32 min

The Dream of Flying Cars meets the Truth of Aviation Startups Disrupting Japan: Startups and Innovation in Japan

    • Entrepreneurship

Personal aviation is awesome!



Aviation has been a source of inspiration and a symbol of innovation since the Wright brothers' first flight at Kitty Hawk, to Neil Armstrong's first steps on the moon, to today's dreams of colonizing Mars.



Unfortunately, it's been very hard for startups to make money in aviation. Even the Wright brothers did not do particularly well in business.



But things might be changing. Today we sit down and talk with Tasuku Nakai, co-founder of Tetra Aviation, and we discuss how public research incentives, support from the aerospace giants, and the changing infrastructure needs might have just tipped the balance to startups.

Personal aviation is awesome!



Aviation has been a source of inspiration and a symbol of innovation since the Wright brothers' first flight at Kitty Hawk, to Neil Armstrong's first steps on the moon, to today's dreams of colonizing Mars.



Unfortunately, it's been very hard for startups to make money in aviation. Even the Wright brothers did not do particularly well in business.



But things might be changing. Today we sit down and talk with Tasuku Nakai, co-founder of Tetra Aviation, and we discuss how public research incentives, support from the aerospace giants, and the changing infrastructure needs might have just tipped the balance to startups.

32 min