Joining the team pre-funding, as the first non-Japanese team member, I was Telepathy’s “man in New York.” I held a press party, and promoted Takahito Iguchi—former winner of TechCrunch Disrupt Tokyo 2008— making his first New York City media appearance. I hired caterers, and generated the media shown in the deck above. FirstHand Capital would soon lead our Series A based on our ability to both get to early functional prototypes, and generate positive media exposure, with very little money.

Press coverage on CNet, by Scott Stein:

Scott Stein filming the episode above, while at the event.


View more photos of the Telepathy Press Party at GigantiCo.


Celebratory team dinner party: