innovative founders and VCs. This is our 250th episode, and I wanted to give yo...
I have a short in-between edition for you today. Last month at Venture Cafe's big global gathering in Tokyo, I had a chance to sit down on s...
New technology is always introduced with the promise of the good it can do for humanity. Most of the time the promised good never come to be...
You might think that large Japanese companies have trouble innovating. Unfortunately if you believe that, you would be correct. Recently, ho...
It's tough to be a vegetarian in a world full of carnivores. It's even tougher to be a startup selling a vegan egg-substitute into a world f...
Japan market entry is hard. Consumer tastes are different, business culture is different, and market needs can be radically different from t...
Japan has one of the longest lived and healthiest populations in the world, and let Japanese startups are playing a relatively small role in...
In the popular imagination, Japan is almost synonymous with robots. While Japan once dominated cutting-edge robotics, over the past decade s...
Japanese startups is hot right now, and more and more foreign money is flowing in. But many Japanese VCs remain stubbornly outward-looking....
According to Taro, Japan's logistics industry is on the brink of collapse, and it's hard to argue that he's wrong. Taro Sasaki founded Hacob...
Last month I gave lecture at Globis University on what it takes to build an AI startup today. It's no longer early days for AI, and most fou...
Japan's declining birth rate makes global headlines. But most of the developed world will soon be facing the same problem. The real solution...
Last month I spoke on a panel about the future of climate tech. I was joined by Emi Naganuma, the founder and General Partner of Apprecia Ca...
For the last 150 years, Japan has made a science of borrowing the best ideas from the West and transforming them into her own. The startup w...
Progress is not only slower in Japan, it is often different. Looking at the numbers, it's clear that venture capital is even more male-domin...
American startups dominate this innovation cycle not as a result of startup innovation, but of enterprise innovation. Today we sit down with...
Fifteen years ago, University-run venture funds were all illegal here in Japan, but today a higher percentage of major Japanese universities...
Today we are going to sit down with an old friend. It was over seven years ago when I first had Tim Rowe on the podcast and we mapped out wh...
Today we are going to break down some startup stereotypes. I sit down with Kunio Hara, co-founder and CEO of Beatrust and break apart the st...
While American AI startups are dominating the headlines, one Japanese company has begun rolling out "AI employees" to famously cautious Japa...
Welcome to Disrupting Japan. Straight talk from Japan’s most innovative founders and VCs. I’m Tim Romero, and thanks for joining me. There i...
Japanese business loves paper. From fax machines, to business cards, to massive project binders. Paper processes are slow to die in Japan, e...
Most outside of the energy industry are (pleasantly) surprised to learn how aggressively startups and CVCs are pushing decarbonization forwa...
Japan is lagging behind in AI, but that might not be the case for long. Today we sit down with Jad Tarifi, current founder of Integral AI an...
While the rest of the world is copying Silicon Valley, Tokyo is looking at Paris. Today we sit down with Mark Bivens and Matt Romaine, the c...
Today, we are going to talk about AI, but not in the way you expect. Today, I’m going to give creatives a solid three-point plan to beat AI...
The Japanese government is taking a very hands-on approach to funding startups. Yuka Hata, Senior Managing Director of the Japan Investment...
We live in a global financial system, but the fintech innovation is surprisingly local. Makoto Shibata, the head of FinoLab, has been leadin...
Disrupting Japan is 10 years old today! This is a simple thank you rather than a full episode. Thanks for listening! Transcript Welcome to D...
SaaS startup valuations and growth rates have dropped sharply in most of the world, but not in Japan. SaaS startups are growing fast in Japa...
If you have ever wondered what it really takes to start and grow a startup as a foreigner in Japan. Well, I have a treat for you today. Earl...
Japan has far fewer unicorns than one might expect - or than venture capitalists desire. That fact, however, hides a fascinating story. Toda...
Japan thinks about robotics and AI differently that the West. In addition to the functional, productive role that robots play, a lot of thou...
So what keeps Japanese startups stuck in Japan? It's not a lack of opportunity or ambition. It's not a lack of knowledge or talent. In fact,...
It's a very short episode because I just want to let you know what's coming, and to thank you for all your support over the years.
Some industries need to be dragged kicking and screaming to innovation. When margins are tight and profits are small, CEOs often don't want...
Japanese HR departments are in a bit of a panic right now. The increasing job mobility that startups have unleashed is forcing them to rethi...
Fusion energy promises almost unlimited, inexpensive, clean energy. That's a pretty big promise. Today we sit down with Satoshi Konishi, co-...
Most sustainability startups struggle to find sustainable business models Towing, however, has found their solution, and their customers are...
Almost everyone agrees that the Japanese education system needs to be modernized, but EdTech startups face an uphill battle in Japan. Of cou...
MedTech is one of the most challenging areas for startups to compete in, "Move fast and break things" just doesn't work in medicine. So you...
Japan wants to learn how to code. Over the past 15 years software development in Japan has changed from low-level clerical work to a mission...
Shadow IT has been responsible for more enterprise SaaS deployments and workflow innovation that any growth strategy we've seen in the last...
For decades (centuries, really) lending in Japan has relied on personal guarantors and introductions rather than objective credit scoring. T...
The legal system is complex, hard to understand, expensive to navigate, and ripe for disruption. In the future, we will still need lawyers t...
Startups solve real problems. During the boom times, the media focuses on the multi-billion-dollar valuations and the mega-IPOs. But even in...
Some things are supposed to be only whispered about in Japan. But startups are about breaking taboos and pushing boundaries, and making the...
Graffiti is impermanent. Normally, thats a good thing, but as the global art world has begun to recognize graffiti and street art as a legit...
Not many startups land their tech on the moon. Dymon has designed an autonomous lunar rover that will land near the lunar south pole later t...
There is a lot of hate directed at Japanese UI design. To Western eyes, it's just too busy, too dense, too confusing, too outdated, and just...
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