PSPINC CEO Kenichi Uchikura's Blog

Kiosk Ordering

8月

11日

At Costco Food Court

I see more and more restaurants adopting to Kiosk based ordering.
This is to reduce the need for people and reduce problems associated with money handling. Japan has been using this machine based ordering system for along time. US is now is catching up.

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Today's Newsletter

8月

9日

Ga-Ma-N

Ga-Ma-N is a Japanese word that has no word in the English dictionary. It is sometimes translated as “endure”, “persevere” and “tolerate”. But those words are not describing how the word is used.

When a child falls and hurts himself, the child usually cries. At that point, parents may tell the child to “Ga-Man-N”. What it means is that “we know you are hurting, but do not show that to the public. Keep it to yourself.”

Why would anyone “Ga-Ma-N”?

By Ga-Man-N, you are showing how strong you are. The act of Ga-Ma-N or being able to Ga-Ma-N is considered one of the virtues in Japanese society. If you cannot Ga-Ma-N, you are considered weak. I guess this comes from the samurai society.

There are a lot of things people want to do and want to say. But in Japanese society, non-action or silence (Ga-Ma-N) is believed to be more preferred. Japanese do not like direct conflict. But then something passes the point of being Ga-Ma-N, you will see another side of calm. Let’s try not to get there.

PS: When you pass the line of Ga-Ma-N … People say “Ga-Ma-N Dekinai”, “I cannot hold it anymore.”

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How do you judge the company?

8月

8日

I would not hire people driving the car with tires like this.
But that is just me.

When you come to job interview, you dress up.
When you come to work, you dress up in business appropriate attire.
Your company car represent your company.

Those are the things I look at to judge the company.

The the service car shows up with the dinged car with worn off tire, you really think twice about using the company. Or you just care about the price?

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First Look ... Apple CarPlay

8月

7日

It is a great feature on our new company van.
You can turn the monitor into a iPhone screen.
I would love to have this in my car.

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Daylights ...

8月

5日

I took this picture on my way back to my house around 9:30pm.
It was dark already. The daylights are getting shorter already.

Yes, I was in my office well after 9:00pm last night.

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Doggie Friends

8月

3日

Yuki join the doggie stickers today.
It started with Pompom last year.
I love them all.

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Ken Uchikura Newsletter Vol. 35

8月

3日

“Do you sell your products or service online? If you say no, you are so behind, you need to start selling online. If you do sell online, do you think you are selling enough? Do you think you can sell more if you do it right?”

Those are the marketing pitches that many online experts make to get you to spend money on them.

Do not listen. They do not work.

Think about the Internet as a country. Yes, a country. If you want to expand your business to a new country, what do you need? Do you just buy a real estate and build a store there? No, you do not do that. First, you find out if there is a need for your product or service in that country. Then you find the competitors in that country. You must determine if you want to sell directly to consumers or establish a distributor. Then, you test the market by selling your product or service at a very limited scale.

You do all that and more if you want to penetrate a new market. So why do you break the Internet like it's just small add on? Because the Internet does not cost you anything. Opening a new store in other countries should not stop you from doing your due diligence. Doing business is a big deal. So treat it like so. You need to work with experts … not marketing experts. Someone who is already selling on the Internet. Work with them.

Lastly, don’t give up. Internet is the way now, and the future. You cannot give up. Keep trying. I am trying a new thing every day. Let’s share ideas. Ideas are free.

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I got this at Alibaba ... Made in China

8月

1日

I found this on Alibaba and I bought it.
Actually, I bought 10 of them for evaluation.
They do work.

Apple AirPods costs $159 ... This is way cheaper than that.
Amazing price.

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7月

31日

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