Recently, I have been watching interview videos from the Japanese start-up community, I am inevitably disappointed. CEOs and founders talk about the 'secrets of success'. How to get funding from investors and how to scale efficiently. What they are talking about is not wrong. But why? Somewhere, there is a feeling of **mind being left behind**.
Many people talk about business as a 'game'. The theory of how to win. How to score points. I know I'm in a position where I can't say anything idealistic or pretty. But I'm too used to talking within the gaze of venture capitalists, They have lost sight of the root of what they are playing the game for.
Importing American-style success stories, It is honestly hard when you see people importing American-style success theories and reproducing them in a similar way. Of course, there are those who say they use a different methodology. But is it really "different"? How will it affect the planet and society? How will it affect the planet and society?
People can have different motivations for their work. But when I look at the group of companies invested in by VCs, I feel that somewhere **diversity is disappearing**. Especially in the B2B sphere, Most products are only looking at "efficiency", "reproducibility" and "scale". It's like a race to eliminate human 'waste'.
Look at the current situation in the US, Would I really want to aspire to that? For me, I'm no longer attracted to it. I mean, I'm **tired** of it.
'First you have to earn money,' we have always been told. But isn't that enough already? Start-ups that make money. I don't think we need any more.
What is needed in the future is a business that breezes through people's minds. The kind that create laughter, marginality and tranquillity. These small things will surely be the next starting point for this society.