Hideaki Yoshimura

PREPD is an award-winning lifestyle/sports drink based on over 20 years of University research, allowing for enhanced absorption of fluids into the bloodstream and optimisation of gut health.

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PREPD is an award-winning lifestyle/sports drink based on over 20 years of University research, allowing for enhanced absorption of fluids into the bloodstream and optimisation of gut health.

Japan is a large and exciting market, yet it can be difficult to penetrate. For early stage innovators from Australia, the differences in language, culture, business practices and market requirements can seem insurmountable. Yet, as with all great endeavours, therein lies the opportunity. Diverse perspectives can lead to true innovation breakthroughs. High standards for quality will create a differentiated edge on the global stage. The go-steady-to-go-fast approach to business will be rewarded with long lasting outcomes and relationships. Japanese corporations are deeply integrated within the rest of Asia, helping to unlock new opportunities in the region. By entering the Japanese market early in the journey, Australian startups will discover new ideas and approaches to business that will maximise the opportunity of becoming a global market leader.

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Every year, the infrastructure that powers our homes, transports our products, heals our loved ones, and keeps our societies moving forward needs a trillion dollars more investment than it gets. GE Capital wants to change that. We believe industry and finance have to speak the same language if you’re going to drive the kind of progress the world needs now. We believe our people understand exactly what it takes to make the world work better every day, everywhere, for everyone. And we believe GE’s vision is best served by a business that knows the complexity, risk and potential of everything we offer customers — because we don’t only build it, we finance it, too. It’s more important than ever that the industries sustaining our lives get the support they deserve. At GE Capital, we use the scale, intelligence and sheer inventiveness that’s in our DNA to do just that — whether it’s being the partner of choice for the first world or developing opportunities for the emerging world, we have the talent and the capability to make a better world anywhere we invest. And that’s why GE Capital is different. We’re more than a product or service. We create relationships that support the growth of every customer with whom we partner. We’re a team of the brightest minds in finance – with unmatchable expertise in the industries that matter most. And we’ve got plans for the future. The new GE Capital is aligned with GE’s industrial businesses to bring customers cutting edge financial solutions as our company continues to build, move, power and cure the world. The world we live in today, the world we want to live in tomorrow and the world whose possibilities we’re only just imagining. GE Capital.