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Asia Tech Podcast - EP 134 - Kiran Mysore - Principal at UTEC - Entrepreneurs Can Come From Everywhere and Anywhere Asia Tech Podcast
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The Asia Tech Podcast had a killer conversation with Kiran Mysore, a Principal at The University of Tokyo Edge Capital (UTEC). UTEC is a seed/early-stage technology-focused venture capital firm associated with Japan's University of Tokyo.
Some of the many topics that Kiran and I covered:
Kiran comes from a 'small' city in India that helped shaped many of his views
He studied engineering at university and noted that a lot of people do that in India and then graduate and figure out what they really want to do
He started studying entrepreneurship and entrepreneurial models when he was 21 including Indian pioneers like Tata, Americans like Carnegie and Rockefeller (ruthless capitalism), and Shibusawa Eiichi from Japan
His inspiration from Indian Mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan
An explanation of stakeholder capitalism
What is University of Tokyo Edge Capital
Deep tech is anything that is Intellectual Property led and difficult to replicate
Building long-term relationships in Japan matters
Operational excellences matters
It is never too early to talk to your customers
Portfolio companies Bugworks and OPALai
The concept of adjacent possible
The Asia Tech Podcast had a killer conversation with Kiran Mysore, a Principal at The University of Tokyo Edge Capital (UTEC). UTEC is a seed/early-stage technology-focused venture capital firm associated with Japan's University of Tokyo.
Some of the many topics that Kiran and I covered:
Kiran comes from a 'small' city in India that helped shaped many of his views
He studied engineering at university and noted that a lot of people do that in India and then graduate and figure out what they really want to do
He started studying entrepreneurship and entrepreneurial models when he was 21 including Indian pioneers like Tata, Americans like Carnegie and Rockefeller (ruthless capitalism), and Shibusawa Eiichi from Japan
His inspiration from Indian Mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan
An explanation of stakeholder capitalism
What is University of Tokyo Edge Capital
Deep tech is anything that is Intellectual Property led and difficult to replicate
Building long-term relationships in Japan matters
Operational excellences matters
It is never too early to talk to your customers
Portfolio companies Bugworks and OPALai
The concept of adjacent possible
45 min