FinTech is one of the hottest startup sectors right now, but if you’ve been in the industry for a while, you know that FinTech is always one of the hottest startup sectors. And yet FinTech companies seem strangely local. Very few succeed outside their home markets. A complex web of regulations and local sensibilities almost...

This entry is part 85 of 99 in the series The ALTInsider PodcastThis week I reveal the warm-up game I used each and every class,. The post ALTI083: The Warm-Up Game I used for EVERY Class, and Why appeared first on ALTInsider.com.

In Episode 131 of the Just Japan Podcast, host Kevin O’Shea speaks with Christoph, an exchange student at Kobe University from Germany. This is Christoph’s 8th time in Japan. He has traveled to Japan, worked in Japan and is now a Graduate student here in Kobe. Christoph talks about his experiences here, how you can...

Spacee has staked out an interesting position in the sharing economy. Spacee enables companies and individuals to rent out unused meeting room space to people who need to hold a meeting. It’s an interesting take on applying a sharing economy model to business. I’m generally very skeptical of startups who define themselves as “Uber for...

This entry is part 84 of 99 in the series The ALTInsider PodcastThis week I speak dive deep into what being a social media and. The post ALTI082: Social Media and PR Consultant, Donny appeared first on ALTInsider.com.

The post 58: Taking Control Back from the Distributors appeared first on DisruptingJapan.com. Today is the first episode off our new expanded format. From today, we’ll be covering both disruptive Japanese startups and detailed market entry case studies of global companies that are disrupting Japan from the outside. Oracle first came into Japan more than 25 years...

This entry is part 83 of 99 in the series The ALTInsider PodcastThis week I answer a question I’ve been getting in my inbox ([email protected]). The post ALTI081: Can an older person find work in Japan? appeared first on ALTInsider.com.

In Episode 130 of the Just Japan Podcast, host Kevin O’Shea talks HALLOWEEN with guests Andrew, Mully and Marcus. In the 3rd Just Japan Podcast Halloween Spooktacular, Kevin and guests talk about their childhood Halloween memories in their own countries. What was Halloween like in Canada, America, Singapore and the U.K.? What is Halloween like...

Material Wrld has found a way to innovate in online fashion commerce, and that’s no easy task. It’s a crowded market, with tight margins. Rie Yano and her team, however, have found success by going against common wisdom. While their competitors were focused on building platforms and reducing the amount of work required by their...

In episode 129 of the podcast, host Kevin O’Shea flies solo and answers listener questions about being homesick when living abroad in Japan. Kevin talks about his first years in Asia (Korea) and how he dealt with homesickness and how he still feels it from time to time now. Kevin gives some advice to those...