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Kei Shibata

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Kei Shibata co-founded Venture Republic Group in 2001 and has been serving as CEO since the foundation. The company runs a group of online travel websites and apps across Asia including LINE TRAVEL jp , Japan's largest online travel metasearch/media (26 million monthly users on Web + 22 million followers on LINE app), Trip101, a Singapore-based global online travel media for modern travelers, and allstay, a leading mobile accommodation search app in Korea. He led the company to IPO (2177. JASDAQ) in 2008 after 7 years of inception, to buyout by the management in 2012, to sales of “coneco.net,” its online shopping engine business in Japan to Yahoo! Japan in 2013, and to bring in LINE Corporation, Asia’s leading mobile messaging company as an investor in 2018 as a liquidity event. Kei also serves as co-founder/organizer of WIT (Web In Travel) Japan &amp; North Asia, the largest international business conference in North Asia focusing on travel &amp; technology, Chairman of Keio University's alumni association for startup founders/CEOs and Executive Committee Member of Harvard Business School Club of Japan. Kei is also an angel investor in the travel &amp; technology space across APEC and America regions for over 10 years. He received a Bachelor of Arts in Law from Keio University and an MBA from the Harvard Business School. In his free time, Kei is an avid nordic/alpine skier &amp; snowboarder. Shownotes at https://www.jeremyau.com/blog/kei-shibata You can find our community discussions on the podcast episode at https://club.jeremyau.com/c/podcasts/62-kei-shibata-on-founding-with-1-equity-taking-risks-in-risk-free-environments-non-ideal-startup-paths

Kei Shibata co-founded <a href="https://www.vrg.jp/en/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Venture Republic Group </a>in 2001 and has been serving as CEO since the foundation. The company runs a group of online travel websites and apps across Asia including <a href="http://www.travel.co.jp/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">LINE TRAVEL jp</a> , Japan's largest online travel metasearch/media (26 million monthly users on Web + 22 million followers on LINE app), <a href="https://trip101.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Trip101</a>, a Singapore-based global online travel media for modern travelers, and <a href="http://www.allstay.kr/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">allstay</a>, a leading mobile accommodation search app in Korea. He led the company to IPO (2177. JASDAQ) in 2008 after 7 years of inception, to buyout by the management in 2012, to sales of “<a href="http://coneco.net" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">coneco.net</a>,” its online shopping engine business in Japan to <a href="https://www.yahoo.co.jp/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Yahoo! Japan</a> in 2013, and to bring in <a href="https://linecorp.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">LINE Corporation</a>, Asia’s leading mobile messaging company as an investor in 2018 as a liquidity event. Kei also serves as co-founder/organizer of <a href="http://www.webintravel-japan.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">WIT (Web In Travel) Japan &amp; North Asia</a>, the largest international business conference in North Asia focusing on travel &amp; technology, Chairman of Keio University's alumni association for startup founders/CEOs and Executive Committee Member of Harvard Business School Club of Japan. Kei is also an angel investor in the travel &amp; technology space across APEC and America regions for over 10 years. He received a Bachelor of Arts in Law from <a href="https://www.keio.ac.jp/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Keio University</a> and an MBA from the <a href="https://www.hbs.edu/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Harvard Business School.</a> In his free time, Kei is an avid nordic/alpine skier &amp; snowboarder. Shownotes at <a href="https://www.jeremyau.com/blog/kei-shibata" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.jeremyau.com/blog/kei-shibata</a> You can find our community discussions on the podcast episode at <a href="https://club.jeremyau.com/c/podcasts/62-kei-shibata-on-founding-with-1-equity-taking-risks-in-risk-free-environments-non-ideal-startup-paths" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://club.jeremyau.com/c/podcasts/62-kei-shibata-on-founding-with-1-equity-taking-risks-in-risk-free-environments-non-ideal-startup-paths</a>

Kei Shibata on Founding with <1% Equity, Taking Risks in Risk-Free Environments & Non-Ideal Startup Paths

Episode 2: Ross Veitch, CEO &amp; Co-founder, Wego; Kei Shibata, co-founder and CEO, Line Travel.jp and Trip 101; Christine Tan, managing director, Asia Pacific, D-Edge Hospitality Solutions Japan was one of the latest countries to be dragged into this crisis – let’s call it Batch 2. Hokkaido declaring a state of emergency on February 28, which will last to March 19, sent shock waves through the industry, and companies having to deal with the aftermath. What is the data showing LINE Travel.jp? And how is the company dealing with the effects? In Batch 2 is also the Middle East, with cases in Iran sowing panic, and Dubai is seeing mass cancellations of events. What is the data showing Wego, one of the largest online travel brands in the region? How are independent hoteliers getting through this? Will this prompt a reset on how they sell, market and distribute? What is D-Edge Hospitality Solutions seeing in its interactions with customers? In this episode, we mix up three different perspectives, but with one common thread – they are all thinking differently about their business and coming up with creative approaches to problem solving. From giving staff extra days of annual leave to creating new sales tools and blending remote and office work, it pays to think differently.

