Business / Corporate Apr 27, 2015

After dropping finance for social media, Wantedly CEO eyes IPO

by Shigeru Sato

With experience at Facebook Inc. and Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Akiko Naka's resume at 26 already read like that of a corporate veteran. Then she decided to add entrepreneur to the mix. Wantedly Inc., the recruiting and social networking platform she started in 2010, now ...

Digital | TECHNOLOGY Feb 20, 2013

Language startup rises to cloud nine

by Richard Solomon

Innovations in software coupled with the widespread availability of Internet broadband are transforming the once stodgy business of language education. Leading the charge in Japan are two Japanese-American brothers, John Hideyoshi Martyn and Billy Kosuke Martyn. The brothers want to reduce the many hours per ...