In today's episode of the Quality Investing Podcast we will be profiling Raksul, and I will be joined by Raksul's CEO Yasukane Matsumoto.Today's sponsor is Stream by AlphaSense. Stream is an on-demand library of over 25,000 expert interview transcripts. Stream eliminates the time, money and hassle that comes with conducting expert calls and interviews. My research strategy that I employ at Asheville Capital is focused on finding key qualitative datapoints that point to a business being competitively advantaged or not. Stream helps me execute this strategy in a practical way because they either already have dozens of calls on the company that interests me or they are able to quickly source numerous experts for me that are well qualified to answer my questions. In the six months that I have been using Stream, it has often served as a substitute for the podcasts that I used to listen to. The reason is because there seem to be more nuggets of helpful information in each of these calls that help me to better understand the topic or company that I am interested in at that time. If you have conducted expert calls in the past and are looking for ways to better allocate your time and energy then Stream might be a helpful addition to your toolkit.2:00 - General Overview2:52 - Printing Segment Overview6:06 - Better Systems, Better World6:45 - TV Commercial Segment8:12 - Financial Profile8:49 - Growth Opportunities12:09 - Conversation with Yasukane Matsumoto Begins15:13 - Reasons for Optimism and Pessimism in Japan17:26 - Founding Story of Raksul20:20 - Raksul Evolution24:35 - Better Systems, Better World28:33 - CEO Role Evolution32:42 - Internal Systems34:00 - Corporate Culture37:00 - Attention Allocation40:23 - Avoiding Dilution of Returns46:52 - Competitive Advantages for Printing Segment53:34 - Novasel58:10 - Novasel Competitive Advantages59:34 - Josys1:02:51 - Japanese Corporate Startup Differences1:05:16 - Group Leadership Style1:08:19 - What Matters Most Going Forward

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