In March“Techniques for finding, solving, and practicing problems that produce overwhelming results with the entrepreneur’s way of thinking” another solution “”PublishedJigen Co., Ltd.Mr. Takeshi Hirao, President and Representative Director. He is an up-and-coming entrepreneur who has achieved sales and profit growth for the 12th consecutive term since the company was founded, with the president at the age of 25, the listing on Mothers at the age of 30, and the listing on the First Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange at the age of 35.
I admire him as an entrepreneur with the ultimate ability to realize a business that Mr. Hirao really wanted to do but mightn’t do.Money forwardYosuke Tsuji, President and CEO. Started business in 2012 following working for Sony and Monex, Inc. We provide services with the aim of solving all personal and corporate money issues, including “Money Forward ME,” which centrally manages bank account and credit card information and automatically creates a household account book. Book in 2021“Let’s talk regarding failure. 』Was published and listed on the First Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
An era in which uncertainty is high and we cannot rely on precedents or straightforward methods. We asked the two who have achieved overwhelming results to talk regarding “entrepreneurial thinking.”
In the first installment of the series, the secrets of each success were revealed from the difference in the types of entrepreneurs between Mr. Hirao and Mr. Tsuji.
(Photo: Jigen Co., Ltd., Saki Tsuda, composition Eriko Miyamoto)
Choose the method that suits your personality
Jo Hirao (henceforth, Hirao)Mr. Tsuji is one of the entrepreneurs who realized “a business that I really wanted to do but mightn’t do”. I had the image that “it would be a convenient world if we might collect all the information regarding money associated with individuals and integrate the data”, but it may be difficult in the very strict Japanese financial industry. It was an area that I mightn’t easily step into because I might easily imagine it.
Mr. Tsuji realized this through the start-up of a company called Money Forward. It’s just the “ultimate alternative solution”, isn’t it?
Yosuke Tsuji (hereinfollowing referred to as Tsuji)Thank you very much. From my point of view, what Mr. Hirao has done is full of things that I can’t do. First of all, it’s really amazing to raise your hand to a new business contest immediately following entering recruitment, and to achieve the goal with a team composition of only new graduate members. You’re a person with a strong will and an entrepreneurial spirit of action.
HiraoIn my case, I joined the company for the purpose of starting a business from the beginning, so I was only thinking regarding how to make the best use of my limited time. That’s why I raised all my hands to the chance.
TsujiIs the experience that my father died early have a strong influence on the value of “maximizing the limited time”?
HiraoI agree. There was also my father, but I think that the original experience of being “poor” was the engine that led to me now. I had a hard time living until I went out into society, so I simply wanted to make my mother easier.
Mr. Tsuji is a family of business owners (* Mr. Tsuji’s maternal grandfather is Mr. Akira Saeki, the second president of Sharp), so I’m sure he grew up taking a shower of imperial studies.
TsujiI haven’t really been aware of it myself. Sure, my grandfather was the owner of a big company, but my father was an ordinary office worker and my mother was an ordinary housewife. The only thing I remember from my grandfather was the teaching, “Thank you.”
HiraoI envy such a story.
TsujiIf I listen to my grandfather’s story now, I might be able to use it for management a little, but I heard it directly when I was a kid. On the contrary, I think the risk of misunderstanding is greater. In the case of Mr. Hirao, isn’t he improving his fighting ability more than other people with his indomitable spirit?
HiraoThere are times when you think, “I wanted to know a little earlier.”
TsujiThere is. I’m not in a position to give advice, but in the case of Mr. Hirao, it would be nice to believe in people (laughs).
HiraoDon’t say you don’t believe in people (laughs).
TsujiHahaha (laughs). Of course, Mr. Hirao believes in the people around him, so I think he has been successful so far, but I will try to believe even more. Be patient until you get results.
HiraoTo be honest, I’m not good at waiting. I don’t think it is suitable for investors.
TsujiEach entrepreneur has his or her own style. A style that suits the person’s personality. Since I and Mr. Hirao have different personalities, their management approaches may also be different. But it’s definitely better to choose the method that suits your personality. This is something I have kept in my heart since I was taught by my senior manager.
A common pattern is to listen to the story of the person you want to refer to or read it in a book, and then try to capture everything and self-destruct. For example, isn’t it impossible for me to try to imitate a charismatic leader like Hiroshi Mikitani (President of Rakuten Group)? That’s why I tell junior managers that the best way is to find a manager who feels sympathy and learn from their behavior and writing. Even if you don’t take in all of that person, it’s like installing a part that you should take in.
Yosuke TsujiMoney forwardPresident and CEO
Born in Osaka in 1976. He joined Sony Corporation following graduating from the Faculty of Agriculture, Kyoto University in 2001. He joined Monex, Inc. in 2004. Completed MBA from Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania in 2011. He established Money Forward Co., Ltd. in 2012 and was listed on the Mothers market of the Tokyo Stock Exchange in September 2017. February 2018 Received the Jury Special Award at the “4th Japan Venture Awards”. Secretary of the New Economic Federation, Silicon Valley Japan Platform He is an executive committee and a member of the first nomination of the Keizai Doyukai.In the book“Let’s talk regarding failure. What we learned as we pushed through “full of things we don’t understand”There is (Nikkei BP).
