In this edition of US Market Entry we continue our special series of podcasts covering the 2008 US - Japan IT Venture Summit. This event was recently put on by the Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO), the US Market Access Center, the San Jose Software Business Cluster and the Environmental Business Cluster at the Fairmont Hotel in downtown San Jose. For this series, Chieze Okoye will be standing in for our regular host, Richard Vaughn.

In part two, we'll hear the presentations of four Silicon Valley based companies looking to enter into the Japanese market. The company representatives are:

• Orlando Campbell, CEO of Thaddeus Systems, Inc.
• Brenda Fox, VP, Corporate Development of Codenomicon
• David Murphy, CEO of SilkCloud Inc.
• Thomas Ludwig, CEO of TBD Networks, Inc.