Stanford Seminar - Gen Isayama of World Innovation Lab

"Recreating Japan into a Startup Nation: New Forms of Innovation and Entrepreneurship" -Gen Isayama, World Innovation Lab

Topics in International Technology Management: "New Trends in Start-Up Company Acceleration: Toward the Rise of the Global Start-Up". This series features new incubator and accelerator programs in Silicon Valley and select Asia economies that promote early development of international business operations by start-up companies. Investigate how start-up companies cope with the challenges of business globalization, and the implications of these new models of incubation for the future of Asia economies and for Silicon Valley. Lectures feature distinguished speakers from industry and government.

0:00 Introduction
1:06 Introduction
3:48 Born in Silicon Valley
6:45 Startups Accelerate Innovation
7:44 Innovation Changes How We Live Things that didn't exist 10yrs ago
12:47 $400B vs $90B
13:58 $430B vs $90B
15:50 $1,050B vs $890B
19:16 Top Talents in Japan Don't Choose Startups
21:30 How does Japan fare as a Startup Nation?
23:03 Increasing Government Support
24:25 Rise of CVCS (Corporate Venture Capital)
25:49 Increasing M&A Activities
26:51 Larger Funding Rounds
29:15 Entrepreneurs Rising in Status in Society
31:01 Japan Venture Ecosystem - Positive Trends
33:22 What do we need for the future?
34:42 Formation of WiL (World Innovation Lab)
46:14 What we do at WIL 1. Investment