Professor Richard Dasher from Stanford University is of the few who have worked across all sectors.
US Diplomat in Korea and Japan. Businessman in Tokyo. Linguistics academic. Advisor to the most prominent multinational corporations, governments, VC firms, incubators and startups across Asia and the U.S.
Last year, I took Professor Dasher’s course on “Entrepreneurship in Asian High Tech Industries” at Stanford University. His course kickstarted my founder journey and I continue to learn from his incredible breadth of knowledge and experiences. Professor Dasher also helped me see the power of interdisciplinary learning, even in the entrepreneurship world (to truly understand entrepreneurship, you have to understand all the different sectors and trends surrounding it!).
In this episode, Professor Dasher shares his perspectives on:
- How to bring academic frameworks to industry
- Optimizing startup and corporate collaborations given cultural + operational differences
- How Asian startups can successfully break into US market
- And US startups breaking into Asia - keys to success?
Professor Dasher is Director of The U.S.-Asia Technology Management Center (US-ATMC) at Stanford University, an education and research center that connects Silicon Valley with Asia, providing insights on international technology management, fostering industry-academic collaboration, and analyzing innovation trends across leading-edge technologies.
⌚️Timestamps:
(00:00) Preview
(00:55) Introductions
(02:43) Asia's growth over last 40 years
(06:57) B2C Trends in Southeast Asia
(07:59) Challenges for foreign startups breaking into Asia
(09:03) Government approaches to regulations
(13:20) How startups should navigate new regulations
(20:11) Academia in the age of rapid tech advancements
(26:00) Value of collaborating with big corporations for startups
(31:08) What is Stanford’s U.S.-Asia Technology Management Center (USATMC)?
Resources:
U.S.-.Asia Technology Management Center - Stanford University