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Tokyo's 'Silicon Valley' startup - Gengo

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May 10, 2013
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When they first thought about launching an Internet startup in Japan, Matt Romaine was close to moving back to Silicon Valley. The startup scene in Tokyo was, well, close to nonexistent. Then he and his partner, Robert Laing, came up with the idea of building an online translation company. Matt said to Robert, “What about bringing something like that to…

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