Even as the largest SaaS and Cloud market in Asia and the second largest IT market in the world, Japan continues to be a tough market to penetrate without access to the right channels. On the other hand, Twitter, Amazon, Salesforce, and Apple not only have successfully broken into the market, but have made Japan into a significant portion of their business.
I had the pleasure of sharing a few thoughts about the global growth opportunities that Japan provides to US startups and VCs, and how to do it right at the Japan in the Bay Area Symposium at Stanford.
I want to thank The Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center at Stanford, the Bay Area Council Economic Institute, and the Japan Society for spearheading the effort and jumpstarting the dialog for more collaboration between the US and Japan.
"If done right, startups in the US can successfully build a presence in Japan - the largest SaaS market in Asia, and the most mature and stable economy in APAC." - Gen Isayama