Language startup rises to cloud nine
Widespread availability of Internet broadband and software innovation are transforming the once stodgy business of language education. Leading the...
Category: Entrepreneurship
How a little known Japanese Internet startup is shaking up the global music industry
Six years after graduating from Imperial College London in 2006, British born Malek Nasser was with a friend in...
How to build & sell an Internet startup to Japan’s biggest web merchant, Rakuten
James Chen is a serial entrepreneur who built and sold two Internet start-ups by age 32. The first venture...
How a new generation of entrepreneur is forging the face of New Japan
The FT’s David Pilling refers to them as a pack of rebels – Japanese entrepreneurs that have shaken up...
Ernest advice on entrepreneuriship in Japan
Ernest Higa built and sold three Japanese companies. Domino’s Pizza, his last venture, was sold to Bain Capital in...
Ernest Higa on leveraging US/Japanese biculturalism
Ernest Higa has made a successful business career bringing US products to Japan. He did this by leveraging his...
Building an internet startup in one of the least hospitable places on earth: Japan
For those considering a start-up, the story of Jason Winder’s new venture, MakeLeaps, provides an uplifting educational and inspiring...
Investing in Japanese real estate
The Nikkei Weekly recently reported that foreign investors since last year have been buying up Japan’s real estate. Driving...
The highest goal
Having a meaningful goal can be a source of power, inspiration, and provide guidance to help one through difficult...
Japan’s entrepreneurial spirit
The Japanese are not known for their entrepreneurialism. Indeed, the International Institute for Management Development (IMD), one of Europe’s...