MokTalk: Tokyo for startupโs team building in Japan
The March MokTalk: Tokyo, organized in collaboration with D.CAMP and Wanted, was held at the Wanted Lab Japan event hall on Thursday, March 7. Forty startup stakeholders and 11 Korean startups participated, gathering to network and share insights about team building in Japan.
Strategic Team Building for Growth in Japan
In the sharing session, Hyunkeun Lim, CBO of Healing Paper Japan, shared the team-building process for Healing Paper, which, after the success of Gangnam Unnie in Korea, expanded its business to Japan and has experienced about a 60-fold growth in the last two years, with continuous monthly increases. Following that, Seungwon Lee, Global Strategic Hiring Lead at Wipro Japan, discussed the current recruitment trends along with strategic recruitment process in Japan.
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Hyunkeun Lim emphasized that team building consists of 'securing leads, recruitment, and working together,' and that the structure should vary according to necessity at every stage. In particular, he explained working together through three keywords: 'cultural dissemination' to spread the perception of being one team in a bidirectional manner, an efficient global 'collaboration system,' and 'acknowledging the complexity' of international business to establish an efficient collaboration structure, which can strengthen teamwork for business in Japan.
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Seungwon Lee explained that Korea and Japan have very distinct recruitment characteristics. Korean startups tend to take risks and move quickly, while in Japan, there is a tendency to review candidates cautiously from multiple aspects, often leading to a high rate of declined offers.
In terms of recruitment process, he focused on the necessity of providing a good experience to candidates. Since candidates, even if not immediately hired, could potentially be hired later or become customers, he stressed the continuous need for process improvements to ensure candidates have a 'good experience' throughout the recruitment process.
Participants
Hankookilbo
Kiraboshibank
K-Startup Center Tokyo
ORANGE PLANET FOUNDATION
์ธ๋ธ์คํํํธ๋์ค
Sedaily
DโLIGHT Law Group
Nozomi Sogo Attorneys at Law
WIPRO
Wanted
tb innovations Ltd.
Smilegate Investment
SHINHAN BANK JAPAN
NSHC
Lotte ventures Japan
KOTRA
Korea SMEs and Startup Agency Tokyo Office
Korea Development Bank
HYBE JAPAN
Digital Hearts Seoul
Startups
Axellas Korea
MOIN
DieEnde Co.
Vanila bridge
๋ฆฌ๋ณธ๊ตฟ์ฆ(refurbmoa)
Healing Paper Co.
YJ Inc.
Sweetbio
LIONICE, INC.
DoctorNow Japan
