Building an International Team in Japan

This is an English version of an article intended for a Japanese audience. The Japanese translation will be available soon. When we started Gengo (we were originally called “myGengo” until we rebranded), one of my goals was to bring a little piece of Silicon Valley to Tokyo. Living here is very comfortable—Tokyo is possibly the safest truly 24-hour city in the world—but the employment ecosystem do

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“Silicon Valley is an attitude that espouses the idea that advancements in technology outweigh any downsides, that these advancements create value and improve our lives, and that failures encountered during this pursuit only strengthen the foundation on which further risks can be taken.”