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Tech Culture Podcast - Conversations With Successful Founders In Japan

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Tech Culture Podcast, hosted by Kaustubh Hiware and Prashant Anand, brings you conversations with top startup founders in Japan running successful businesses. We cover a wide range of topics, including deep-diving into the founders' lives, learnings, and successes and failures. Join us for actionable insights from the founders who have been there and faced the same challenges as you, providing what you need to build your own successful business. If you enjoy the IndieHackers podcast or Startups for the Rest of Us, you'll enjoy our show.

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April 15, 2022

Building an AI product for 3100 customers in 50 countries with Hazumu Yamazaki

Kaustubh (<a href="https://twitter.com/_ofkaus">@_ofkaus</a>) and Prashant (<a href="https://twitter.com/primaprashant">@primaprashant</a>) sit down with Hazumu Yamazaki (<a href="https://twitter.com/HazumuY">@HazumuY</a>), co-founder and co-CEO of <a href="https://webempath.net/lp-eng/">Empath</a>, to talk about challenges in building an AI product - from getting initial users to serving 3100 customers in 50 countries, from starting with zero data of their own to creating their data supply chain, and more. --- Do you love our content and want to help us grow? <a href="https://www.techculturepodcast.com/reviews/new/">Leave a review on our website</a>. Want to be among the first to hear from us? Follow us on Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/techculturepod">@techculturepod</a>. --- Topics: <ul> <li>00:00 - Intro</li> <li>01:17 - What's Empath all about?</li> <li>02:31 - How Hazumu's PhD research led to Empath</li> <li>04:37 - Market research and validation for emotion recognition API</li> <li>07:47 - Getting initial users and longer B2B sales cycle</li> <li>09:55 - Founding team</li> <li>11:11 - Becoming sustainable</li> <li>12:16 - Improving productivity of online meetings with JamRoll</li> <li>16:55 - Interesting feature requests like lie detection</li> <li>18:15 - Problems with emotion recognition in videos</li> <li>21:48 - Collecting data for a new AI startup</li> <li>23:47 - Adding labels to the collected data</li> <li>24:45 - Recognizing emotions in different languages</li> <li>26:05 - Sarcasm and hidden contexts in conversations</li> <li>27:49 - What distinguishes Empath from publicly available models</li> <li>30:06 - Tech stack at Empath</li> <li>32:02 - Adoption of AI Japan</li> <li>33:40 - Advice for the initial stages of building an AI product</li> <li>35:11 - Organizations that support AI startups in Japan</li> <li>37:10 - Going global</li> <li>38:54 - How to make a great pitch</li> <li>41:23 - Funding rounds</li> <li>42:00 - Biggest challenge in reaching the next milestone</li> <li>43:46 - Long term vision for Empath</li> </ul> ---

February 15, 2022

#12 - Bootstrapping a B2B SaaS to 150+ Million Yen ARR with Iqbal Abdullah of Xoxzo

Kaustubh (<a href="https://twitter.com/_ofkaus">@_ofkaus</a>) and Prashant (<a href="https://twitter.com/primaprashant">@primaprashant</a>) sit down with Iqbal Abdullah (<a href="https://twitter.com/iqbalabd">@iqbalabd</a>), founder of <a href="https://www.xoxzo.com/en/">Xoxzo Inc.</a>, and <a href="https://lalokalabs.co/en/">LaLoka Labs</a>, to talk about: <ul> <li>bootstrapping Xoxzo to >150M JPY ARR,</li> <li>uniqueness in B2B sales in Japan,</li> <li>selling 67% stake in Xoxzo,</li> <li>advice for people who want to build their own business in Japan, and more.</li> </ul> --- Do you love our content and want to help us grow? <a href="https://www.techculturepodcast.com/reviews/new/">Leave a review on our website</a>. Want to be among the first to hear from us? Follow us on Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/techculturepod">@techculturepod</a>. --- Topics: <ul> <li>00:00 - Intro</li> <li>01:28 - Xoxzo's pronunciation and history</li> <li>05:05 - Beginnings of Xoxzo</li> <li>08:25 - Evolving use-cases of Xoxzo</li> <li>13:27 - Continuous improvement in the long-term</li> <li>16:56 - B2B sales in Japan</li> <li>21:30 - Selling majority stake in Xoxzo</li> <li>25:15 - Bootstrapping Xoxzo</li> <li>27:02 - Open-source grants</li> <li>29:25 - Contribution to Python community</li> <li>33:01 - Adventures at Laloka Labs</li> <li>38:12 - Book recommendations</li> <li>42:30 - Advice to build your own business in Japan</li> </ul> ---

January 4, 2022

#11 - Going Full-Time on Side Business with Eric Turner of JapanDev

Kaustubh (<a href="https://twitter.com/_ofkaus" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@_ofkaus</a>) and Prashant (<a href="https://twitter.com/primaprashant" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@primaprashant</a>) sit down with Eric Turner (<a href="https://rebrand.ly/cea94b" target="_blank">@_etdev</a>), founder of <a href="https://rebrand.ly/1xfgajn" target="_blank">Japan Dev</a>, and <a href="https://rebrand.ly/1nmrbwz" target="_blank">VCList.jp</a>, to talk about his transition to an IndieHacker role, common business mistakes made by engineers, getting customer feedback, sharing progress, and more. --- Do you love our content and want to help us grow? <a href="https://www.techculturepodcast.com/reviews/new/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Leave a review on our website</a>. Want to be among the first to hear from us? Follow us on Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/techculturepod" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@techculturepod</a>. --- Topics: <ul> <li>00:32 - Intro</li> <li>01:09 - Working full-time on JapanDev and being accountable</li> <li>06:16 - Tasks with high ROI and impact</li> <li>07:38 - Job market in Japan</li> <li>15:00 - Building features that customers want</li> <li>18:43 - How JapanDev started and early mistakes</li> <li>26:11 - Managing side-business along with a full-time job</li> <li>31:01 - Eric’s long term plans</li> <li>34:20 - The technology for which Eric is most optimistic?</li> </ul>

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What is Tech Culture Podcast - Conversations With Successful Founders In Japan?: Tech Culture Podcast, hosted by Kaustubh Hiware and Prashant Anand, brings you conversations with top startup founders in Japan running successful businesses.

We cover a wide range of topics, including deep-diving into the founders' lives, learnings, and successes and failures.

Join us for actionable insights from the founders who have been there and faced the same challenges as you, providing what you need to build your own successful business.

If you enjoy the IndieHackers podcast or Startups for the Rest of Us, you'll enjoy our show.
How often does this podcast release new episodes?: This podcast updates daily.
Where can I listen to this podcast?: This podcast is available on 4 platforms including Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and more. You can also use the RSS feed directly.
Does this podcast accept guests?: Yes, this podcast regularly features guests.

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