Episode 4 Terrie Lloyd, Founder, Japan Travel

Terrie Lloyd is a 62-year dual-national of Australia and New
Zealand, who has lived in Japan for 37 years. He formed his first
company on a working holiday visa at the age of 25, in Japan, and
has established more than 17 companies in Japan (others
internationally) since then. He has had 8 successful earn-outs:
LINC Computer and HK-based TechMan sold to EDS in 1995, LINC
Media Web division sold to Chinadotcom of HK in 2000, Layer-8
Technologies spun out to ThetaMusic in Japan in 2003, DaiJob
Software KK sold to a Nikko Principal in 2004, DaiJob Inc. sold
to Human Holdings of Japan in 2005, Esphion NZ sold to Allot
Corporation of Israel in 2008, and BiOS KK, an IT company, sold
to co-investors then on to TMJ KK of Japan in 2013.


Of the above companies, DaiJob.com was particularly notable, as
it was Japan’s first mid-career recruiting portal, and within 24
months of starting had 160,000 registered users interacting in
both English and Japanese.


Currently Lloyd is Founder and CEO of the following companies:


1. Japan Travel KK– Japan’s largest (by content volume) and
second largest (by traffic) inbound travel site. Lloyd invented a
unique “structured” crowdsourcing software platform to create
massive amounts of user generated content at low cost for
Japantravel.com. As a result, the website now has 18,600 writers,
photographers, and videographers, is producing 30-50 articles and
videos a day, and is available in 13 languages. Other teams in
the company include a luxury/business Type 2 licenced travel
agency, and a systems integration operation that pulls in data
from large Japanese firms, for re-organization and resale to
foreign tourists (rental bikes, bag handling, etc.).
www.japantravel.com.


2. MetroWorks KK – an innovative software development company,
which built the www.japantravel.comcommunity engine.
www.metroworks.co.jp.


3. Japan Inc. Holdings – a consulting, investment, and
Japanese-language marketing company. www.japaninc.com.


Other positions Lloyd holds include:


1. Director of Keating Media Pty. Ltd., a news organization based
in Canberra, Australia, and which has a press licence to operate
inside the Australian Parliament House. Keating Media includes
among its clients China’s Xinghua News Agency.


2. Director of Instinct Entertainment, a start-up mobile games
and cloud software company, based in Wellington, New Zealand.


Lloyd is married to a Japanese national, Kumiko, and has 4
daughters and 1 son, ranging from 34 years to 17. His hobbies are
starting businesses, cycling and swimming, and hanging out with
the kids.