Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchThe App Store for Medical Devices Is Being Tested Right Now
Season 1 Episode 128
There are relatively few biotech startups in Japan. Few investors are willing to write the multi-million dollar checks and have the decades-long pat…
7 years, 6 months ago
Men and Women Watch TV Differently. Here’s how to make money from that.
Season 1 Episode 127
Most of us don't actually zone out in front of the TV. In fact, we give off all kinds of clues to what we really think about the shows we are watchin…
7 years, 7 months ago
Foreign Startup Founders Have Secret Advantages in Japan
Season 1 Episode 126
The single most common question I get asked are variations of "How do you start a business as a foreigner in Japan?" or "What's it like to start a s…
7 years, 7 months ago
How Japan’s Unique Relationship with Robots is About to Make it #1 Again
Season 1 Episode 125
Japan had been a global leader in robotics for decades, but recently the traditional Japanese leaders have been losing ground to the better-funded an…
7 years, 8 months ago
What They Never Teach You in Language School – Peter Galante Japanese Pod 101
Season 1 Episode 124
Twenty years ago, we all thought that starting a startup required a special and rare kind of talent. It was something you either had or you didn't. T…
7 years, 8 months ago
How Japan’s evocative machines are quietly creating new startup unicorns
Season 1 Episode 123
This is a rather personal episode. We have no guests this time. It’s just you and me. Today, rather than diving deep into a specific aspect of star…
7 years, 9 months ago
Japan’s Business Card Giant Explains Why Business Cards Are Disappearing
Season 1 Episode 122
If you've ever done business in Japan, someone probably walked you through the intricacies of Japanese business card culture. Chika Terada, the foun…
7 years, 9 months ago
How to Solve Japan’s Innovation Bottleneck in Healthcare
Season 1 Episode 121
Startups are changing how business is done in Japan, but medicine remains stubbornly resistant to innovation. In some ways, that's good. We are lite…
7 years, 10 months ago
This Startup Just Built Japan’s Most Powerful Supercomputer
Season 1 Episode 120
Preferred Networks is making changes in Japan. Over the past few years, this AI startup has raised more than $130M in venture funding and grown to m…
7 years, 10 months ago
A Japanese MBA Does Not Mean What You Think It Means
Season 1 Episode 119
Education is very hard to disrupt. That’s both good and bad. Education is so important to both individuals and society, it should not be changed on …
7 years, 11 months ago