Japan tourism is booming and it is forecast to welcome some 40 million tourists by 2020, which is the double of 2015. At the same time, there is a massive shortage of hotel rooms available and this has led to huge opportunities in the house sharing marke

From a job on Wall street, to an Ed-tech Startup, to VC. That’s the atypical career path of my guest this week. Allison Baum, is a Partner at Fresco Capital, a Venture Capital Fund focusing on global early-stage startups that she co-founded in Janu

Payment is becoming digital. While we’re still living in a world where we carry notes and metal coins in our wallets, the fast digitalisation of the economy foresees a cash less economy where most transactions will happen online. To foster that tre

Robotics, Artificial Intelligence, Sensor network, Synthetic biology, 3D printing are all exponentional technologies that, according to Peter Diamandis, the founder of the X Prize, will change the world as we know it. And how about the conquest of space?

So many people want to become an entrepreneur, yet the vast majority stays on the planning side and never cross the bridge to the execution side. My guest today never had any entrepreneur experience whatsoever just half a year ago. But after 6 months, sh

Finding the right product-market fit is businesses’ toughest mission. This is usually where most entrepreneurs’ failure originate. It is therefore crucial to initially focus on listening to market’s feedback instead of counting on techn

Information is probably companies’ strongest asset. Having a knowledge advantage in your industry, not only leads to better decision making, but it also makes it very hard for any competitor to catch up. But to get knowledgeable, one should not be

Pioneers Asia is coming this year to Tokyo to boost the local startup ecosystem. Its mission: Inspire, Empower, and Connect all actors, from start-ups, to corporates and help bridge Europe with Asia. My guest Andreas Tschas, initially launched a venture

Starting a hardware company has so much more constraints than with software. You need a lot of capital upfront, and your first prototype might take months. That’s the reason why many such companies have relied upon crowdsourcing to kickstart their

In the 15th century, Gutenberg changed the world by bringing 2D printing to life with the printing press. Today, 3D printing is about to shake the economy with the same order of magnitude. From automotive to medicine, the technology will impact a wide ra