Distraught by a business failure and a career setback, Tsuyoshi Domoto walked despondently onto a bridge in Portugal. The waters of the Douro River slowly flowed far below as he contemplated his options. He saw his parents¡¯ faces staring back at him, and finally made a choice.
¡°¡®What the hell are you doing?¡¯¡± the tech entrepreneur recalled asking himself. ¡°¡®Let¡¯s not give up on this thing called life. As long as there is life, there is hope.¡¯¡±
Domoto opened up about his down-and-out days and about his 2023 ¡°aha¡± moment on the Luis I Bridge in Porto during a Tokyo Fail Club gathering held at the Shibuya Ward offices of Google, its sponsor.
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