Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchThe Unexpected Profit Plan for Emotional Computing
Season 1 Episode 143
The idea of computers capable of reading our emotions and responding to them is both fascinating and terrifying. Will this technology serve us or man…
6 years, 9 months ago
Why Your New Smart-Home Won’t Really Belong to You
Season 1 Episode 142
We've been talking about smart homes and smart cities for a long time. However, it turns out that we are not willing to pay very much for simple con…
6 years, 10 months ago
DJ Selects: What You Need to Know To Sell Services (and Saas) in Japan
Season 1 Episode 141
Selling services in Japan is very different than selling products or software. Everyone knows that relationships are important in Japan, but not man…
6 years, 10 months ago
How I Made $8,000 per Month Podcasting, and Why You Probably Don’t Want To
Season 1 Episode 141
This is a rather personal episode. We have no guests this time. It’s just you and me. New listeners might not know that for about one year, Disrupt…
6 years, 11 months ago
Why Wind and Solar Energy Make Sense in Japan
Season 1 Episode 140
The promise of renewable energy has always been alluring. Now that the technology has caught up to the promise, record amounts of wind and solar are …
6 years, 11 months ago
The true reason for Japan’s critical developer shortage
Season 1 Episode 139
It's a great time to be a programmer in Japan. Everyone is hiring and there simply is not enough talent available. But why is that? The truth is th…
6 years, 11 months ago
DJ Selects: How to Sell Without Salesmen in Japan – Daisuke Sasaki
Season 1 Episode 138
Corporate accounting is not usually the first thing the comes to mind when you think of disruptive technology, and for the most part, that’s a good t…
7 years ago
Silicon Valley has Chatbots all Wrong. Here’s How They Really Make Money.
Season 1 Episode 138
A few years ago, shiny new startups were using their marketing dollars to tell the world that chatbots were going to change everything. Those market…
7 years ago
You need to Ignore the Worst Advice being given to Female Founders
Episode 137
Everything about employment in Japan is changing. Lifetime employment is gone. Skilled workers are discovering that they have job mobility and larg…
7 years, 1 month ago
DJ Selects: The Real Reason Uber is Failing in Japan
Season 1
Uber and Airbnb represent a new very kind of startup, one that could not have existed twenty years ago, and the very thing that make these companies …
7 years, 1 month ago