4 ms·

My impression in Japan is that startups have traditionally considered incredibly risky and is a liability in getting loans and future job prospects with establi

My impression in Japan is that startups have traditionally considered incredibly risky and is a liability in getting loans and future job prospects with established companies - but that’s also changing as the generations shift.

graderjs 6y ago
I actually don't know that much about Japan. It's the one place I didn't talk about in East Asia as you can see. That's not entirely true, I guess there's other countries in East Asia: let's not forget Mongolia, and Tibet and Northern Korea. I bet there'd be lots of startups in Mongolia tho I have no idea. Tibet have no idea, tho would love to go. NK I guess there would not be so much because I assume the government would control them, but honestly, I have zero idea right now about startups there. Interesting to know more about startups in Japan. Apart from LINE/Naver (which I guess is in fact Korean), that Japanese clothing startup (the guy is Elon's friend and will go to space), the older one like Softbank, and many cafes and small (for lack of better word, not sure it applies in Japan), but, "hipster" businesses (things like fashion boutiques, designer household goods and design agencies) I have no idea about startups in Japan, as you can probably tell. Would love to know more.
- Clewza313 6y ago
  ...you do realize Tibet has been a part of China since 1950, yes?
  - graderjs 6y ago
    I didn't!
- fomine3 6y ago
  Preferred Networks and Treasure Data is famous tech startup that shares people from similar origin. TD was started at SV and was finally acquired by Arm (but virtually by SoftBank). There are not a few other startups (IPO'd e.g. Balmuda, MoneyForward, Mercari, ZOZO) but they tend to only available locally.