Oddly enough, among the four tech start-up founders I met in Japan, ALL of them were Korean-Japanese. They all shared a similar story: * Their fathers and gran

Oddly enough, among the four tech start-up founders I met in Japan, ALL of them were Korean-Japanese. They all shared a similar story: * Their fathers and grandfathers were forced to become entrepreneurs because they were scorned (in various ways) by traditional Japanese businesses due to their heritage. * These parents found success in sometimes seedy areas of the Japanese economy, such as casinos, love hotels, etc. In other words, businesses that "proper" Japanese did not want to be caught running. * The parents converted these successes into more respectable businesses, like restaurants, etc. * All of this entrepreneurial knowledge and spirit (and eventually capital) got passed down to the kids, over the generations. Likewise, many of the other entrepreneurs I met were foreigners, from places like Ghana, Bangladesh, etc. It's just anecdotal, but interesting food for thought nonetheless.