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Conversations from the corridor.
Founders and operators who have actually crossed between markets, talking about what it cost them. Sessions, interviews, and the people building the ecosystem between Australia and Japan.
Stop asking AI what problems exist in your industry
The question is the problem. Ask an AI assistant what problems exist in your industry and you will get a well-organised summary…
The average age of a successful founder is 45. Sort of.
The mean age at founding for the top 0.1% fastest-growing US ventures is 45.0. That is the real number, and it is…
Three quarters of the grid sits unused, and a Sydney broker built the software half his own industry now runs on
Issue 12 – Week ending 6 September 2026 – For experts building their first product, globally from day zero. Gridsight raised US$26m…
If you’re more than 12 months behind, you’re probably never going to catch up
Thom Pace. Entrepreneur, Build and Musician. Ten years running an English school in Tokyo, then, from 2020, a consulting service provider and…
A 50-year-old founder is 1.8 times more likely to build a top company than a 30-year-old. And the curve keeps climbing to 60.
Issue 11 – Week ending 30 August 2026 – For experts building their first product, globally from day zero. We’re back with…
Founders Across Borders: Karen Onuma on designing to travel
Most founders don’t decide to build for one market. It happens by accident. The tools you pick, the product architecture, the entity…
5 Checks Before you Build Anything
Most people test whether their idea is good. That’s the wrong test. The five things worth checking are whether you can explain…
A Chinese rocket flew home and landed on its legs. SoftBank paid US$200m for a kit that bolts onto someone else’s excavator.
Issue 10 – Week ending 23 August 2026 – For experts building their first product, globally from day zero. We’re back and…
Yusuke Jay on bridging Japan and Australia, and why translation is the easy part
Ecosystem Profile, Issue 10. Yusuke Jay was raised in Fushimi, Kyoto and has been based in Sydney for the past eight years.…
Amazon started charging for rides in a car with no steering wheel. Japan’s funding week went on holiday.
Issue 09 – Week ending 16 August 2026 – For founders building beyond their own borders. We’re back with another issue –…
Ali Motahari on digital health, AI, and building MedicTranslate between Japan and the world
“You need to find trusted local partners who can help you establish credibility” Global Day Zero Ecosystem Profile – Issue 09, week…
A truck drove 260km with nobody touching the wheel. A data centre company took A$2.85 billion. Plus the founder of Firmbrain AI.
Issue 08 – Fortnight ending 9 August 2026 – For founders building beyond their own borders. Catching up on two weeks in…
“I’m more interested in adoption than capability”
Jessica Wu, Firmbrain AI – Global Day Zero Founder Series – written response from issue 8. Tell us a little about yourself…
Money moved both ways: BlackRock’s first Japanese cheque, an eBike crossing to the US + the founder of Leverage Mentoring
Issue 07 – Week ending 26 July 2026 – For founders building beyond their own borders. We’re back with issue 07 and…
Built Global From Day Zero: How Christine Kulatunga Built Leverage Mentoring for Small Business
Give us your 15 second intro and what you’re working on I’m Christine. I’ve spent more than twenty years in customer and…
Fusion, defence AI, a $53B bid for PayPal and the Founder of VFlik
Issue 06 – Week ending 19 July 2026 – For founders building beyond their own borders. We’re trying a few new things…
AMD bets on Tokyo. Google bets on Munich. The frontier just went global.
Issue 05 – Week ending 12 July 2026 – For founders building beyond their own borders. We’re back again with another global…
GDZ Weekly – Smart locks, shark skin, and a $1.68B debut
Issue 04 – Week ending 5 July 2026 – For founders building beyond their own borders. Welcome back to issue 04, kicking…
Global Day Zero Weekly – Australia goes quiet, Airwallex hits A$16B, and raises from France, India and Singapore …
Issue 03 – 28 June 2026 – For founders building beyond their own borders. Welcome back to issue 03, where we feature…
Global Day Zero – Weekly Newsletter – 21 June 2026
Week of 21 June 2026 – For founders building beyond their own borders. Money is getting picky. This week the big cheques…
Global Day Zero – Weekly Newsletter – 14 June 2026
Week of 14 June 2026 Welcome to Global Day Zero – my new brand to help founders think, build and communicate globally…
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