On November 3, 2011, SF New Tech and btrax held the 3rd SF Japan Night at Mighty in San Francisco. From our preview post about the Japan Night III semifinals in Tokyo, the 6 high-potential Japanese companies presented their web/mobile services to a packed audience. We also included a summary of the Japan Night After Party where each presenter was asked about their SF New Tech Japan Night experience.
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One of our clients, 7knowledge, has just launched an iPad App in the Apple iTunes store called 7notes HD with advanced handwriting recognition technology and is available for download in the Apple App store globally. 7notes brings its advanced handwriting recognition technology to the text writing experience for both the iPhone and iPad. Read More »
The second SF New Tech Japan Night was held in San Francisco’s SOMA district on June 28, 2011. Japan’s internet start-ups present the services offered by their companies at the event in English, before an audience of over three hundred locals, using it as a foothold for their global expansion. Following the first event last October, this is the second time the event has been held. Of the six companies which participated last time, myGengo succeeded in procuring funds from Dave McClure’s 500Startups, and so there was much anticipation this time, too.
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On June 28, 2011, btrax will be holding the 2nd SF Japan Night in conjunction with SF New Tech. The theme of this event is “Catalyzing the Revival” where we are encouraging our local SF Bay Area tech community to help the Japanese economy in disaster relief by jump starting six lucky Japanese startups onto the global stage.
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On June 28, 2011, btrax will be holding the 2nd SF Japan Night in conjunction with SF New Tech. The theme of this event is “Catalyzing the Revival” where we are encouraging our local SF Bay Area tech community to help the Japanese economy in disaster relief by jump starting six lucky Japanese startups onto the global stage.
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In light of the Japan’s worst disaster, web tech startups are giving the nation of Japan some hope for normalcy and economic recovery with their efforts to go global. In fact, the entry point for web tech globalization seems to be San Francisco. In a local SF article, San Francisco was named as the second-fastest growing city in high-tech employment, with 65 percent growth over a five-year period. Our whole region which includes San Jose, Oakland and San Francisco supports over $48 Billion in payroll.
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Have you ever dreamed about getting better ways to convert your emotions via twitter? Are you experiencing a hard time figuring out the feelings behind a tweet? With this new iPhone app called “Feel on!“, view the Twitter-motions of the tweet and also see it in manga format. For example, if you tweet includes words such as “I am pissed…”, it associates an angry face with the tweet.
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This month we focus on an entrepreneur in the intercultural realm – Rochelle Kopp, leader of Japan Intercultural Consulting. Her consulting firm bridges business culture between Japan and the US. Rochelle’s energy for making Japanese companies globally successful is inspiring. Read More »
Challenge 1: Decision Making Speed
Just takes too much time to make decisions. They need to ask their bosses permission for every small decision as no one dares to take responsibility for their actions.
Challenge 2: Success in Japan
Many of them are already modestly successful in Japan. In other words, the Japanese will not risk too much which limits their aggressiveness in the new market. Also, even if they fail, there is a place to return.
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