{"id":5640,"date":"2026-08-09T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-08-08T20:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stevenbleistein.net\/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=5640"},"modified":"2026-08-08T06:25:21","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T21:25:21","slug":"uncertainty-as-your-strategic-weapon","status":"publish","type":"podcast","link":"https:\/\/stevenbleistein.net\/ja\/podcast\/uncertainty-as-your-strategic-weapon\/","title":{"rendered":"\u4e0d\u78ba\u5b9f\u6027\u3092\u3042\u306a\u305f\u306e\u6226\u7565\u7684\u6b66\u5668\u306b\u305b\u3088"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Japanese automobile manufacturer Suzuki just announced they are targeting Africa as their next major growth market. They&#8217;re calling it &#8220;the next India.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>They entered India in 1983. At the time, the consensus said India was too poor, too complex, too far from the kind of premium market that serious companies were supposed to chase. 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