
He gave small shops a place on the internet, asked a Japanese workforce to switch to English, and took Rakuten into mobile networks. Hiroshi Mikitani keeps finding expensive ways to test a simple conviction: the rules can be changed.
A stranger at a Hatsune Miku concert helped Shunsuke Oyu put words to an ambition. After building Mamari and PRISM Project, the AnotherBall co-founder is making it easier for fans to step onto a stage of their own.

He went to San Francisco to build a global company. A series of awkward moves taught the Anyplace co-founder that freedom needs furniture, reliable internet, and somewhere to put your laptop.