Startup culture has crazy and contradictory views about failure. As founders we are told to fail fast, but also to never give up. We are told to follow our vision, but be ready to pivot. Somehow this macho-bullshit culture of “I never really fail and ‘m not afraid of failure.” has become dominant amount founders....

This entry is part 37 of 99 in the series The ALTInsider PodcastThis time on the podcast I go through an interesting Reddit thread about. The post ALTI035: Not-So-Obvious ALT Things I’ve Learned (Reddit Thread Review) appeared first on ALTInsider.com.

In Episode 90 of the Just Japan Podcast, host Kevin O’Shea speaks with two long term expats in Japan about teaching adults English. Returning guests Liam Carrigan and Kenny Hanna stop by to talk about the adult English language industry in Japan. How challenging is it to find jobs in this branch of the ESL...

This entry is part 36 of 99 in the series The ALTInsider Podcast The post ALTI034: Interview with TheJetCoaster.com appeared first on ALTInsider.com.

Japan was once home to some of the most innovative companies on the planet, but those companies lost their innovate edge a long time ago. Today, many are betting on startups to change the course of the Japanese economy and to some extent, that’s already starting to happen. Ijichi Sorato of Creww, however, is betting...

In Episode 89 of the Just Japan Podcast, host Kevin O’Shea chats with Andrew Higgins about Gundam. Andrew tells us about the iconic Japanese animation series. What is Gundam? How popular is it here in Japan as well as abroad? Andrew also talks about building Gundam model kits as the giant life-sized Gundam mech at...

This entry is part 35 of 99 in the series The ALTInsider Podcast The post ALTI033: Alternatives to being an ALT appeared first on ALTInsider.com.

This entry is part 34 of 99 in the series The ALTInsider Podcast This time an interview from Andy from EnglishWebBook.com. The post ALTI:032 Interview with EnglishWebBook appeared first on ALTInsider.com.

In Episode 88 of the Just Japan Podcast, host Kevin O’Shea chats with kendama player Ryan Cabal “rysofunny” on Instagram about the traditional Japanese trick toy, the kendama. Ryan is an American living in South Korea and a kendama enthusiast. He talks about his background as a kendama player, his frequesnt trips to Japan to...

500 Startups has been one of the driving forces behind the utter disruption of how seed funding is done. That shift is one of the reasons we have seen such large and diverse startup ecosystems emerging around the world. Japan, however, often changes more slowly than other nations.   The post 32: Why Japanese VCs are...