What it takes to build multiple businesses in Tokyo

Meet Lauren Rose Kocher, an entrepreneur and CEO of multiple businesses in Tokyo. She sits down to talk to us about her journey to Japan, working in the Japanese music industry before leaving to start her own business, and inheriting businesses from her late husband. -- 0:00 Intro 0:45 Meet Lauren 4:30 Teaching English in Japan 8:58 Entering the music industry 15:09 What the music industry is like 19:05 Cyndi Lauper earthquake story 31:50 Working at Sony 44:50 Moving on 47:32 Establishing her own company 51:15 The COVID jackpot 58:00 Expansion and burnout 1:03:52 Having to leave her own company 1:09:13 Lauren's late husband 1:12:44 Starting a new company 1:15:10 Converting defunct family business 1:21:26 Looking back 1:25:32 Husband's businesses -- Follow Lauren: https://www.laurenrosekocher.com/   / laurenrosekocher     / laurenrosekocher   https://laurenrosekocher.substack.com/ Follow us: https://unpacking.jp/   / unpacking_japan     / unpackingjapan     / unpackingjapan      / @unpackingjapanshorts   https://www.x.com/unpacking_japan https://creators.spotify.com/pod/prof... Subscribe for more in-depth discussions about life in Japan! Interested in working at a global e-commerce company in Osaka? Our parent company ZenGroup is hiring! To learn more, check out https://careers.zen.group/en/