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The Sengoku Era of Small Businesses: Exploring Enterprise Methods and Value Validation Through the Practice of Lean LaunchPad Nagaoka

Explore how local small businesses can navigate the "Sengoku Era" of AI. Discover how enterprise methods from Lean LaunchPad Nagaoka translate into local value validation and why primary field information remains indispensable.

2026.09.25

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小規模事業戦国時代の地域事業｜LLP長岡の実践から探る大規模事業手法の応用と価値検証

AIやクラウドで事業立ち上げが容易になった「小規模事業戦国時代」。LLP長岡の実践を観察対象に、仮説生成と価値検証の違い、ジョブ理論やCustomer Developmentの小規模事業への翻訳可能性、そしてAI時代に相対的価値を高める「現場の一次情報」の重要性を考察します。

2026.09.24

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LLP Nagaoka Spotlight: From Failure to Grand Prize – The Reality of Fieldwork – Part 2

Discover how Ishii, leader of LLP Nagaoka 2026 Grand Prize winner Babreach, bounced back from past failure by fusing AI with deep fieldwork to solve real problems.

2026.09.22

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LLP Nagaoka Spotlight: From 20 Years in Sales to Startup Fieldwork – Part 1

Struggling to validate your startup idea? Discover the "Go-to-Field" mindset from LLP Nagaoka's winning team and turn real customer pain into innovation.

2026.09.21

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LLP Nagaoka Spotlight: From Taxi Driver to Startup Contender in Nagaoka City, Japan

Discover how a local taxi driver joined LLP Nagaoka from a single poster, navigated team isolation, and made a crucial pivot toward Demo Day.

2026.09.20

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【長岡・LLP】AIと現場の融合！最優秀賞チームが明かす「課題解決」の本質｜バブリーチ独占取材(後編)

LLP長岡2026最優秀賞チーム『バブリーチ』独占取材後編。「課題解決」の本質とは？リーダーが語る、優勝までの道のり。

2026.09.20

LLP(リーンローンチパッド)ビジネス人・挑戦

LLP Nagaoka Spotlight: Young Researcher Kento Kazuno on Commercializing Dairy Byproducts

Follow researcher Kento Kazuno’s transition from zero business experience to validating customer needs for novel biomaterials in Nagaoka.

2026.09.19

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[Part 3] Innovation Can Be Taught: A Message for the Future with Takashi Tsutsumi

"Don't waste your potential!" VC Takashi Tsutsumi concludes our 3-part series with empowering advice for entrepreneurs and working professionals.

2026.09.14

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[Part 2] Human Imagination Tested in the AI Era: Takashi Tsutsumi on the True Essence of Business

In Part 2, Takashi Tsutsumi explains key startup blind spots, traits of successful founders, and how Generative AI acts as a lever for human creativity.

2026.09.14

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[Part 1] Business Creation Starts with Understanding Customers: Reflecting on the History of LLP with Takashi Tsutsumi

Discover how Takashi Tsutsumi brought Steve Blank's Lean LaunchPad to Nagaoka. Learn the true essence of Customer Development and breaking the "good products sell" myth.

2026.09.14

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