The Asia Tech Podcast had a killer conversation with Kiran Mysore, a Principal at The University of Tokyo Edge Capital (UTEC). UTEC is a seed/early-stage technology-focused venture capital firm associated with Japan’s University of Tokyo.
Some of the many topics that Kiran and I covered:
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He studied engineering at university and noted that a lot of people do that in India and then graduate and figure out what they really want to do
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He started studying entrepreneurship and entrepreneurial models when he was 21 including Indian pioneers like Tata, Americans like Carnegie and Rockefeller (ruthless capitalism), and Shibusawa Eiichi from Japan
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His inspiration from Indian Mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan
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An explanation of stakeholder capitalism
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What is University of Tokyo Edge Capital
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Deep tech is anything that is Intellectual Property led and difficult to replicate
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Building long-term relationships in Japan matters
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Operational excellences matters
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It is never too early to talk to your customers
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