Tim Romero @timoth3y
Partner JERA Ventures, host of Disrupting Japan, founder, xGoogler, investor, advisor, hacker, author, podcaster, picker, grinner, lover, sinner. disruptingjapan.com Tokyo Joined August 2011-
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【GROOVE X INFO】 2月19日に行われた「Venture Café Global Gathering Tokyo '26」にGROOVE X CEO 林 要（はやし かなめ）が登壇しました。 ポッドキャスト「disrupting JAPAN」で聴き逃し配信もございます。 ➡︎disruptingjapan.com/whats-next-for…
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