What it's like building 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 Intro0:45 Meet Lauren4:30 Teaching English in Japan8:58 Entering the music industry15:09 What the music industry is like19:05 Cyndi Lauper earthquake story31:50 Working at Sony44:50 Moving on47:32 Establishing her own company51:15 The COVID jackpot58:00 Expansion and burnout1:03:52 Having to leave her own company1:09:13 Lauren's late husband1:12:44 Starting a new company1:15:10 Converting defunct family business1:21:26 Looking back1:25:32 Husband's businesses--Follow Lauren:https://www.laurenrosekocher.com/https://www.instagram.com/laurenrosekocher/https://www.tiktok.com/@laurenrosekocherhttps://laurenrosekocher.substack.com/Follow us:https://unpacking.jp/https://www.instagram.com/unpacking_japanhttps://www.tiktok.com/@unpackingjapanhttps://www.facebook.com/unpackingjapanhttps://www.youtube.com/@unpackingjapanshortshttps://www.x.com/unpacking_japanhttps://creators.spotify.com/pod/profile/unpackingjapanSubscribe 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/