Keiretsu is a post-war Japanese concept and way of doing business. At its root, it is a network composed of entrepreneurs, supply chain partners, and investors who remain financially independent but work closely together to ensure each other’s success. In Japanese, the word keiretsu means “lineage affiliated group.” In business, the word is often used as a synonym for partnership, alliance. In Silicon Valley it is also called “relationship capital”. The analogy between post-war Japan and early Silicon makes it understandable that this would be adopted as the dominant mindset.

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