日本創業者面臨的獨特挑戰 妻子的阻攔大綱
TOKYO — Entrepreneurs everywhere face challenges like persuading investors to believe in them enough to give them a pile of cash or working out the practical steps of turning their great idea into reality.
東京——企業家面臨各種挑戰，比如去說服投資者足夠相信他們並給他們投資，再比如如何把他們的想法變成實際。
But in Japan budding entrepreneurs face two additional challenges known here as “wife block” and “parent block.”
但是在日本剛開始創業的企業家還面臨着兩個傳統的挑戰：妻子和父母。
There’s no Japanese Silicon Valley no Japanese Mark Zuckerberg. Almost all Japanese innovation — from the Walkman to the Game Boy — has happened inside the safe cocoon of corporate behemoths such as Sony and Nintendo.
這裏沒有日本的硅谷沒有日本的馬克·扎克伯格。幾乎所有日本創新——從隨身聽到掌上游戲機--都發生在安全的繭內的企業巨頭比如索尼和任天堂。
But slowly very slowly the environment for entrepreneurs here is improving.
但是慢慢地慢慢地企業家的環境正在改善。
“It’s slow but the culture is definitely changing for sure” said Allan Watanabe who has started Fileable a data-storage system that can read patents and other legal documents and then offer feedback.
“雖然很緩慢，但是這種文化無疑正在改變中，”Allan Watanabe如是說，他創立了一個叫做Fileable的數據存儲系統，這種系統可以讀取專利和其他法律文件並提供反饋。
