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Conversations with Tyler · January 17, 2024 · 70m

Patrick McKenzie on Internet Business, Japan, and Payments (Ep. 201)

Tyler Cowen
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Patrick McKenzie on building internet businesses, living in Japan, and the hidden complexity of payments infrastructure. Few people can trace the impact of a blog post to millions of dollars — McKenzie has the receipts.

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Environment shapes internet business — McKenzie on Japan's unique digital culture
McKenzie: building internet businesses in Japan taught him that culture IS environment. The same product that succeeds in America fails in Japan because the cultural environment shapes user behavior completely differently.
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Biographies of internet entrepreneurs — McKenzie on learning by doing publicly
McKenzie: his public blog about building businesses served as a biography-in-real-time that thousands of entrepreneurs used as a mentor. Writing publicly about your process creates mentorship at scale.
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