Entrepreneur, angel investor, novelist, 日本語教師, sake snob. Award-winning author of the mystery/thrillers To Kill a Unicorn and Countdown to Decryption.
Los Angeles & Kobe Japan
Joined August 2017
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TED HARA IS BACK!
My 2nd novel in the Japantown Mystery series was published today. 🎆🍶🥂
Can the hapless hacker find a way to open the terrorist plans before the bombs start exploding?
📔📚📘
Paperback: amzn.to/4euHNF5
E-book: amzn.to/4b9gEVx
This year's yuzu harvest is done. Around 200 yuzu from 1 tree. One of the only yuzu trees in Los Angeles.
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Prometheus Pitches Fire to the Investor Council pitchingangels.com/2026/07/0… via @dc_palter
Is "Gate 24 The Border" (大空港～GATE24～) the worst Japanese TV show ever? Was the script written by AI? Is the lead actress Shuri a robot in need of repair?
medium.com/japonica-publicat…
Join me this Saturday for the Little Tokyo short story contest awards ceremony at the @jamuseum. Free!
Sign up at: janm.org/events/2026-07-11/1…
The best new show on @netflix is from Japan -- "Straight to Hell" (地獄に堕ちるわよ). Don't miss this gorgeous production. My review:
medium.com/japonica-publicat…
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Entrepreneurship Does Not Mean Venture Capital @dc_palter in @entrehandbook ehandbook.com/entrepreneursh…
Is anyone else watching "Straight to Hell" (地獄に落ちろわよ)? OMG I was not expecting this. Not only the best Japanese show on Netflix but maybe the best show on Netflix. WOW!
If you think Marie Kondo's KonMari method is a Japanese life hack, you haven’t seen the real Japan.
medium.com/japonica-publicat…
Anyone here teach intro Japanese classes one-on-one over zoom? Asking for a friend in California who wants to learn Japanese.
Will Family Offices Invest in Your Startup?, by @dc_palter open.substack.com/pub/pitchi…
If you've ever wondered what the DC in my name stands for, or why I'm DC instead of D.C. and definitely not Dog Cat, here's the definitive answer:
bit.ly/4pFqW7d
Writers - don't miss this information session for the Little Tokyo Short Story Contest this Friday Jan 16 5 PM Pacific / Saturday Jan 17, 10 AM in Japan.
Sign up at:
janm.org/events/2026-01-16/i…
Short story contest information at:
littletokyohs.org/imagine-20…
Writer friends - don't miss the 13th Annual Little Tokyo Short Story Contest!
$500 prize for the top story in English, Japanese, and youth categories.
Submission deadline Feb. 28.
Details at: littletokyohs.org/imagine-20…
Organized by @LTHSnews.
Should you use equity crowdfunding to build your startup? Well...it depends.
Full details in today's article in @entrehandbook.
bit.ly/46YBYx2
How's your writing journey going? Getting DM's like that turn to scammy book promotion services?
I followed one to see how it works. I traced it from a fake author to a fake marketer, through fake testimonials to a
man named Taokir in Abuja, Nigeria.
bit.ly/42v6RHL
Are Investors Handing Your Secrets to ChatGPT?
Your confidential information may become training material for the bots and accessible to competitors.
My article today in @entrehandbook
bit.ly/46E4y7D
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LA Startups! Here's your chance to meet informally with active angel investors.
For #LATechWeek, @TCAventuregroup is joining with @uclaanderson and Bruin Angels to sit down with founders to discuss your startups.
📆 Oct 16
🏫 At UCLA
Sign up at: partiful.com/e/F2AsnZvcSuAEM…
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1/ S. Korea's entire media establishment across political spectrum has united in unprecedented editorial consensus expressing profound betrayal, outrage, national humiliation, and fundamental breach of US-ROK alliance re: mass arrest of Korean workers at Hyundai's Georgia plant.
How to determine your startup's valuation.
There’s a lot of methods to value startups: DCF. Berkus Method. Cost to duplicate. Scorecard. Comparable transactions. None of them work.
The only valuation method that works is the Palter Valuation Process.
bit.ly/3UAIwMw