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Customer Development in Japan: a History Lesson

Steve Blank

The Japanese edition of The Startup Owner’s Manual hit the bookstores in Japan this week. I asked Tsutsumi-san to write a guest post for my blog to describe his experience with Customer Development in Japan. This was exactly what I was searching for. ————-. The Crater in my rookie days.

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Hiring in Non-English-Speaking Countries

The Startup Magazine

A very good example of this is Japan – and not just Japan but Japanese multinational companies’ operations in other countries. Hiring has been very challenging in Japan traditionally. It is always a good idea to search for job boards specializing in a particular geography, rather than using the general job portals.

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2 Marketing Trends That Have Staying Power

YoungUpstarts

The concept first came around in Japan. Mobile users may want to get information faster, as such you should feature search bars more prominently and keep them visible above the fold. . Below, we assess two marketing trends that have not gone anywhere, and won’t be going anywhere. . QR (quick response) codes.

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Bright Unveils A Data-Driven Approach To The Job Search, Raises $6M

techcrunch.com

Bright Unveils A Data-Driven Approach To The Job Search, Raises $6M. ” Now Bright has collected a lot of data about what works and what doesn’t in the job search, and it’s ready to put those findings to use. Once people have been scored, Goodman says Bright works at “taking the search out of job search.”

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The Secret History of Minnesota Part 1: Engineering Research Associates

Steve Blank

code breaking would grow to 20,000 people working on breaking the codes of Germany, Japan and the Soviet Union. The most important of the crypto techniques were based upon either locating repeated patterns, tallying massive numbers of letter patterns, and recognizing plain text, or performing some form of “exhaustive searching.”

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What to Expect When Developing an App in 2021

Up and Running

The mobile-savvy nations are China, Norway, United Kingdom, Japan, and Australia. Try answering these questions: How has download and search traffic been trending for this app category? According to the Payments Industry Intelligent report, by 2022, the forecast value for mobile payment apps will reach nearly $14 trillion.

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2021 was a record breaking year for Israeli startups. What now?

VC Cafe

Japan alone tripled its investments in Israeli startups in 2021, reaching $2.9 SPACs – despite of their poor performance, there are many active SPACs still out there searching for targets. Out of Israel’s $26 billion raised (approx), 73%, or $18.64 billion, was by foreign investors in 2021. billion (15.8%