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  1. Judging a Startup Idea by the Benchmark of 10 Billion Yen in Revenue

    Many aspiring founders have probably been told by an investor that "the market looks too small for a startup." Behind such comments lies a simple calculation. Knowing that logic may help you judge, to some extent, whether your own startup idea is a good one...

  2. The Difference Between Entrepreneurship Education and Entrepreneurship Training

    Entrepreneurship education covers a wide range of things. Some of the literature [1][2] draws a sharp distinction between Entrepreneurial Education and Entrepreneurial Training.

  3. Four Types of Entrepreneurial Ventures

    Entrepreneurship education is attracting attention, but the kinds of businesses that people mean by entrepreneurship vary widely. Some people start businesses out of necessity, just to get by, while others start startup-style businesses that take risks and grow rapidly. Yet...

  4. Some Thoughts on the Limits of the Lean Startup

    Through various slides and programs, I have so far recommended Lean Startup–style methods. Along the way, I think the limits of those methods have also become visible. The Lean Startup is a method of gradually building a hypothesis while creating an MVP and conducting customer interviews…

  5. Before the Business Model Canvas: the Market Opportunity Navigator

    While reading a paper on the Lean Startup, I came across a framework listed among the "frequently used frameworks" called the Market Opportunity Navigator, which has not been introduced much in Japan, so I'm introducing it here…

  6. Startups and Climate Change

    In the economic recovery plans following the COVID-19 pandemic, the two themes that countries keep raising are "digital" and "green." In the green context in particular, carbon neutrality by 2050 is becoming widely accepted as a global agenda. If the Earth's temperature keeps rising...

  7. All About Product Management

    The first half organizes the product-related aspects of product management into Core, Why, What, and How, and the second half explains knowledge about the cross-organizational negotiation with stakeholders that product managers have to do. The distinctive feature of this book is especially...

  8. Entrepreneurship Education for 10,000 People

    The OECD's Education 2030 project summarizes which abilities will be needed around 2030 (and what kind of education we should provide for them). Its concept note names three key competencies: "Creating new value," "…

  9. GovOps: DevOps and Governance

    I think that something called GovOps, a counterpart to DevOps, could be conceivable for the future of public governance and for governance in some other domains. With the establishment of the Digital Agency, the DX of government bodies, the DX of companies, and so on, digital technology is finally about to be built into society in earnest…

  10. Changes in the Accelerator Landscape After COVID-19

    I believe that the changes brought by the coronavirus and the infectious disease it causes, COVID-19, will alter parts of the startup world and its surrounding ecosystem. Of course, many things will stay the same, and many will change once and then return to how they were, but here are a few of the changes now underway that seem likely to affect me personally and to stick around or have an impact for a while…