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Nothing like a Spring day in Japan. Great to be alive in the thriving metropolis of Tokyo. There are so many great people and innovators, it’s energizing to be a part of the community.

For 6 months, I have suggested to various c-levels that we should bring people together who have actually founded companies in Asia. Running your own business means being head down and super busy all the time. Sometimes we need to get away from the micro-detail and reassess what we are doing. Sharing ideas, experiences and insights with other entrepreneurs helps to stimulate our thinking about how to work on our businesses and not just in our businesses. Many entrepreneurs have liked the idea and said, “Let me know when we do the meeting, I want to be there”. Well, we’re going to do a Tokyo Entrepreneur Meeting in May.

If you are experienced entrepreneur who is based in Asia (ideally Japan), and run a influential business, this is your chance. We are going to get together and talk about running business in Japan over a lunch.  I will prepare the agenda, but please be prepared to talk as this is not a chamber of commerce, this will be an interactive meeting.

Date– 24 May (Tues)
Time– 1230PM – 1400PM
Venue Roppongi Hills Club
Cost 2,500 to 3,500 yen (depending on the lunch set)

If you would like to come, we need to confirm your place as space is limited.  Please drop us a line here as we are going to easily fill the room.

Found out the other day, that in America if you are a man who ‘identifies as a woman’ the current US president has declared to his nation that they can use the women’s room.  Apparently, it works for women that identify as men as well.  Completely missed this.

Thought I missed something big none of our Tokyo team has been following it either.

We welcome everyone so in our smaller Tokyo office, I told our team this AM, if they were a male or female who identifies as the opposite sex, they are welcome to use the toilet.

It was actually quite an easy decision, this particular office only has one toilet.  😉

The conclusion, there is no toilet confusion in Tokyo.

PS. Up until two years back, we were mostly gents doing tech engineering.  Now, we’re very happy to have a good number of very capable ladies. We’re planning on moving offices later this year. The ladies want separate toilets and we desperately need more space.

Have had the pleasure of meeting Rob Walters a bit over the last 5 years. It’s amazing to have thousands of people doing business under your full name.

He’s done a great job going from an accountant in London to a global brand with 50 offices worldwide. Good work!

Recently heard about a company in the EU that would beat up people in the marketing meetings verbally when they give a business idea that the management didn’t like. To me, that doesn’t foster creativity or a dynamic environment that people want to work in.

In Japan, we have a lot of 7-11 convenience stores. Although, 7-11 was originally American, a Japanese company bought them out years ago.  Normally, when a public speaker slips up in a talk it’s probably best to try to correct yourself quickly.  The speaker sadly confused 9-11 terrorist attacks with a convenience store. Apparently this politician didn’t catch himself, but he did our office a good laugh before going home from work.

Trump was about to deliver prepared remarks lauding New York values at Buffalo’s First Niagara Center Monday night when he referred to 7-Eleven.

“It’s very close to my heart because I was down there, and I watched our police and our firemen down at 7/11, down at the World Trade Center right after it came down, and I saw the greatest people I’ve ever seen in action,” Trump told the crowd.

We’ve received a lot of requests to open our services in Osaka. Very excited to say, we’re on our way!  iPBX Hosting will bring Japan’s most reliable cloud PBX to Japan’s most outgoing city!

Check out the Japanese announcment  here.

In front of Roppongi Hills, this car company was advertising their new product.  You wonder, if cars are not selling so well in Japan, how many people would really want to buy a car like this?

Maybe rather than advertising in front of an entrance to a station, it may be better to promote the product in a CEO type magazine or with chauffeur associations or something more targeted.

For advertizing, targeted and effective are two words that come to mind.

  
Petit or Grande?  Well we suppose it’s a Grandly Petit apartment in Akihabara, Tokyo.