Tune in now to our highly-requested talk with serial entrepreneur Terrie Lloyd who, for over 20 years, has been guiding businesses hands on and through his consultancy agency in Japan to navigate these challenges. Terrie has established 20 companies in Japan and has brought his investors 8 successful earn-outs, as well as amassing a large following of like-minded entrepreneurs in Japan via his long-running newsletter on business in Japan: Terrie’s Take.

There are a lot of tips for business owners, who are not technology companies on how to go about getting investment for your company.

Links From Guest Appearance

• LinkedIn
• Japan Inc.

Show Summary

5:00 An introduction to investing in Japan - this isn’t West Coast USA

7:35 Japantravel.com: A case study, from crowdfunding to corporate investment

13:30 How to get an audience and earn the trust of investors - ‘showing skin in the game’

23:00 Fundraising in Japan: the hurdles a company could face when searching for investors and how to overcome them

27:00 Salaries, debt, and liquidity, do not fear the credit card

33:00 Shareholders and contracts = ratchet clauses and making guarantees to early investors

40:40 Japan Inc. holdings - helping to build bridges in Japan…literally!