| Date |
Event |
Comment |
| 1996 |
LINC Media established |
Terrie Lloyd creates LINC Media to provide incubation and
online/digital media services to foreign multinationals
|
| 1997 |
Daijob.com website started |
Realization that B2B2C is a service offering that is unique
to Japan
|
| 1998 |
Daijob.com site launched |
First commercial mid-career and first bilingual recruiting
website in Japan
|
| 1999 |
Japan Inc. magazine launched |
Title carried on from previous title called "Computing Japan"
|
|
LINC Media restarts its outsourcing business |
First major contract is with Morgan Stanley Japan &
quickly rising to 30 staff
|
|
LINC Media receives investment from Whitney Group |
Whitney sees LINC Media as a leader of the dotcom surge in
Japan
|
|
LINC Media sells web division to Chinadotcom |
Our web business forms 20% of the revenue for Chinadotcom's
July 1999 NASDAQ listing — which was highly successful
for them
|
| 2000 |
Japan Inc established |
LINC Media publishing arm gets spun off into separate entity
|
| 2003 |
LINC Media wins significant contract with one of the world's largest financial institutions |
Our second major contract for the Outsourcing business
|
| 2005 |
LINC Media sells Daijob.com to Human Holdings |
Significant return on earnings proves quality and strength of
our online business team
|
| 2006 |
LINC Media BACK OFFICE team starts services |
The company's administration team turns into a profit center
by offering its expertise to customers on insource/outsource
basis. New service line-up is very popular and several dozen
Clients sign up for Accounting, HR, and company compliance
services.
|
| 2007 |
Investment into Esphion Ltd. |
Our first investment into another company. Esphion is a
network security appliance firm based in New Zealand.
|
|
Japan Concierge launched |
New web-based service established to help foreign firms find
assistance and confidence to tackle Japanese market
|
|
Japan Inc. Holdings established |
Affiliate JIH formed as holding company for Japan Inc.
magazine, Metropolis magazine companies, as well as for other
investment assets
|
|
JIH buys Metropolis |
JIH buys for cash and debt the entire operations of CrissCross
KK, the publisher of the popular Metropolis magazine
|
|
www.shashin-haiku.jp website management begins |
LINC Media signs agreement to take over management and
majority ownership of www.shashin-haiku.jp web community
|
| 2008 |
Esphion sold to Allot |
LINC Media earns a strong return on investment into this
technology firm to Israel's Allot Communications
|
|
JIH appointed as representative for Ohio State in Japan |
Terrie Lloyd appointed on contract basis as Managing Director
of the Ohio State office in Japan
|
|
Whitney Group exits |
Whitney's 10-year fund life expires and exit by LINC Media
buying back shares for treasury
|
|
Electronic Commerce Division resumes operations |
We acquire and create various community websites to form an
audience base that we can sell products and survey services to
|