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What’s next for climate tech startups & innovation
Episode 239
Last month I spoke on a panel about the future of climate tech. I was joined by Emi Naganuma, the founder and General Partner of Apprecia Capital an…
7 months, 3 weeks ago
Foreign founders are changing how Japanese start startups
Episode 238
For the last 150 years Japan has made a science of borrowing the best ideas from the West and transforming them into her own. The startup world is n…
8 months, 1 week ago
What it’s really like to be a female VC in Japan
Episode 237
Progress is not only slower in Japan, it is often different. Looking at the numbers, it's clear that venture capital is even more male-dominated in …
9 months, 1 week ago
Startup success hinges on enterprise innovation
Episode 236
American startups dominate the current innovation cycle not as a result of startup innovation, but of enterprise innovation. Today we sit down with …
10 months ago
Senpai culture is killing innovation in Japan
Episode 235
Fifteen years ago, University-run venture funds were all but illegal here in Japan, but today a higher percentage of major Japanese universities have…
11 months ago
How to build a successful startup community
Episode 234
(sketch by Kaori Rei)Today we are going to sit down with an old friend. It was over seven years ago when I first had Tim Rowe on the podcast, and we…
11 months, 2 weeks ago
Software alone can’t make us work together
Episode 233
Today we are going to break down some startup stereotypes. I sit down with Kunio Hara, co-founder and CEO of Beatrust and break apart the stereotype…
11 months, 4 weeks ago
How AI employees are solving Japan’s labor shortage
Episode 232
While American AI startups are dominating the headlines, one Japanese company has begun rolling out "AI employees" to famously cautious Japanese ent…
1 year ago
Welcome to Disrupting Japan
Episode 231
Welcome to Disrupting Japan. Straight talk from Japan’s most innovative founders and VCs. I’m Tim Romero, and thanks for joining me. There is so much…
1 year, 1 month ago
The catalyst (finally!) pulling industrial Japan into the digital age
Episode 230
Japanese business loves paper. From fax machines, to business cards, to massive project binders. Paper processes are slow to die in Japan, especiall…
1 year, 1 month ago