Disrupting Japan - 32: Why Japan Will Thrive on Disruption

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Startups and Venture Capital in Japan

Sometimes it seems like Japan just can’t figure out medtech startups. In theory, Japan... This summer has sent both temperatures and electricity prices soaring. One Japanese startup,... Slithering robots sounds vaguely horrifying, but it turns out they’re incredibly useful.... Japan was once the the undisputed global leader in robotics, but that’s simply not true... Japan is much further ahead in real AI deployment than most people realize. Today we talk with... Things don’t always go as planned. In fact, they usually don’t. Four years ago,... Welcome to Disrupting Japan, straight talk from Japan’s most innovative founders and VCs. This is... I have a short…from disruptingjapan.com

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  Analyse Asia 87: From DeNA to 500 Startups in Japan with James Riney2016 · blcw.me · ▲68

  500 Startups, DeNA Capital & Japan Startup Ecosystem

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  Disrupting Japan: Why Japanese VCs are Losing Out – James Riney of 500 Startups2015 · disruptingjapan.com · ▲57

  500's Riney on VC in Japan

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  Analyse Asia - 89: Asia Startup Ecosystems with Kevin McSpadden2016 · blcw.me · ▲56

  Discussion of Asia startup ecosystems

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  The Global Startup Movement: Mark Quezada2016 · traffic.libsyn.com · ▲60

  The resurgence in Hawaii's startup scene

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  Analyse Asia 148: Episode 148: The South Korea technology startup ecosystem with Eva Yoo2016 · content.blubrry.com · ▲54

  South Korea Startup Ecosystem 2016

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  Disrupting Japan: The Real Reason Uber is Failing in Japan2016 · disruptingjapan.com · ▲66

  Straight talk form inside Startup Japan

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  SimCity, but with Permits▲939

  A free city-building game in your browser. You are the mayor. You know what the city needs. Now get it past the zoning board, the neighbors, the appeals court and the next election.

  Life & fun · 7d ago · permit.petercai.com

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  Life & fun · 19d ago · tanzaniaeducationproject.org

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  Bigwords.page – Turn any screen into a sign. The URL is the app▲728

  Turn a phone, tablet or TV into a sign. Type a message and it fills the screen: welcome signs, timers, Wi-Fi passwords and more. No app, no account, free.

  Life & fun · 20d ago · bigwords.page

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  Steal My Bitcoin▲617

  A PHP security challenge. Find the hidden bitcoin key. First person to get the wallet wins.

  Life & fun · 3d ago · stealmybitcoin.com

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  Guitoro, a virtual guitar you strum with your keyboard▲573

  Play a free virtual guitar online with your keyboard or by touch. Slow songs down and see every chord, string and strum. Acoustic, classic, electric and bass.

  Life & fun · 14d ago · guitoro.com

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  Product Hunt Visual Launch Editor▲443

  See your launch as you build it

  Life & fun · 4d ago

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  Brain.fm▲957

  Music for the brain to improve focus, meditation & sleep

  AI · 2015 · brain.fm

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  Something pointless I made▲747

  Life & fun · 2015 · dn.ht

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  Parinfer – a simpler way to write Lisp▲674

  Parinfer - simpler Lisp editing

  Life & fun · 2015 · shaunlebron.github.io

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  Motion AI▲634

  Easily build chatbots to do anything, on any platform!

  AI · 2015 · motion.ai

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  f.lux for iOS▲596

  Auto adjust your iOS display based on the time of day

  Dev tools · 2015 · justgetflux.com

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  Fieldbook▲592

  Create a database, as easily as a spreadsheet

  Dev tools · 2015 · fieldbook.com