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SUMMARY:Business Growth Through Acquisition
DESCRIPTION:Every brand and business is keen for growth.  That growth can be in product sales\, subscribers\, and various other measurements of customers’ interest through purchases.  A common strategy for accelerating growth is through acquisition of competitors or other complimentary businesses.  Large or small growth through acquisition is one way to bring growth to the balance sheets.\n\nThere is no magic formula to make acquisitions successful. Like any other business process\, they are not inherently good or bad\, just as marketing and R&D aren’t. Each deal must have its own strategic logic. In our experience\, acquirers in the most successful deals have specific\, well-articulated value creation ideas going in.\n\nIn the March CI executive lunch we will discuss the best practices and experience with acquisitions for growth\, additional productions\, and team growth. The discussion will flow on from there.\n\nJoin us for this fascinating lunch and gain some insights into how you can expand your business\, brand\, and positive influence in your marketplace.
URL:https://ceoinsights.org/event/business-growth-through-acquisition/
LOCATION:The Oak Door Steakhouse\, 6th Floor Grand Hyatt Tokyo\, 6-10-3 Roppongi\, Minato\, Tokyo\, 106-0032\, Japan
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SUMMARY:How To Turn YouTube and Social Media Into An Invaluable Marketing Tool
DESCRIPTION:As the smartphone has killed the digital camera\, YouTube and other social media has likely taken it’s toll on broadcast television around the world. What exactly is the power behind online marketing? How can it make or break your business? Recently\, when asked by where youth saw their future careers in Japan\, one in three responded that they would like to become a famous YouTuber. \nIn the February CEO Insights\, we will welcome someone who has done it. Norm Nakamura has been building new models for business. His YouTube channel is popular and boasts Just under 700\,000 subscribers with content grabbing up to 13\,000\,000 views per post. Norm will be sharing how he went from salaryman to entrepreneur and has taken advantage of the paradigm shift to online. He did not stop at one business but is in the process of starting multiple others. In the lunch we will talk about \n– Where does the money come from?\n– The Real Game – Has VERY little to do with making videos\n– What happens when youtube disappears? \nWe look forward to seeing you in the November lunch. In the meantime\, check out “Tokyo Lens” if you’d like to get a head start on the event.
URL:https://ceoinsights.org/event/invaluable-marketing-tool-social-media/
LOCATION:The Oak Door Steakhouse\, 6th Floor Grand Hyatt Tokyo\, 6-10-3 Roppongi\, Minato\, Tokyo\, 106-0032\, Japan
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SUMMARY:Navigating Japan’s Retail Jungle- Establishing An International Fashion Brand
DESCRIPTION:If you’ve been to a retail shop in Tokyo\, Osaka\, or maybe one of the many malls around Japan you may not realize the work that it takes to open. Hundreds of brands come to Japan. Some are massively successful while others may be more of a ‘flash in the pan’. Besides having a big name\, brands must have a momentum of marketing\, product develop\, locations\, and most importantly the interest of the customers. For Japan\, it’s a retail jungle out there and chances of survival are low. \nIn the November CI luncheon will we welcome our own member Mr. Wolfgang Bierer. He has brought many brands to Japan and successfuly seeded and run them in the market. Brands such as Mephisto\, Porsche Design\, Bree\, Calida\, have thrived under Mr. Bierer’s leadership. Wolfgang will share on the journey through the retail “jungle”\, how he established brands\, improved IT processes\, the biggest potential pitfalls\, and the best strategies that helped make his brands successful. \nJoin us for another insightful lunch of Japan’s top CEOs.
