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This Week in Startups · 2026-01-13 · 52 min · 10,448 words

Secrets of Startup Recruiting in the US AND Japan! (feat. Sho Takei) | E2233

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hiring here, what are the best practices in Japan to find somebody truly talented? And then I guess our people also, I know a lot of colleagues, have moved here. Their main goal is like just live here. Like quality of life and things. But you know, they're always saying like, oh, but like, well, I guess from US, the tax is quite similar.

Remote has changed everything. Yes. And also that affected the talent market a little bit because now everyone's like, hey, I only want to do remote or like I only want to go to the office twice a week. The return to office culture Do you believe a startup five days a week in the office, six days a week in the office, just really crushing it has a major advantage over those that allow work from home and remote?

Yeah, so I always thought about this as a as a founder as well, right? Because actually hire as a remote first. I would like to have like everyday office culture, especially in in kind of our stage of the business, because it's like we're just starting, we want to hustle, we wanna be aligned, spend time together and yeah. This week in startups is brought to you by Pipedrive. Bring clarity and control to your sales process with Pipedrive, the number one CRM for small and medium-sized businesses.

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