2016
Is Financial Inclusion an emerging markets, bottom-of-the-pyramid problem or is it also a challenge for the middle class and in developed countries too?
December 5, 2016
Anju Patwardhan, Fulbright Fellow at Stanford University and Partner with CreditEase
<Innovation and Silicon Valley>
DO STARTUPS LEARN WHEN THEY FAIL? USING CROWDFUNDING DATA TO COMPARE WHEN AND IF ENTREPRENEURS LEARN FROM EXPERIENCE AND OBSERVATION
November 2, 2016
Jaclyn Selby, Research Associate, Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center Japan Program
<Innovation and Silicon Valley>
PATTERNS OF HARNESSING SILICON VALLEY: IMPLICATIONS OF WHEN (ONLY) THE CEO AND VP OF A TOKYO COMPANY LIVE IN SILICON VALLEY
October 14, 2016
Noriyuki Matsuda, Founder & CEO, SOURCENEXT Corporation
<Spotlight Japanese Startup>
CORPORATE VENTURE CAPITAL IN JAPAN: CHALLENGES AND FUTURE
September 28, 2016
Nobuhiko Hibara, Associate Professor, Waseda University
<Towards a New Japan>
ZERO TO ONE AND ONE TO TEN: THE ART OF STARTING A STARTUP AND SCALING
June 15, 2016
Akiko Naka, Founder and CEO, Wantedly, Inc.
<Spotlight Japanese Startup>
MANAGING OPEN INNOVATION: LESSONS FROM HARNESSING SILICON VALLEY
May 23, 2016
Joanna Drake Earl, General Partner, Core Ventures Group
Gen Isayama, Co-Founder and CEO, World Innovation Lab
Kenji Kushida, Research Associate, Stanford University
David Swanson, Executive Vice President, Human Resources, SAP SuccessFactors
<Harnessing Silicon Valley>
BIG DATA: LESSONS FROM THE FIELD
May 18, 2016
Gaurav Kataria, head of Product Adoption Google for Work
<Innovation and Silicon Valley>
A SHARING ECONOMY FOR CHILDCARE IN JAPAN
May 3, 2016
Keiko Koda, Founder and CEO of AsMama Inc.
Brought to you by the US-Asia Technology Management Center's Spring Seminar Series and jointly sponsored with the Silicon Valley-New Japan Project.
<Spotlight Japanese Startup>
BACK TO THE SOURCE: YAMAHA MOTOR’S CHALLENGES ON BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT
March 8, 2016
Hiro Saijou, CEO and Managing Director, Yamaha Motor Ventures & Laboratory Silicon Valley Inc.
<Harnessing Silicon Valley>
UNDERSTANDING INVESTORS AND PREFERRED STOCK FINANCINGS IN SILICON VALLEY
February 23, 2016
Joseph Z. Perkins, Partner at Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP
[Slides]
<Harnessing Silicon Valley>
CHRONICLES OF THE SILICON VALLEY - JAPAN RELATIONSHIP AND LESSONS LEARNED: AN INSIDER'S VIEW OF LARGE FIRMS, STARTUP FIRMS, AND ENTREPRENEURS SINCE THE 1970S
February 3, 2016
Masa Ishii, Managing Director of AZCA, Inc and Visiting Professor, WASEDA Business School; Graduate School of Engineering, Shizuoka University
<Harnessing Silicon Valley>