Japan Cloud Community Meets Up for Tanabata 2023! - Partner Company Employees Network, Share Success Stories and Learn Best Practices to Grow Their Business 

Japan Cloud community employees met up recently to celebrate Tanabata－a centuries-old Japanese summer festival where people write wishes on strips of colorful paper and tie them to bamboo leaves－and to share their keys to business success. More than 100 employees came together to build relationships, exchange customer stories and learn best practices. The positive energy was palpable.

BlackLine and WalkMe Take the Stage 

To kick off this year’s Tanabata meetup, the country managers of our partner companies BlackLine and WalkMe took part in a panel discussion moderated by Japan Cloud Consulting CEO Yasu Fukuda.

“We heard from one of our customers that BlackLine’s innovative accounting platform has bolstered their job satisfaction and is helping them recruit top talent,” said BlackLine country manager Morimitsu Miyazaki.

“A customer shared with us that using WalkMe has been one of the most enjoyable experiences of his career,” said Masahiro Ono, country manager at WalkMe.

In addition to sharing anecdotes from customers, Miyazaki-san and Ono-san provided an update on the status of their business and the growth of their user groups. They also gave an overview of their companies’ founding.

The Japan Cloud Community as Collaboration Platform

Japan Cloud empowers global SaaS companies to grow in Japan by enabling their operational excellence and customer success. The Japan Cloud community currently boasts 11 partner companies with a total of 320 employees. The opportunity to collaborate within the community is a key benefit that our partners enjoy.

To this end, we invited the marketing directors of our partner companies on stage to share customer stories, new business leads and recent campaigns. Sub-communities focused on sales and customer success also highlighted best practices in breakout sessions. We intend to further build our Sales and Customer Success Communities through ongoing in-person and online events.

Encouraging inclusiveness at our partner companies through DEI and LGBTQ initiatives is also on the agenda.

Sharing Global Knowledge

To bring valuable global knowledge to our community, our Director of Consulting for GTM Teppei Tsuruhara took to the podium to provide takeaways from his attendance at the Vista Best Practice Sharing Summit, an event in Miami organized by Vista Equity Partners.

In his presentation, Teppei honed in on value selling, highlighting specific examples of sales pitches developed by highly successful global SaaS companies. Teppei's presentation was very well-received by attendees.

From “Acquaintances” to “Friends”

Last but not least, we closed the show with a game of “self-intro bingo” in which winners were required to introduce themselves to the community. Opportunities for further networking followed, allowing acquaintances within the Japan Cloud community to become closer friends. Smiles and laughter filled the ballroom.

Feedback from the Japan Cloud Community

The Tanabata meetup received high praise from our partners’ employees:

• The opportunity to interact with the entire Japan Cloud community is extremely valuable. I’ll definitely attend the next meetup, too.
• The panel discussions provided very useful information.
• Knowledge sharing was particularly effective and will be key to our growth.