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Japan Web: A New Beginning or the Galapagos

Event Interactive 2011
Format Panel
Organizer Paul Papadimitriou – Driving Left
Description Japan remains a big question mark. Sometimes qualified as strange, sometimes thought as very innovative, often unknown to many. Can you name one Japanese startup? Can you name one Japanese web service that you use? Do you know Facebook is almost inexistent there? With the recent successes of Twitter (almost 20% of worldwide tweets are in Japanese), the iPhone (shaking a very insular mobile market), is Japan opening up to the US and the world? Similarly, with Rakuten, the Japanese eBay, acquiring Buy.com & opening offices in the US, but also entering China and elsewhere, are we witnessing a new era of Japanese companies' expansion? Japan remains a land of opportunities. A country where innovative models are popping up every day. Let's learn about Japan.
Questions
Answered
  1. Why is Twitter so successful in Japan, what can US companies learn from that experience
  2. Is there anything to be learned from the current models in Japan that could be replicated elsewhere?
  3. What is the current state of social networking in Japan, is mobile the future like it is there
  4. Is capital available in Japan for entrepreneurs to be disruptive in a relatively conservative market
  5. Can Japanese internet companies succeed elsewhere, should we be interested in those arriving in the Valley
Level Intermediate
Category International
Tags internet, japan, Social Networking
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