Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchHow One Good Idea Emerged from Japan’s Nuclear Disaster – Safecast
Season 1 Episode 89
After the March 2011 earthquake and the explosions at the Fukushima nuclear power plant, TEPCO and the Japanese government tried to assure us that ev…
8 years, 9 months ago
How You Can Build American Startup Culture in Japan – OpenTable
Season 1 Episode 88
Selling innovative software to conservative Japanese businesses is never easy, but it’s particularly challenging in the cutthroat and low-margin rest…
8 years, 10 months ago
How This Startup Makes Money from Children’s Old Notebooks – Arcterus
Season 1 Episode 87
Education is one of the hardest sectors to disrupt -- or even improve upon -- and most EdTech startups struggle. Today we sit down with Go Arai and …
8 years, 10 months ago
Why Only the Uncomfortable Succeed in Japan – Jeff Sandford – Wovn.io
Season 1 Episode 86
The translation and localization industry has seen some impressive innovations over the past decade, but in many ways, it has remained stubbornly res…
8 years, 10 months ago
Can This Founder Solve Japan’s Hidden Mental Health Problem? – Hikari Labs
Season 1 Episode 85
Seeking help for even minor mental health problems still carries a stigma in Japan. This is particularly unfortunate because clinical research shows …
8 years, 10 months ago
Beneath the Cherry Blossoms with Dave McClure – 500 Startups
Season 1 Episode 84
Today we sit down with Dave McClure under the cherry blossoms and talk about startups, funding, failure Dave has long been involved in Japan and in …
8 years, 10 months ago
These Japanese Bio-Hackers Are Growing Affordable Meat in A Lab – Shojinmeat
Season 1 Episode 83
Growing our meat in a lab or factory has been a science fiction staple for decades, but much like jetpacks, it has never quite worked out in practice…
8 years, 11 months ago
How Virtual Reality is Changing Surgery in Japan – Holoeyes
Season 1 Episode 82
Many VR startups are a solution is search of a problem, but Holoeyes is already in use at hospitals around Japan. Although the medical industry is on…
8 years, 11 months ago
Japan’s Laundry Folding Robot Is Taking Over Your Closet – Seven Dreamers
Season 1 Episode 81
It’s often surprising to discover which problems are hard for AI. We hear stories about artificial intelligence being better than the most skilled hu…
8 years, 11 months ago
How A Failing Music Startup in Japan Pivoted to Global Success – Nana
Season 1 Episode 80
It’s hard to make money with music apps. The competition is intense, and most people simply are not willing to pay much for music apps; either becaus…
8 years, 11 months ago