Startups in Japan

The typical startup
I talk about the reasons why I set up Mirai Inc in this article but today I thought this would be a good opportunity to talk a bit about how the company has progressed nearly a year after startup.
*Most* startups follow the same pattern:-

1. A need is identified and a company/site is created to fulfill that need by creating a service or product. The end goal is to gain value by fulfilling that need and then sell the company.
2. Venture capital is acquired from investors.
3. Capital is used to hire staff (engineers/marketing/product managers etc). Capital is also used to buy/rent office, furniture and equipment needed for daily operations.
4. Company either sinks or swims - if it sinks, the owners will probably try to sell it off.
5. Company is swimming rather well and is acquiring value regardless of whether its making money. A web company can be valued at the amount of registered users it has for example.
6. Company is valued at 10 million dollars - the owner sells.
7. Repeat steps 1 through 6.

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インターネット企業
現在は弊社のプロダクト、MIRAI GAIAをライセンスする前の段階にいます。MIRAI GAIAは今までのプロダクト(CGMのキャロット、プロブパブリシングのNav2.0とE-commerceのガイア)を融合し、一つのプロダクトに統合します。
MIRAI GAIAは今までのウェブサイト制作方法と異なり、アマゾンで得た経験やノーハウを生かし、MIRAI GAIAをデザインしています。
今までのウェブ製作プロセスでは、一つのクライエントに一つのサイトを構築しています。それぞれのクライエントのサイトは違うコードベースを持つことになります。数百クライエントまで達成すると、それらのサイトをメンテナンスするのにスタッフを増やすしか無い。
この写真の含んだ記事は www.dannychoo.com/adp/jpn/1403/ にあります。
コレクションは www.flickr.com/photos/dannychoo/collections/ にあるよ。