1. JOMLAUNCH 5.0

2. WHO AM I?

3. WHERE DID I
COME FROM?
1997: Came to Japan
2001: Graduated BSc, went to work as an SE
2002: Joined Yahoo! Japan, did email.
2006: Joined Amazon Japan, did marketing.
2007: Started MARIMORE, SMS service
2015: Changed to Xoxzo, telephony service

4. Founded
Mar 2007 with USD4000 capital (2 people)
More info here: https://info.xoxzo.com/
History
● Started as MARIMORE Inc in 2007
offering SMS services via email
● Pivoted to flagship service Xoxzo in Oct
2015, including company name change
Our people
A total of 10 people across 9 cities: All of us
work 100% remotely. Looks like everyone
enjoys it, but it’s not easy.
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Company
Overview

5. What we look like
A B C D
E H
G
F

6. What I do most of the time
● I try to talk to customers
● I help customers
● I make sure everyone can do their job better
● I design our product
● I develop our product

7. On Aug 4 I received the following email:

8. WHAT DO WE TALK ABOUT
TODAY?

9. Not talented
Far from smart
But maybe just
fortunate
Iqbal = fortunate, blessed, success
and all that.

10. I TOO CAN DEFINITELY
CONTRIBUTE

11. TODAY’S OBJECTIVES
● Intellectual enlightenment
● Making a difference for the audience and myself,
between us before and after
○ A connection, no matter how small, with you

12. I AM GOING TO SHARE
OUR IDEAS, VALUES AND BELIEVES
WITH YOU

13. PHILOSOPHY 1

14. Perfection is attained not when there
is nothing to add, but when there is
nothing to take away
Antoine de Saint
Exupéry

15. PHILOSOPHY 2

16. Imagination is more important than
knowledge. Knowledge is limited.
Imagination encircles the world.
Albert Einstein

17. PHILOSOPHY 3

18. Fall seven times, stand up eight.
七転び八起き
orz orz orz orz orz orz orz ^^/

19. PHILOSOPHY 4

20. Progress, not perfection - Iqbal
Abdullah

21. WITH THE BROAD STROKES
PAINTED...

22. I NOW SHARE OUR ADD ON
VALUES

23. VALUE 1
We remove complexity
Do what others do not want to do, so our customers can do things which is important to them

24. VALUE 2
We are transparent, or at least
consistentAdequate documentation
Explaining why something is done in a certain way, or at least the keeping things on the same pattern

25. VALUE 3
Make our customer’s data whole
“If I do this, I should be able to see that”

26. VALUE 4
Enjoyable experience
“Is to actually just forget about it”

27. WHERE DOES ALL OF THESE
LEAD?
WTF??

28. =
EMPOWERMENT

29. WHAT IS EMPOWERMENT?
YOU CAN DO WHAT YOU CAN’T
BEFORE

30. WHAT IS EMPOWERMENT
We empower our customers by solving their
problems
We empower ourselves by self-determination:
What is important to us, to our community and by
recognizing the resources available to us
Notice that I have not touched on technology at all
in the past few minutes: Human problems are not
resolved by technology. They are resolved by
humans.

31. WHAT IS EMPOWERMENT
Empowerment: The Activist Mindset, from a programmer’s perspective

32. WHAT IS EMPOWERMENT
WE empower people by talking, understanding and
solving problems
And by sharing ideas

33. And hopefully, in someway or
another, I have now
empowered you.

34. TERIMA KASIH

35. @xoxzotelephony
@iqbalabd
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