Music, Maids & Startups in Japan – Hiroshi Asaeda – Beatrobo

Starting and growing companies is nothing new to Hiro. He's been doing it his whole adult life. In his younger days, he always felt caught somewhere between Japanese and American culture, never really belonging to either. Hiro found inspiration in an unlikely place; Nintendo games. They were uniquely Japanese, but universally loved and intuitively understood. His journey so far has involved maid-themed hair salons, social music sharing, a project partnership with Linkin Park, and working with the largest concert promoter in Japan. And he's just getting started. We talk about startup, strategies, failures, success and what's coming next for Beatrobo, startups in Japan and Japanese founders in general.