Reid Hoffman

FEBRUARY 21, 2019

At the time, PayPal was suffering seemingly endless delays in the launch of PayPal Japan. Reid called eight friends with good connections in Japan and asked whom they knew who might be able to help. Three mentioned the same name: Joi Ito, a venture capitalist and entrepreneur. I’ve had to learn to seek out the experts.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 5, 2015

Statistics show that populations in Europe and Japan are having fewer children, while both places face distressing recent levels of youth unemployment. For many mature economies like Japan and the US, the workforce will be older, healthcare costs will be higher, and it looks like we will see diminishing pension benefits.

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 29, 2017

the best practice is for the sender to introduce themselves by first and last name with some background information in the first few lines. For example, in Japan it is polite, appropriate, and customary to inquire about the weather in the first sentence of a business email. In direct cultures like the U.S., For example, “Dear Ms.

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Duct Tape Marketing

NOVEMBER 21, 2017

Since launching Backlinko, Brian quickly made a name for himself by publishing practical strategies that marketers can use to grow their online business. Did we mention that he’s built this growing business while traveling in countries like Thailand, Japan, Spain, and Turkey? It’s true. He currently lives in Berlin, Germany.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JUNE 21, 2017

Since launching Backlinko, Brian quickly made a name for himself by publishing practical strategies that marketers can use to grow their online business. Did we mention that he’s built this growing business while traveling in countries like Thailand, Japan, Spain, and Turkey? It’s true. He currently lives in Berlin, Germany.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 16, 2011

Here’s a brief 1-minute video I made at Kenichi, where Hurricane Party was holding a fundraiser for victim’s of Japan’s earthquake and tsunami. As soon as the event was announced Steve Papermaster bought 100 tickets for Appconomy, and Josh Baer announced a matching donation in the name of Capital Factory.

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 5, 2012

Yongfook, as he is better known in Singapore’s tech entrepreneurship circle (we first wrote about him in 2009 ), is an avid cook and the former director for Japan-based online recipe network Cookpad in charge of its international business. Prior to that, Yongfook founded and sold off his own recipe social network Open Source Food.

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Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 28, 2015

To get things rolling, we’ll turn to the industrious nation of Japan. The word kaizen literally means “improvement,” and it’s another word that we’ve borrowed from our Eastern counterparts in China and Japan. See Also: From Problem Solving to Organic Pickles: 7 Startup Lessons from an Inspiring Entrepreneur. Then Lead Them.

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 29, 2014

Akiko Ito – a Japanese social entrepreneur who left her family in Japan to travel the world, was driven to contribute to charitable causes by founding a global NGO, and who adopted a “life is a game” philosophy. The disguised identities of these female protagonists are: 1.

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Hearpreneur

AUGUST 21, 2020

This has to do with its brand name and the innovations that they came up with in the past. For perspective, this was 13 years after the Samurai class stopped carrying swords in Japan. #12- Advanced Micro Devices(AMD). Photo Credit: Deepu Prakash. The processor manufacturing industry has been dominated by Intel for quite some time.

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Steve Blank

DECEMBER 11, 2020

The idea sat there for a decade until a naval officer named Deak Parsons discovered it, went around to every bureau chief, pounded the table on why it mattered, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, until he got them to cough up a check for $5,000 to fund the project. They were great inventors, but lousy champions. Forward-Deployed Forces : The U.S.

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YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 8, 2020

In Japan, for example, esports has become so popular that ‘Japanese publisher Konami is currently constructing a new building in the capital city of Tokyo dedicated to its esports efforts’. There are multiple different reasons to invest in esports, such as broadcast revenue, prize money, ticket sales and merchandise (to name a few).

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 19, 2019

The right company and colleagues are better than the perfect title, role or brand name. It is better to beg for forgiveness than to ask for permission After 5 years in Europe I decided I really wanted to work in Japan. But I was struggling to find somebody to bring me to Japan. at least I got to visit Japan!

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 14, 2010

In 1999 I was in Japan doing a strategy project for the board of directors of Sony. It’s strange to me to think that customers with years of experience would ever listen to twenty-something smarties from great MBA’s who have never worked in your industry before – but that’s a different story. Numbers are important.

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Hearpreneur

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

Other companies with big names like Facebook and Google are often more quickly credited for their innovation, but IBM maintains innovating just as much without getting the same recognition. They dedicate themselves to constant innovation in not only the technology and products that they offer to the public, but as a corporate entity as well.

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Steve Blank

JULY 2, 2015

Takashi Tsutsumi and Masato Iino , founders of Learning Entrepreneur’s Lab in Japan. He was named by Defense News as one of the 100 most influential people in the defense industry in 2012. — — — — In this second segment, Takashi Tsutsumi and Masato Iino talk about how they brought the Lean Startup to Japan.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 8, 2014

In her well-regarded (but boringly named) book “ Technological Revolutions and Financial Capital: The Dynamics of Bubbles and Golden Ages ” Carlota Perez outlines the history of many of our great leaps forward in innovation. And LA is the largest retail & trade employment metropolitan zone in the country.

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Steve Blank

MAY 7, 2019

Beyond the possible loss of revenues, this early decision may be difficult to change, or even irreversible: it influences how you develop your technology going forward, raise money, write patents, recruit employees and pick a brand name. Each of these markets varies significantly in its business context and in its promise for growth.