Episode 2: Ross Veitch, CEO &amp; Co-founder, Wego; Kei Shibata, co-founder and CEO, Line <a href="http://Travel.jp" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Travel.jp</a> and Trip 101; Christine Tan, managing director, Asia Pacific, D-Edge Hospitality Solutions Japan was one of the latest countries to be dragged into this crisis – let’s call it Batch 2. Hokkaido declaring a state of emergency on February 28, which will last to March 19, sent shock waves through the industry, and companies having to deal with the aftermath. What is the data showing <a href="https://www.travel.co.jp/?gclid=Cj0KCQjw0pfzBRCOARIsANi0g0sN3OhF4TDg9ono8to5t2J0qi0w21V2D24HGC6pvKh-o4zwsGbnx6waAgPlEALw_wcB" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">LINE Travel.jp</a>? And how is the company dealing with the effects? In Batch 2 is also the Middle East, with cases in Iran sowing panic, and Dubai is seeing mass cancellations of events. What is the data showing <a href="https://www.wego.com.sg/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Wego</a>, one of the largest online travel brands in the region? How are independent hoteliers getting through this? Will this prompt a reset on how they sell, market and distribute? What is <a href="https://www.d-edge.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">D-Edge Hospitality Solutions</a> seeing in its interactions with customers? In this episode, we mix up three different perspectives, but with one common thread – they are all thinking differently about their business and coming up with creative approaches to problem solving. From giving staff extra days of annual leave to creating new sales tools and blending remote and office work, it pays to think differently.

Episode 2: A Panel with Ross Veitch, Wego; Kei Shibata, Line Travel.jp and Trip 101; Christine Tan, D-Edge Hospitality Solutions

We chat with Kei Shibata Founder &amp; CEO of Venture Republic Japan's largest travel metasearch business including Travel.jp, the "Kayak.com of Japan" about change and innovation in the travel-tech space Welcome to the Travel Massive podcast, an interview series with travel industry change-makers and pioneers, sharing their stories and insights. Your host is Holly Galbraith, tourism expert and also host of the Tourism Tweetup Podcast (www.gofuturemedia.com). Highlights: Kei talks about disruption in the travel and tech space including: - what does it mean to be a "disruptor?" - how The Venture Republic centres "users" around their business model - how sacrificing financial gain sometimes is needed to get ahead of the competition - finding new ways to innovate in the travel space, change the travel industry, and impact the way travellers travel and make decisions when they travel Recent successes of The Venture Republic: - syndicating 400+ travel brokers around the world - generating 8,000+ content on travel to increase traffic and see how users' behaviour is changing - found mobile readership increase by 80% in Japan so instant decisions on mobile will only grow Tips for a successful startup: - focus, passion and loyalty - having too niche of a market makes it hard to scale the business - dedicate your effort in a bigger, sizeable market Kei also reveals the next big emerging market to watch for new innovators and disruptors in travel and tech You can follow Kei on Travel Massive over at https://travelmassive.com/keishibata If you enjoyed this episode or you would like to submit feedback, please leave a comment or email podcast@travelmassive.com

We chat with Kei Shibata Founder &amp; CEO of Venture Republic Japan's largest travel metasearch business including <a href="http://Travel.jp" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Travel.jp</a>, the "<a href="http://Kayak.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Kayak.com</a> of Japan" about change and innovation in the travel-tech space Welcome to the Travel Massive podcast, an interview series with travel industry change-makers and pioneers, sharing their stories and insights. Your host is Holly Galbraith, tourism expert and also host of the Tourism Tweetup Podcast (<a href="http://www.gofuturemedia.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.gofuturemedia.com</a>). Highlights: Kei talks about disruption in the travel and tech space including: - what does it mean to be a "disruptor?" - how The Venture Republic centres "users" around their business model - how sacrificing financial gain sometimes is needed to get ahead of the competition - finding new ways to innovate in the travel space, change the travel industry, and impact the way travellers travel and make decisions when they travel Recent successes of The Venture Republic: - syndicating 400+ travel brokers around the world - generating 8,000+ content on travel to increase traffic and see how users' behaviour is changing - found mobile readership increase by 80% in Japan so instant decisions on mobile will only grow Tips for a successful startup: - focus, passion and loyalty - having too niche of a market makes it hard to scale the business - dedicate your effort in a bigger, sizeable market Kei also reveals the next big emerging market to watch for new innovators and disruptors in travel and tech You can follow Kei on Travel Massive over at <a href="https://travelmassive.com/keishibata" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://travelmassive.com/keishibata</a> If you enjoyed this episode or you would like to submit feedback, please leave a comment or email podcast@travelmassive.com

Episode #10 - Kei Shibata Co-Founder & CEO Venture Republic