#102 Akio Morita (Sony)

Claude Hopkins was the greatest copywriter of all time. His ideas were so valuable that when he wrote them down in a book the founder of his advertising firm locked the manuscript in a safe for 20 years. When the book was finally published it sold over 8 million copies. David Ogi ...  Show more

What I learned from rereading Bob Dylan's autobiography. Made possible by: Ramp: ⁠⁠ https://ramp.com⁠⁠ Applovin: ⁠⁠ https://www.applovin.com Vanta: ⁠⁠ https://vanta.com/founders 

Born in the unlikeliest of places — the terrible, wasteland-like aftermath of post WWII Japan — Sony rose to capture the imaginations (and wallets) of consumers and engineers around the world. The company produced hit after hit after hit: portable transistor radios, CDs, the Walk ...  Show more

In this podcast, Alex and Andy talk about their experience setting up a company in Japan, why they did it and how! In this episode of Learn Japanese Pod, Andy and I dive into the world of starting a small business in Japan. We share our personal journeys of setting up our own com ...  Show more

When Patrick O'Shaughnessy and Brent Beshore asked us to give a talk at their incredible Capital Camp conference, we knew we had to bring something special. So we spent months combing through the Acquired back catalog and cataloged our 12 favorite lessons from the 200+ stories we ...  Show more

What if you could revolutionize your business by applying the same Japanese concept that Toyota used to become the world's leading manufacturer? Join us on this episode of Action Academy podcast as we explore the story of the Toyota Sienna minivan and its engineer, Yuji Y ...