I was always fascinated by Japan, particularly in the context of India . After we started, I started looking closely at Japanese companies as role models. They

I was always fascinated by Japan, particularly in the context of India . After we started, I started looking closely at Japanese companies as role models. They had figured out stuff over the years that is unbelievable. Even today, there exist some technologies that pretty much only the Japanese do well (and not only in well known industries). Take a look at this company for example: http://www.uniontool.co.jp/english/product_index.html http://www.uniontool.co.jp/english/product_index.html They make drill bits for printed circuit boards, drill bits finer than human hair, drill bits you cannot even see with the naked eye. The magic is years and years of patient, painstaking work, with occasional inspired leaps. That was good to know, particularly when we tended to get bored or tired.