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Episode Summary
Hello and welcome to another episode of the Scaling Japan Podcast. Today we are joined by Eli David Rokah, the CEO of StartupBlink, a startup ecosystem research center working with over 100 government entities, corporate innovation programs, and multilateral organizations worldwide. StartupBlink’s global startup ecosystem map has hundreds of thousands of registered start-ups, co-working spaces, and accelerators, creating a robust sample of innovation globally, being well known for creating the startup ecosystem index of 1000 cities and 100 Countries.
Join us in this episode as Eli explains StartupBlink’s Index, where Japan and its cities are ranked amongst the other countries and the industries the Japanese government should focus on in the future.
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Show Notes
0:00 Introduction
3:12 Overview of StartupBlink and the StartupBlink Index
5:06 The Highest Ranking Japanese Company
23:51 Japan’s performance in 2024
30:21 Further Thoughts on the support from the Japanese Government
38:15 Other facts about Singapore that makes it much easier for Startups
44:06 More on Business Environment Versus Overall Rank
47:37 Industry Specifics
49:21 Trends in terms of Industries
52:33 What Industries should Tokyo Focus on and any Final thoughts for any policy makers?
