Before You Decide
on a Japan Partner

This is not advice.
This is not consulting.

This page exists for one reason only.
It is here to slow down decisions
that are often made too quickly.

Please answer the following questions honestly.
There are no correct answers.

This check does not tell you what to do.
It highlights whether you may be proceeding
without full visibility.

Before proceeding, please take a moment.

The following questions are not meant to test you.

They are meant to slow the process down.

Answer them based on what you know today.

Please continue only if you are ready to review the situation calmly.

Q1

Have you spoken directly with the partner
via Zoom or in person
before discussing execution or contracts?

Q2

During those conversations,
were you mainly speaking with someone
whose role was to present the deal,
rather than the team responsible for execution?

Q3

Was the initial approach to the Japan market
explained primarily as
“starting with Makuake first”?

Q4

Is your understanding of Makuake
based on your own assessment,
or mainly on what the potential partner
explained to you?

Q5

Before moving forward,
are you aware of which decisions made now
could limit your options
when expanding beyond crowdfunding?

If one or more questions felt difficult to answer,
it may be worth pausing once before proceeding.

You can review the decision
from an independent perspective on the main page.