A community for lean-thinking Tokyo entrepreneurs to connect and apply the principles and practices described in Eric Ries' book The Lean Startup. The purpose of this circle is to help Lean Startup help Tokyo entrepreneurs. We hold a small-format bi-weekly series called Bootstrap Lunch. Six Lean Startup practitioners meet at a cafe, each person spends a few minutes to talk about his/her startup (or startup goals) and gets feedback from the rest of the group. We are planning to hold larger events …

Hello Business Person from the Yokohama Area! Are you visiting many networking events? Listen to a presentation, swap a few business cards and engage in some smalltalk. It is fun isn’t it? But does it grow your business? Honestly? No! We have visited a LOT of these networking events, hoping that it would grow our business. But it didn’t because ... presentations are too often one-way sales pitches it is not about my business goals & challenges we hardly ever get past smalltalk We want to fix t …

Do you own a small business, or are you about to start one? "Finally, A Serious Business Group To Help You Build a Profitable Business" We are a group of business owners and entrepreneurs in Tokyo. We meet every month to discover ways to make more profit, for less work. Here are a few recent reviews of this group: "Great group of people, entertaining teacher and delicious food! Just to clarify, this is more of a serious study group / lecture series about direct marketing than a social get-toge …