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  1. TRL, MRL, and ARL (Technology Readiness Level, Manufacturing Readiness Level, and Adoption Readiness Level)

    Many of you have probably heard of the term Technology Readiness Level (TRL). Developed by NASA and abbreviated as TRL, this standard is now used to measure the maturity of a wide range of new technologies and innovations…

  2. From R&D (Research and Development) to RDD&D

    Increasingly, I hear the term RDD&D rather than R&D (research and development). RDD&D is an acronym made up of the initials of . For example, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Technology Tra…

  3. Avoiding the Confusion Between 'Commercializing R&D Results' and 'Startups'

    Most companies called university ventures or university startups are founded mainly on research results from universities. What we should keep in mind is that, although these ventures and startups are 'new businesses,' they are not necessarily high-growth startups...

  4. Distinguishing "High-Growth Startups" from the Broadening Definition of "Startups"

    As the term "startup" has become more widespread in Japan, it seems to have lost its original meaning and context, which…

  5. Behind the Scenes of 'Raising Your Resolution' (2): It Was Originally Not Meant to See the Light of Day?!

    The book 'Raising Your Resolution' has a slide deck of the same name as its source. *1 After the final proofs of my previous book, 'Implementing the Future,' were done, I had some free time in early January 2021, so I decided to write slides in one go before March, when I would get busy preparing for classes. That was what prompted me to write the slides on resolution…

  6. Behind the Scenes of Raising Your Resolution: There Was Actually a Part 2?!

    Raising Your Resolution is rather thick for a business skills book, but it actually had a Part 2. In the middle of editing, however, I cut it out entirely, and it became a phantom Part 2. That is the behind-the-scenes story. The content I had written in Part 2 was about 'hypotheses.' This hypothesis section…

  7. A five-minute guide to the overview and key points of Raising Your Resolution, explained by the author himself

    I released a book called Raising Your Resolution on November 19, 2022. It is the book version of the slide deck of the same name that I published in 2021, with more detailed content (at the time, I published it under the title Increasing Resolution). It mainly expands on the content of the following slide decks…

  8. Traps Local Startup Promotion Tends to Fall Into

    As of September 2022, startup promotion and the Digital Garden City Nation Initiative have both begun to move forward as government policy. It is easy to imagine that, as a result of simply combining the two, a movement will grow stronger. However, if that happens, a number of…

  9. Promote Recurrent Education to Increase Entrepreneurship

    When you look into Climate Tech startups, a certain pattern emerges. Two typical examples are the following. Unlike IT entrepreneurs, those taking on Climate Tech and Deep Tech seem to work for a while after graduating from university, then return to university to earn a degree and relearn…

  10. Research on Entrepreneurship "Education"

    Research on entrepreneurship is conducted at a wide range of universities. Entrepreneurship and entrepreneurs are studied in fields such as management, economics, psychology, and social networks, covering the traits of individual entrepreneurs, what kinds of entrepreneurs tend to succeed, and the economic effects that startups bring…