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Nanoblock: Building a Niche Under the Radar

A closer look at the micro-sized building block maker and LEGO competitor from Japan

10 min readSep 17, 2020

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Who invented Cup Noodles? 🍜

The greatest entrepreneur you’ve never heard about.

4 min readNov 20, 2023

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Who invented Cup Noodles? 🍜

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Lessons from running a niche newsletter for 2+ years

Post-mortem of a passion project that ultimately failed (pathetically)

7 min readAug 5, 2023

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Ash, the original main character from the Pokemon series, sheds a single tear, his eyes hidden behind his red cap and a slight smile on his face

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How to build an automated task management dashboard without code

Keeping track of time spent on projects in a cool dashboard, built with Todoist, Integromat, and Google Sheets.

10 min readApr 18, 2022

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Dashboard created on Google Sheets showing data covering the past month, quarter and year

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MMA La Bagarre

L’Approche de la pesée et du “Weight Cutting” par ONE Championship

Une alternative à la pratique dangereuse de la sèche en MMA

9 min readOct 1, 2021

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Deux photos de Conor McGregor: L’une en poids plume et l’autre en poids welter, avec une difference visible

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Can you actually learn a language with Duolingo?

I practiced Japanese on Duolingo every single day for a year to find out.

15 min readAug 24, 2021

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Screenshot of Duolingo’s mascot, Duo the bird, congratulating me for 365 days of using the app

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MMA for Dummies: A guide for the aspiring fan

Fundamentals to enjoy the sweet violence of Mixed Martial Arts

16 min readOct 28, 2020

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MMA for Dummies: A guide for the aspiring fan

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Le MMA pour les nuls : Guide de la bagarre

Règles et Histoire du sport, et par où commencer pour mieux en apprécier la douce violence.

17 min readOct 21, 2020

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The impact of culture on management: A primer.

Navigating leadership in an increasingly diverse workplace.

7 min readMay 21, 2020

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The impact of culture on management: A primer.

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Challenge Report: I tried to read 52 books last year

Spoiler alert: I failed, but here’s some advice if you want to try

6 min readApr 13, 2020

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Thierry Maout

Thierry Maout

Jack of all trades, master of some. Japan-based, I write about tech, business, MMA and education. Mostly in English, but sometimes in French too.

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