Jason Durkee: Why Ideas Are the Easy Part

The Bigger Stage w/ Matt Stone · Oct 10, 2026 · 1h 5m

Most founders don’t have an ideas problem. They have an action problem. Jason Durkee, President of Idea Development in Tokyo, shares what it really takes to grow a business past its first success.Jason Durkee moved to Japan for university, joined a corporate training startup while still in college, and in 2003 founded Idea Development in Tokyo. More than 20 years later, his firm serves 130+ clients a year, including many of Japan’s best-known companies. He named his company after ideas, then learned the ideas were never the hard part.In this episode, Jason and Matt talk about:• Why action…