Another day, another adventure. But before sharing the day’s events, a mention of yesterday’s happenings should be made. For me the highlight was a visit to Japan’s Imperial Palace. Though we were not permitted entry into the palace itself, the guided informational tour of the gardens and palace provided an interesting look at eastern culture primarily relegated to footnotes. The tour covered imposing buildings, manicured gardens, ancient carvings, and stone bridges, but also provided a vivid story to each element, which I personally appreciated. The kicker was that the tour was gratis, making it a great investment of student capital. High ROI for sure. *What I found particularly interesting were the staffs meticulously tending to the maintenance of the grounds. Though at this point it is becoming commonplace—seeing a work ethic which transcends simply “hardworking” and embodies a sense of duty is always captivating. Even though their task was medial, you could see they were steadfast and resolved, and took great pride in completing it to the best of their abilities. This trend is something I’ve noticed from those selling shaving beef on rice, to directors of major consulting orgs. It just seems that no matter what station in life, they strive to prove their worth through earnestly trying.
Today was broken into two halves. The first was a formal sit down with Intralink, a consulting group focusing on testing the water for up-and-coming VC represented orgs. The second half was a meeting with Avaya, a multibillion dollar telecommunication company, whom was gracious enough to show us the future of interpersonal communication.
Intralink contends with Japanese populous which, in and of itself, lacks (in large part) entrepreneurial motivation, primarily attributed to a cultural tendency of risk avoidance. (Here the risk of failure embraces the idea of shame from being seen as failing in addition to monetary risk.) Intranets model has to embrace American vc’s as to supply new tinder to test in the Japanese market. This highly specialized activity demands an exceedingly narrow, i.e. degree holding multilingual, salesmen primarily, pool of applicants to choose from.
Avaya gave us a glimpse of the toys the US will enjoy in 20 years. So, in that light, it was both marvelous and depressing. The flat touch screen 3D projector stole the show; it will undoubtedly be showcased in a villain’s lair sooner rather than later.
(Sorry for any typos.)
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