URL:https://ceoinsights.org/event/november-thursday-group-event/
LOCATION:The Oak Door Steakhouse\, 6th Floor Grand Hyatt Tokyo\, 6-10-3 Roppongi\, Minato\, Tokyo\, 106-0032\, Japan
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Tokyo:20221108T123000
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SUMMARY:Where Is Japan's Economy Going?  A Talk With Jesper Koll
DESCRIPTION:Japan has what it takes to be an economic superpower. As new global realities and national rivalries force unprecedented challenges and uncertainty for global leaders\, Japan’s social resilience\, political stability\, corporate competitiveness\, technocratic pragmatism\, and private-sector innovation potential are poised to deliver positive upside surprises and real opportunities. No one doubts the potential; but can Japan really outperform on its own merits?\n\nJoin renowned economist Jesper Koll in person to learn:\n\n\n\nWhere to find growth opportunities\nHow your business can engage and profit from Japan’s new upcycle\nWhat forces could derail progress\nWhy Japan’s demographic destiny is an overarching positive force for next-generation leaders and citizens\n\n\nAbout the Speaker\nAn economist\, angel investor\, patron and\, yes\, Japan optimist\, Jesper Koll has been researching and investing in Japan since becoming a resident in 1986. Over the past two decades\, he has been consistently recognized as one of the top Japan strategists/economists\, having worked as chief strategist and head of research for US investment banks J.P. Morgan and Merrill Lynch. He currently serves as global ambassador and expert director for the Monex Group and the Japan Catalyst Fund\, Japan’s first retail investor-based corporate engagement/activist fund.\n\nKoll’s analysis and insights have earned him a position on several Japanese government and corporate advisory committees\, including Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike’s advisory board. In 2022\, he was appointed global ambassador for Tokyo’s financial center initiative. He also serves as board director of the Okinawa Institute for Science and Technology and is a founder and board director of Asia Society Japan\, where he heads the Policy Committee.\n\nOne of the few non-Japanese members of the Keizai Doyukai\, the Japan Association of Corporate Executives\, Koll also serves on the board of several Japan-based startups and has written three books in Japanese. In 2021\, he created the acclaimed video podcast series Japan—Capitalism that Works. 
URL:https://ceoinsights.org/event/november-tuesday-group-event/
LOCATION:The Oak Door Steakhouse\, 6th Floor Grand Hyatt Tokyo\, 6-10-3 Roppongi\, Minato\, Tokyo\, 106-0032\, Japan
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SUMMARY:Can Tokyo Become That Financial POWER House Now?
DESCRIPTION:Hong Kong and Singapore used to be amongst the ‘go to’ destinations for global businesses who wanted to establish regional headquarters in APAC.  Every multi-national who wanted to have a global presence just had to have an office in one or both of these locations.  But with growing geopolitical tensions over Hong Kong and Greater China\, increasingly protectionist trends in Singapore and overly restrictive pandemic measures in both cities\, these places no longer hold the same appeal.  Perfect chance for Japan to step in with Tokyo as an option for MNCs around the world.  Of course\, Japan is not exactly perfect with fewer fluent English speakers or higher surface taxation than Singapore for example\, but Tokyo has a lot of potential and advantages\, a lot of which Japan has been sometimes clumsy at highlighting. \nThis bid by Japan and Tokyo to re-establish itself once again as a global financial center like London or New York has been in the news for a few years now. Can Japan step up to the plate and start hitting some homeruns that would bring in the MNCs?  We’ll find out about Japan and Tokyo’s new strategy and concrete actions in September at the CI network lunch.  We’ll welcome Mr. Laurent Depus\, an ambassador for FinCity Tokyo\, the promotional organ of the Tokyo Metropolitan Government\, established in 2019 in close coordination with Japan’s central government (FinCity.Tokyo | The Organization of Global Financial City Tokyo).  He is also a board member of SMBC Trust Bank with years of experience in Finance in Japan and globally.  Laurent will share with us \n\nWhat Japan is doing to attract global companies back to Japan\nChallenges from the outside to Tokyo becoming a financial center\nRegulatory changes necessary in order to keep this transformation moving\n\nJoin us for another fantastic event that will help you see the inside story as things transform around us. \nMore About Mr. Depus \nA Belgian citizen\, Laurent began his banking career in 1987 at the Chase Manhattan Bank in Luxembourg and has held senior leadership positions in the financial services industry for 35 years in Europe\, South-East Asia and\, since 1988\, in Japan. \nExperience in Banking\, Securities\, Trust Banking and Wealth Management\, across US\, European and Japanese institutions. \nAppointed as a Director of the International Bankers Association in Japan (IBAJ) in 2012 and Vice Chairman in 2020-2021. \nChief Country Representative for France’s Societe Generale Group in Japan (2001-2013) and Natixis CIB (2014-2021) \nIn 2013\, he joined SMBC Trust Bank as Chairman and Director upon the acquisition by SMBC of the Societe Generale Trust Banking license. \nHe has served as a Director of the Board at SMBC Trust Bank since its establishment. \nHe is the Representative Director of Escapade Japan Co. Ltd. supporting companies on governance\, strategy and organizational matters. \n(5) Laurent Depus | LinkedIn
URL:https://ceoinsights.org/event/september-tuesday-group-event/
LOCATION:The Oak Door Steakhouse\, 6th Floor Grand Hyatt Tokyo\, 6-10-3 Roppongi\, Minato\, Tokyo\, 106-0032\, Japan
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