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Japan Dev

by Eric Turner

Japan Dev is a curated job board for English-speaking software developers seeking work in Japan, founded by Eric Turner in 2019. Starting from a personal pain point during his own job search in Tokyo, Eric bootstrapped the two-sided marketplace to $83k ARR with just his wife as his co-founder, using a unique per-hire revenue model (companies only pay when they successfully hire) instead of traditional job posting fees. Growth came primarily through SEO and organic discovery as developers Googled for English jobs in Japan.

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