In just three years from its founding, Deel became a decacorn valued at over $10 billion. Since 2019, Deel has grown into a global people platform that helps more than 40,000 companies hire, manage, and pay their teams across 150+ countries, reaching over $1.5 billion in ARR and a $17.3 billion valuation. Two things drove that growth: a product designed for global markets from day one, and the operating discipline to keep a distributed, cross-border organization moving at speed. For startups in Japan, however, the barriers to competing globally often sit outside the core business. Establishing overseas entities, staying compliant with local labor and tax regulations, and managing multinational teams can stall excellent technology long before it reaches the world. In this session, we will trace Deel’s growth story and discuss what it takes to build a global-first product strategy, how to time and sequence market entry, how to build culture in a multinational organization, and how to turn technology and ideas into industries in global markets. Attendees, including deep tech founders building from Japan, will leave with concrete guidance for going global.