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The Startup Magazine

MAY 22, 2019

In the seventies they used an image of a stork and a baby for the introduction of Pampers in Japan. Great idea, one would think… Where it not for the fact that in Japan the stork has nothing to do with babies. In the Netherlands it’s common to be on a fist name basis in communicating with both companies and consumers.

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Hearpreneur

APRIL 24, 2016

What exactly is going to be the name of your business? Whatever the inspiration or relation may be, the naming of your business is one of the most important parts of becoming a CEO. I come up with this business name with a few ideas that lead to one thing. Everyone could submit up to three name options.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 14, 2013

I just spent a few weeks in Japan and China on a book tour for the Japanese and Chinese versions of the Startup Owners Manual. Note to Chinese Communist party – the best name for your propaganda department should probably not be the “Propaganda Department.”). All the usual caveats apply. It’s an amazing cat and mouse system.

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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 1, 2019

Just be aware that your family will no longer be the named beneficiaries of your policy if you sell it. You will be connected to students in China, South Korea, Japan, and India to help them become more fluent in the English language. Either way, this is a quick and easy way to generate the needed funds. Teach English.

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YoungUpstarts

JULY 10, 2012

million investment from Japan’s Lunar Asia should provide a healthy runway as the 16-man startup looks for a way to monetize the site. “We would want to serve users to best first, then bringing in a new way and cost effective ways to travel industry which my team has been working on,” he explains.

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Hearpreneur

JANUARY 15, 2021

What exactly is going to be the name of your business? Whatever the inspiration or relation may be, the naming of your business is one of the most important parts of becoming a CEO. To play up the name even more, I use when you need a best friend on the web as my tagline. Secondly, most often, is giving a title to your idea.

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Hearpreneur

SEPTEMBER 16, 2015

What exactly is going to be the name of your business? Whatever the inspiration or relation may be, the naming of your business is one of the most important parts of becoming a CEO. businessname #business #entrepreneur #startup #name #compilation #instagram #ceoblognation #blog #newblog #blogpost #livetoday.

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Hunter Walker

JULY 3, 2021

Memories like those, plus a dressing room sign with my name on it, were what I took away from interning on Season Two of Late Night with Conan O’Brien while in college. And looking back, I never should have left the show.

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The Startup Magazine

FEBRUARY 20, 2020

Jeremy’s entrepreneurial journey has led Melvin Brewing to recently be named the Brewmaster and Brewery Group of the Year at the Great American Beer Festival. During the festival, beers are shipped overseas to South Korea, Japan, Norway, Belgium, Sweden, and the United Kingdom.

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techcrunch.com

AUGUST 12, 2012

.” Data Collective prides itself on its deeply technical core team, and the Big Data chops of its extended group of 35 equity partners, who, while Data Collective wouldn’t reveal specific names, all work or have worked at companies like Akmai, Zynga, LinkedIn, Apple, Facebook, Salesforce, Twitter, IBM, Citrix, Airbnb and VMware.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 15, 2010

Having grown up in Northern California and living near a Japanese family when I was really young, I always had a fascination with Japan and wanted to live there. He told me that he was leading the project globally and gave me the name of the lead Japanese partner. So I flew out there speculatively without asking anybody.

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YoungUpstarts

MARCH 5, 2014

” Change Jim to any other name, and you may have heard similar conversations around the office watercooler or pantry conversations at many companies. “ Jim’s leaving the company? But I thought he was happy here! At least, that’s what he was always telling us.

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Startup Lessons Learned

NOVEMBER 7, 2008

So, if youre interested in helping avoid mistakes like that, here are the steps: Get a domain name. It doesnt have to be the worlds catchiest name, just pick something reasonably descriptive. If youre concerned about sullying your eventual brand name, dont use your "really good" name, pick a code name.

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Up and Running

OCTOBER 29, 2014

USAID has a “How to Help” list of organizations leading international relief efforts for those who want to contribute to the recovery of large-scale disasters such as the 2011 devastating earthquake and tsunami in Japan. Resiliency is the name of the game. In light of recent U.S.

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Up and Running

JUNE 8, 2021

So, when it comes down to choosing between Ben & Jerry’s and a big corporate name, the choice is a bit easier. Japan’s Bummeido makes castella/castilla, the beloved sponge cake from Portuguese origins. It’s been at it for over a century and is known across Japan. It’s anti-establishment, pro-Earth, but not radically so.

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Hearpreneur

JUNE 30, 2023

What exactly is going to be the name of your business? Whatever the inspiration or relation may be, naming your business is one of the most important parts of becoming a CEO. Here is what some CEOs said about how they came up with a business name. #1- Some people turn to their childhood for inspiration or a beloved family pet.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 14, 2013

I just spent a few weeks in Japan and China on a book tour for the Japanese and Chinese versions of the Startup Owners Manual. Note to Chinese Communist party – the best name for your propaganda department should probably not be the “Propaganda Department.”). All the usual caveats apply. It’s an amazing cat and mouse system.

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YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 20, 2012

That’s right, there are no cubicles or private offices for senior staff – you can imagine how a senior executive transplanted from an Asian office culture (say from Japan’s Sony or South Korea’s Samsung) breaking down in an apoplectic fit when they first find out they’d be sitting next to a low-level code monkey.

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The Next Web

NOVEMBER 20, 2013

Some of the names you want to get in front of include GGV Capital , Sequoia China , IDG-Accel , GSR Ventures , and Qiming Venture Parters. The players in Japan have had their ups and downs. In other words, you don’t see Silicon Valley bigwigs in Japan, but they’re all over India and China.

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