Ep. 11: クラウドテクノロジーとドロップボックスの成長 with 上原翔太郎

The Business Karaoke Podcast, sponsored by Design Thinking Japan, modernizes the dialogue around doing business in and with Japan for the modern global leader. Through sharing stories of both failure and success, we give global leaders with a passion for Japan, and Japanese leaders with a passion for the global market, the tools they need to operate more effectively and with impact.

In this episode we a joined by Shotaro Uehara, Head of Japan Marketing at Dropbox. Uehara-san is a marketing pioneer with history of successful product launches and marketing initiatives for the Japanese market. Uehara-san not only shares with us his industry insights about leveraging cloud technologies in Japan, especially in our post COVID-19 world, but also the ups and downs of building an international presence in Japan for Dropbox.

Thank you so much to Uehara-san who so generously donated his time to share his experience not only as a professional but as a person.

Let's begin!

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💡 02:00 | Working in Japan at foreign company after growing up in US and the perceived risk joining a "startup."
💡 12:10 | Strategies on leveraging cloud tools to better collaborate with a foreign HQ as a Japanese subsidiary.
💡 16:50 | The changing consumer profile from the initial launch in 2017 to 2020 and our post COVID-19 world.
💡 23:50 | Building confidence and managing fear in customers reluctant to adopt cloud technology.
💡 28:10 | Supporting Kumamoto Prefecture in their shift to cloud technologies.
💡 30:50 | The wider societal benefits of cloud technologies and how it can transform people's lives.
💡 34:50 | Taking a 'crawl, walk, run' approach to cloud technologies and digital transformation in Japan.

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💡 38:45 | Leveraging cloud technologies to drive collaboration with your colleagues and clients in Japan

To find out more about Uehara-san, follow him on LinkedIn.

Looking forward to hearing your thoughts and comments on social media!