Entrepreneur Association of Tokyo
Speaker - Terrie Lloyd, Japan Inc & Linc Media

May 09, 2007 - Mr. Terrie Lloyd, CEO and President of Linc Media




Terrie Lloyd is a 49-year dual-national of Australia and New Zealand, who has lived in Japan for 24 years. A "self-made man" in the truest sense, he formed his first company on a working holiday visa at the age of 25, in Japan, and has established more than 12 companies since then. He has had 4 successful earn-outs: LINC Computer sold to EDS in 1995, Web division sold to Chinadotcom in 2000, Layer-8 Technologies spun out to ThetaMusic in 2003, and DaiJob Inc. sold to Human Holdings in 2005.

Currently Lloyd runs four companies and is director and/or shareholder in a number of others. His main operation is a systems integration and incubation firm called LINC Media, with approximately 70 staff, headquartered in Tokyo. His other interest is a publishing and consulting firm called Japan Inc. Communications, with 12 staff, also headquartered in Tokyo. Japan Inc. is the publisher of the Japan Inc. magazine, Japan’s only English-language business quarterly, and the www.japaninc.com website. Lloyd’s companies specialize in advising and assisting foreign companies with sales/marketing, market entry, M&A, and IT infrastructure in Japan, and the overseas market development for Japanese technology firms.

Lloyd does a significant amount of public speaking for the US, Irish, Australian, and New Zealand governments and related industry bodies. As a long-time participant in the Japanese computer industry, he has been quoted by TIME, the Economist, Forbes, the Daily Telegraph (UK), US Public Radio, Bloomberg TV, Japan Times, Wired Online, and many other leading news sources. Lloyd is also active in the ACCJ (American Chamber of Commerce in Japan) in the Business and Financial Affairs internal subcommittee, the ANZCCJ (Australia New Zealand Chamber of Commerce in Japan) as an executive board member, JMEC (Japan Market Entry Competition), and a number of other organizations in Japan.