In this episode, we are excited to welcome Masami Takahashi. Takahashi is the President of Scrum Studio and CEO of Japan at Miles, an application that offers rewards for travelling, allowing anyone with a smartphone to earn miles and rewards whether your commute is by car, rideshare, plane, train, subway, bus, bicycle or on foot. Prior, Takahashi led expansion for WeWork & Uber, and he’s a perfect example of an Interpreneur as we have coined in our book.
In our conversation, Masami shares how to become a bridge between HQ and local teams when working on an international market (AND why it’s the job of the local team to make HQ fall in love with that local market), how to build trust and strong relationships within a distributed organisation, and how he helped scale companies such as Uber and WeWork in the Japanese market.
Also Read: Beyond the uber of X: Reimagining on-demand
Get your copy of our Wall Street Journal Bestselling Book, Global Class, a playbook on how to build a successful global business.
This episode is sponsored by our partner, ZEDRA. Learn more about how the ZEDRA team can support you in expanding to new markets here.
Find our entire podcast episode library here.
—
This content was first published by Global Class.
Image Credit: Global Class
The post How 9/11 and the Fukushima disaster fueled Uber and WeWork’s growth in Japan appeared first on e27.