Wow, this guy is a hustler. I just got to the part of the article describing his entry into producing porn. Apparently, he mass-produced the VHS tapes using thousands of household video recorders, then used a clever pricing model ("here's 100 tapes, pay me only for what you sell") to get into video stores. The next bit really impressed me:
"The next big idea was a cash register Kameyama developed that looked like a tablet computer. He gave it to customers for free, in exchange for their sales records -- data that made him better than anyone at tracking the preferences of Japan’s porn consumers."
"The next big idea was a cash register Kameyama developed that looked like a tablet computer. He gave it to customers for free, in exchange for their sales records -- data that made him better than anyone at tracking the preferences of Japan’s porn consumers."