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  1. What I Spoke About at the GX 2040 Leaders Panel (Session 3)

    On August 1, 2024, I took part in the GX 2040 Leaders Panel. I filmed a separate full version of what I wanted to say, so I am publishing it here.

  2. Climate Tech Startups as "Storytellers of Hope"

    In Japan, we now go through summers of days above 35°C, often feeling dangerous heat. Sudden downpours, which did not seem so frequent ten years ago, have also clearly increased. Haven't many people in Japan come to feel changes in the weather sharply over just the last few years…

  3. How to Find What You Must Do: A Dividual Approach That Avoids Individual Will as Much as Possible

    When thinking about a career, the Will, Can, Must framework is often used. Many people try to start from Will, but starting there tends to lead to a maze and makes it hard to find an answer. Personally, I think Will and passion are something you gradually grow...

  4. Solving 1% of Humanity's and a Nation's Problems

    The world and Japan face several major problems. If we can solve such major problems on a large scale, that is, if we can build a business that contributes greatly to the problems of the world and society, we can earn financial returns. Bill Gates and others' Breakthrou…

  5. Have Young Entrepreneurs Become Less Ambitious?

    People sometimes say that "the ambitions of young people aspiring to start businesses have shrunk," but personally I feel that not much has changed over the past decade. Rather, I think that a special set of circumstances was in place not long ago, and that people could take on big bets even without lofty ambitions...

  6. Stopping the "Beginning of the End" of Japan's Startup Boom

    I believe the "beginning of the end" of the startup boom is when VC fund sizes start to shrink, because that is what sets off a vicious cycle. Here is the reasoning. When fund sizes shrink, the capital startups can raise shrinks too…

  7. Deep Tech Startups Don't Necessarily Take a Long Time

    It is often said that deep tech startups take a long time to reach an exit, but I want to record here that (at least in the United States) this is not necessarily so. Life Science is one area of deep tech...

  8. Misconceptions About Deep Tech Startups

    As the government's focus shifts gradually from support for startups as a whole to support for startups in specific fields, I feel that attention to "deep tech startups" is growing. And indeed, announcements have been made that national support for so-called deep tech startups will become more generous…

  9. Start with Opportunity

    One cause of failed new business launches that I see in many entrepreneurs aiming for high-growth startups, and in many people working on new ventures at large companies, is putting too much weight on "what I want to do." Especially in bottom-up new businesses at large companies…

  10. Hold Your Identity Loosely

    "I'm a humanities major and have no technical skills. How should I start a company?" is a question I get from students all the time. There are many possible answers to it (for example, form a team), but I also think, "Do you really need to define yourself that much...?" Humanities...