2 days agoA few observations about doing business in Japan as a foreign tech company (and a gaijin 😃)Doing business in Japan is dreadful and great at the same time — you’re nothing without a warm introduction (🙏🏻 500 Global and Aichi Government), but once you establish trust and show value, you’re sure for the deal to happen and last. - Because there is such a large cultural…Japan2 min readJapan2 min read
Published in Untrite·5 days agoWhy we need equivalent of ChatGPT for organisations tribal knowledge.Previously, leadership decisions tended to be a balanced play between available information and instinct. However, as companies are becoming abundant with diverse data, data-driven decisions are more scientific and reliable. #AI’s #NLP tech like #ChatGPT is able to filter through the noise and bring all relevant information to us, instantly…Knowledge Management2 min readKnowledge Management2 min read
Jan 10.no man’s content (about midjourney and AI’s generative images)Would you want to see yourself in a Spiderman suit without actually squeezing into one? Or maybe you’d like to morph your favourite celebrity or a businessman with a comic book character? Or going a bit darker, Tim Burton’s style on your basset hound dog?AI3 min readAI3 min read
Dec 31, 2022.on scarcity of timeThere is this saying that goes: “You can always make more money. You can never make more time.” When someone gives you their time, beware of two things; first, you’re taking someone else’s time that they could use to do something meaningful or pleasant; second — it’s also your time…Time Management2 min readTime Management2 min read
Published in Untrite·Dec 27, 2022Why are car manufactures shifting production out of China?Supply chain disruption and geopolitical risks push companies to shift to domestic production out of China, driving data and knowledge in effect. Over the past 20 years, China has become a global leader in the car parts industry. Its growth was fuelled by European and American car makers, that moved…Manufacturing2 min readManufacturing2 min read
Dec 25, 2022.it’s the little things that count (on gratitude)“Hard times create strong men. Strong men create good times. Good times create weak men. And, weak men create hard times.” ― G. Michael HopfGratitude3 min readGratitude3 min read
Dec 16, 2022.how to promote your work without sounding like a braggartA couple of years ago I decided to publicly start sharing what I learn along my entrepreneurial journey with building Untrite and Oishya, hoping this may inspire others to start a project they’ve been thinking about, for a long time. I believe our world needs more doers and I want…Thought Leadership9 min readThought Leadership9 min read
Dec 10, 2022.the bus factorYou are a small company and your CTO who designed all product road map gets hit by a bus. Now what? There is this thought experiment around risk called the bus factor (or a bus number). A high bus factor means that there are many individuals who know enough to…Risk Management7 min readRisk Management7 min read
Dec 2, 2022.failure is a better teacher (on product-market fit)I can’t remember how many times I have failed; at exams, at dating, at cooking (I once poisoned my then Italian boyfriend — he’s still alive though 🤗), at business meetings, at expressing what I really wanted to say, at negotiations, at building projects or businesses (RIP Evoque, IamIn and…Failure7 min readFailure7 min read
Nov 28, 2022.detached societyAs humans, we tend to seek comfort in the company of others and form emotional bonds with them. We need to belong; to someone in some way, to some place or a cause, and we want people and things to belong to us. In fact, our entire identity is based…Community8 min readCommunity8 min read
