James Riney·Sep 8, 2015Why Launch 500 Startups Japan? Timing, Opportunity, and ImpactA response icon3A response icon3
James Riney·Jul 23, 2015How To Be Cool In Different CitiesWhether we’ll admit it or not, we all want to be “cool.” Not just cool in the sense that we are popular, or cool in the sense that we are…
InAdventures in Consumer TechnologybyJames Riney·Jun 9, 2015The Dawn of Virtual RealityThe hope that virtual reality (VR) will become a reality has been around for decades. Anyone who can recall the excitement in the early…A response icon1A response icon1
InAdventures in Consumer TechnologybyJames Riney·Mar 24, 2015Why Ride-Sharing May Not Be For JapanFollowing Rakuten’s $300 million investment in Lyft, will ride-sharing make it to Japan? Here’s why that will be an uphill battle.
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InAdventures in Consumer TechnologybyJames Riney·Jan 13, 2015Why Japanese don’t use LinkedInBoth Facebook and Twitter have become wildly popular in Japan, but LinkedIn hasn’t. Here’s why.
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