Is the path to success changing for entrepreneurs in Japan?
Great relationship with former company
- Clients, mentoring, even investment
Early participation in a new industry (before market shares stabilize)
Strong, flexible, committed team
Careful long-term expansion to new markets
New-style (Silicon Valley)
Unique ownership of substance (usually IP)
Rigorous business planning, flexible implementation, changes
Winning management team and great investors (prestige and mentoring)
Hitting exactly the right target market at exactly the right time