Oracle first came into Japan more than 25 years ago, but the challenges they faced and overcame then are exactly the same ones firms are facing today in executing their Japan market entry. - Allen explains why Oracle needed a unique sales and marketin...

You would expect that event-focused startups would be some of the hardest hit by the global pandemic and lockdown, and for the most part, you would be right. - But Peatix is one event startup that adapted fast and is now actually thriving during the l...

I've never managed to find a direct road to success. - My bio reads like a random walk down many different career paths, so I always feel unqualified to answer when people ask me for career advice. Today, however,

Japanese businessmen famously fear failure. - But that understanding is horribly incomplete. In fact, there is one type of failure that is admired, almost sought after, in Japan. Today we take a look at the trap of the Japanese glorious failure,

Almost all startup accelerators are going bankrupt and going away. - Hiro Maeda, the founder of two of Japan's most successful, and most different startup incubators explains both the brief past and precarious future of startup incubators and accelera...

Innovation drives society forward, but everyday competence keeps it on the road. - Over the past five years, we’ve spent a lot of time talking about the importance of disruptive innovation, but today I’d like to talk about the framework that allows di...

Some of the most important startups are ones you never hear about. - Some industries are so complex and arcane that its hard for people on the outside to understand the problems that startups are solving or the long-term gain of solving them. -

Most great startup ideas don’t grab your attention right away. It takes a while before the founder’s vision becomes obvious to the rest of us. On the other hand, the startups that immediately grab all the press attention often go out of business shortl...

Today I am going to correct two big mistakes; one of my own and one of society's. - I lot of listeners emailed me about the comments I made regarding how Japanese companies treat their employees and customers while they are pregnant. I got it wrong,

There is big news for Tim and for Disrupting Japan this week. - It's a very short episode, and I have no special links or show notes this time around. Please give the show a listen for the big reveal, and please accept my sincere thanks for all your s...