Hi, my name is Michi Kaifu. I have been doing lots of work with Jon in the past, and now am finally appearing on this website. I also run my own consulting firm ENOTECH Consulting. I was born in Japan and have lived in the U.S. for half of my life, working primarily in telecom both […]
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THE SIGNAL ISSUE 2:- Our thoughts on connected cars, IoT device development, and Japan’s shift to temp labor
Connected cars, IoT device development, Japan’s shift to temp labor, and more THE SIGNAL- ISSUE 2 The summer slows seem to have ended – Bay Area roads, and our inboxes, are full again. We are glad about the annual Burning Man depletion – perhaps we can even hit a San Francisco restaurant or two […]
FIFTH ANNUAL JAPAN – US INNOVATION AWARD
The 2015 Japan – US Innovation Awards will take place on Friday, July 10, 2015 at Stanford University. The program will have Dr. Keita Mori, Co-CEO and Founder of SanBio,speak. SanBio, winner of the inaugural Salesforce Emerging Leader Award – Japan in 2011, successfully IPO’d on the Tokyo Stock Exchange in April 2015. In addition, the Symposium will include the […]
VentureBeat enters Japan with btrax, The Bridge
Having worked for and represented numerous Japanese companies in their engagement with companies and technologies emanating from the Bay Area, I can safely say that the demand for accurate, current information is robust. With that, I’m happy to see this partnership between Japan’s btrax and San Francisco’s own VentureBeat, to bring VentureBeat’s Insight research product […]