When Satoshi Miyagawa founded the Los Angeles branch of the Tokyo-based startup that he was working for in 2019, he had to jump through a series of hoops just to get to the starting line.
While getting a visa is a time-consuming process, other practical matters, such as finding a reliable lawyer and tax accountant as well as opening a corporate bank account, were protracted processes.
Although he had acquaintances in San Francisco from his days working toward an MBA at Stanford University, he ¡°didn¡¯t really know any Japanese entrepreneurs (in the Los Angeles area), so it took a lot of legwork to gather information for practical tasks,¡± Miyagawa recalled.
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