Kris Tate – American entrepreneur living in Tokyo
- Started Zooomr 4 yrs ago
- 1.5 yrs ago started BlueBridge – located in Harajuku part of Tokyo
- 3 months ago: launched AM6
- first mail service that allows you to get exactly what you want, delivered when you want it, to your phone
- up to 40k users daily active users already
- launched this in Japan for 3 reasons:
- best mobile infrastructure in the world
- foreign entrepreneurs are rare (better press coverage for them)
- Japan is an economy looking for an answer on how to get into the service economy (they’ve been heavily mfg)
Q: Why are foreign (US) companies failing to enter the Japanese market?
A: It’s about the relationships and introduction here in Japan than about the service. BlueBridge can help with that.
Q: What are some of the downsides / difficulties in the Japanese market?
A: Image – foreigners don’t understand the culture.
Q: AM6 – how are you monetizing?
A: Premium content and ads
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