Unpacking Japan | From 4 to 400 employees in 10 years – life as an entrepreneur in Japan @unpackingjapan | Uploaded May 2023 | Updated October 2024, 9 hours ago.
Meet Slava, CEO of ZenGroup, who shares his journey as an entrepreneur building a company from 4 to 400 employees over the course of 10 years.

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⏰Timestamps⏰

00:00 Intro
00:53 Before founding ZenGroup
04:20 Experiencing Toyama and martial arts
09:13 Exploring entrepreneurship
11:00 Early business ideas
16:53 Safer business choices
19:23 Expanding from 4 people to 400 in Japan
21:33 Challenges to start a new company in Japan
27:00 Expanding the company and simplifying
30:20 First hires for ZenGroup and new warehouses
31:29 Japanese language barriers
33:15 Getting business loans from banks in Japan
34:14 Future plans for the company
38:28 Trivia segment: businesses in Japan
41:58 Outro

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