Mochio Umeda – Japan’s leading web visionary

Posted on October 29th, 2007 by Shunichi Arai

Mochio Umeda lives in the Bay Area but he is very influential in Japan. His best selling book, 'Web Shinkaron', was excitedly accepted by business people.

His word is straight-forward and impassioned. He describes what is Google, what is the Web 2.0, what is open source. Those things were not well understood by the Japanese older business populations.

Joi Ito is the best known Japanese visionary and blogger in the world but Umeda is a much more well-known visionary inside Japan.

Umeda is doing some consulting and also runs a VC firm. Umeda is a board member of the Japanese web startup 'Hatena'.

Author Information  Shunichi Arai is developing a product for his new stealth startup. Arai devotes his life to software business, reading, and salsa dancing. Arai also loves to learn other cultures and languages such as Korean.

Tags: Japan, Person // 7 Comments »

  • http://zh.globalvoicesonline.org/hant/2009/05/21/2826/ Global Voices 繁體中文

    日本最具遠見的網路業人士，全球之聲也曾於2007年 報導 他的暢銷作品《網路進化論》。

  • http://www.codespanish.com/lang_enjapan-%e2%80%98yoshiharu-habu-and-modern-shogi-an-open-translation-projectlang_enlang_esjapon-%e2%80%98yoshiharu-habu-y-el-shogi-moderno-un-proyecto-de-traduccion-abi Codespanish

    professional shogi (also known as Japanese chess ) player. Easily the most recognizable figure in all things shogi, he is regarded by some as the ultimate strategist of our time. Mochio Umeda is a Silicon Valley-based VC, whom Asiajin callsJapan’s leading web visionary. He is the author of the bestselling book ‘Web Shinkaron’ (Theory of Web Evolution), covered by GV here in 2007. Umeda is a big shogi fan, although he doesn’t play himself – a distinction that he stresses numerous times in his

  • http://es.globalvoicesonline.org/2009/05/16/japon-yoshiharu-habu-y-el-shogi-moderno-un-proyecto-libre-de-traduccion/ Global Voices en Español

    japonés ). Es fácilmente la figura más reconocible de todo lo relacionado con shogi, y se lo considera como el más grande estratega de nuestro tiempo. Mochio Umeda es un capitalista de riesgo de Silicon Valley a quien Aasajin llamael visionario web más importante del Japón. Él es autor del libro superventas “Web Shinkaron” (Teoría de Evolución Web), reportado por GV aquí el 2007. Umeda es un gran fan de shogi, aunque él mismo no juega, una distinción que repite numerosas

  • http://asiajin.com/blog/2008/08/18/japans-top-50-blogs/ Japan’s Top 50 blogs | Asiajin

    [...] My Life Between Silicon Valley and Japan Japanese VC Mochio Umeda’s personal blog (Asiajin article) 675 [...]

  • http://globalvoicesonline.org/2007/12/30/japan-web-visionary-umeda-mochio/ Global Voices Online » Japan: Web visionary Umeda Mochio

    [...] of Pacifica Fund and board member of the Japanese bookmarking and diary service Hatena, is little-known overseas. His recent book “Web Shinkaron” (”Theory of Web Evolution”), in which he [...]

  • http://globalvoicesonline.org/2009/05/15/japan-yoshiharu-habu-and-modern-shogi-an-open-translation-project/ Global Voices Online » Japan: ‘Yoshiharu Habu and Modern Shogi’, an Open Translation Project

    [...] the ultimate strategist of our time. Mochio Umeda is a Silicon Valley-based VC, whom Asiajin calls Japan's leading web visionary. He is the author of the bestselling book ‘Web Shinkaron' (Theory of Web Evolution), [...]

  • http://asiajin.com/blog/2008/02/01/hatena-haiku-english-version-released/ Asiajin » Hatena Haiku English version released

    [...] and established US subsidiary for their service globalization. Famous Japanese Web2.0 evangelist Mochio Umeda is a board member as [...]

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