Translated from 日本語 • View original Introduction
This is Yukawa. It's been a long time since I've written a corporate blog. I checked and it was since July 2018. There have been many changes in the past four years.
In my private life, I remarried, bought a house, and became a father of two children.
As a company, we became independent from the parent company, changed our company name, renewed our VISION, and significantly increased the number of foreign members for globalization.
My own work has shifted from the contract development business to the SaaS business, and I have started to use English in my daily work, and most recently, I have mainly been responsible for managing the businesses of both companies from the perspective of company management.
I think there are several blog posts with the purpose of introducing my daily work from the field of each business, but I don't think there are many that touch on the business overview of Colorkrew as a whole, so I chose this title.
Contract Development Business vs. SaaS Business
First of all, our business can be roughly divided into two categories.
It is a contract development business and a SaaS business.
The former is older, while the latter is a relatively new business.
Portfolio management is generally about earning money from the contract development business and plunging into the SaaS business.
Recently, the SaaS business side has also begun to get on a growth trajectory, but it is expected that the phase will continue for a while in which investment will be prioritized.
We use MRR as an important indicator for company-wide business management.
For reference, from this point of view, the current situation is that contract development business: SaaS business = about 6:4.
*MRR in contract business has our own definition, but we will not go into details here.
Contract Development Business
The business within the contract development business is divided into four main categories.
Cloud integration, security operations, WEB/app development, Data & AI.
Each business has a high affinity, and it is common to provide business to customers in several combinations.
Cloud Integration
Cloud integration is to support the introduction and operation of public clouds.
A few years ago, the majority of the demand for migration from on-premise to the cloud was the main focus, but recently, there have been overwhelming opportunities to implement cloud-native environment design using PaaS and other tools.
Security Operations
Security operations are what are called SOC (Security Operation Centers) in the world.
We focus on security operations in cloud environments.
WEB/App Development
WEB/app development is literally and does not need any special explanation, but I am developing web systems and smartphone applications.
Data & AI
Data & AI is the fastest growing business in recent years, and based on the construction of a data analysis platform, we are adding AI elements such as image analysis, video analysis, and text analysis, and using BI tools to visualize the final data.
Specifically, we are working on Smart Building using IoT, Smart Factory using image analysis, and Material Informatics, which effectively utilizes experimental data to streamline material development.
One of the areas we focus on is data utilization support for educational institutions.
SaaS Business
Telework has rapidly spread around the world due to the recent coronavirus pandemic, but it is expected that hybrid work that combines both telework and in-person work will become common in the future.
In response to this new trend, our basic direction is to provide tools to support hybrid work.
Currently, we are developing our business in the areas of general affairs tech and HR tech, with the former being Mamoru Biz and the latter creating a SaaS product called Goalous.
Mamoru Biz
At Mamoru Biz, we aim to eliminate wasteful work based on the concept of "a business concierge tool that reduces nameless things".
Recently, in the wake of hybrid work, there has been a rapid increase in inquiries about the seating chart function as a management tool for office attendance management and free address management due to office downsizing and relocation.
Goalous
Goalous is an SNS-type service that supports the autonomous organization management of Gold-Riven by openly sharing goals and daily activities.
Although the service was originally designed for companies, it is also the first time that we have recently made a new initiative to use it in the education industry.
In addition to expanding these existing services, we would like to actively promote activities to plan new functions and services one after another, promote market fit, and grow them.
Conclusion
I myself am a so-called business person. In addition to hiring engineers, we also actively hire in business areas such as Sales, BizDev, and marketing. If you are interested, please contact us!
