One of the first things I ask when I talk about The Tofu Project to Japanese people is, let’s bring into question the strong emphasis on business card exchanges in Japan. When I’m in the US, I hardly ever carry any business cards with me, and it’s usually not a big problem. I’m already connected [...]

Hey there! From time to time, we’re going to suggest some reading material for you to understand how innovation in Silicon Valley and beyond came to be the way it is today. First up, a light but informative read about the founding of online payment systems: The PayPal Wars (2008). Time travel back to 1999, a [...]

Now that The Week of Tofu is over, you might be wondering: What’s next? There are a few very exciting things that we have in the pipeline: 1. The Tofu Project Holiday Party A gathering in Tokyo in mid-December.Details TBD — please check back here soon for more! 2. The Tofu Project content series Starting next [...]

Fast Company’s Liza Boyd shadowed us on the afternoon of Day 5 and wrote this lovely article about Tofu. Give it a read! And you can see other press mentions of Tofu — including The Huffington Post, Wired Japan, GQ Japan, and Nikkei BP — here. How The Tofu Project Is Teaching Silicon Valley Values [...]

In case you are wondering what exactly happened in San Francisco during the Week of Tofu, who was involved, and why, we designed a nice little online brochure that explains such things. Week of Tofu Explained (Still confused? Email us! Let’s grab lunch! We’re still a pilot program in the works but there’s so much [...]