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  • Stand Up Tall
    May 22nd, 2009By Jakob Edman
    This past week has consisted of hours in front of the computer and cyberspace surfing, all in the name of market research. I have been trying to make an accurate depiction of what the music scene in Tokyo looks like, who the major players are, what its weaknesses are and how » Continue Reading
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  • Foreigners in Japan’s business community
    April 30th, 2009By Jakob Edman
    There are several advantages of being a foreigner in Japan when attempting to start your own creative business. It grants you special privileges and allows otherwise unbreakable rules to be bent a little bit. A classmate of mine was successful in achieving a meeting with a large electronics firm and » Continue Reading
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  • Don’t Stop Me Now
    April 10th, 2009By Jakob Edman
    Starting an event or business idea can without much discussion be considered a challenge in itself; if you then decide to undertake this challenge in Tokyo you will find yourself facing a very tough challenge. The obvious barriers are language and culture, but you also have the infamous Japanese bureaucracy, » Continue Reading
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  • Start Me Up
    March 30th, 2009By Jakob Edman
    One of the hardest things about starting a project is exactly that, starting it. I have been wanting to start a specific project for almost 8 years and every time I try to get the ball rolling I run into a thousand mental road-blocks: the timing isn’t right, the idea behind it all needs to » Continue Reading
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