{"id":3336,"date":"2017-02-02T16:10:08","date_gmt":"2017-02-02T21:10:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/digital.hbs.edu\/platform-digit\/submission\/rarejob\/"},"modified":"2017-02-02T16:27:16","modified_gmt":"2017-02-02T21:27:16","slug":"rarejob-disruption-in-english-learning-segment","status":"publish","type":"hck-submission","link":"https:\/\/d3.harvard.edu\/platform-digit\/submission\/rarejob-disruption-in-english-learning-segment\/","title":{"rendered":"Rarejob: Disruption in English learning segment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It is common knowledge that most Japanese cannot speak English very well. Japanese learn spelling and grammar in school but they rarely practice how to communicate in English. We learned in our RC year about Englishnization of Rakuten. The company adapted English as a common language as the founder and CEO Mikitani believed that it is the fastest way to make employee speak English and adapt to the global competitive environment.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>A lot of Japanese have realized the importance of English in order to become competitive business professionals, and the demand of English learning has surged year by year. However, English conversation lesson was costly. It normally cost around $20 to $100 per hour. With the mission of \u201cChances for everyone, everywhere\u201d, Rarejob provides affordable on-line English conversation lesson which only costs <strong>$5 per hour. <\/strong>It soon became No.1 English lesson provider in Japan and listed on Tokyo Mothers Board in 2014, only 7 years after its inception in 2007.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Value Creation<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Rarejob provides affordable English conversation lesson by utilizing free internet communication device a.k.a. Skype with Philippine university students (or BA holder) as teacher. Philippines uses English as a common language and thus they are English native. The company\u2019s customer satisfaction rate is exceptionally high as 99%. And the brand equity of is really high both from supply and demand side and thus it has successfully created barrier in both segments.<\/p>\n<p>User satisfaction rate<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/d3.harvard.edu\/platform-digit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/02\/99.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3315\" src=\"https:\/\/d3.harvard.edu\/platform-digit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/02\/99.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/d3.harvard.edu\/platform-digit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/02\/99.png 300w, https:\/\/d3.harvard.edu\/platform-digit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/02\/99-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>S<\/p>\n<p>Introduction of Philippine teachers<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"\u30ec\u30a2\u30b8\u30e7\u30d6\u82f1\u4f1a\u8a71\u3000\u8b1b\u5e2b\u7d39\u4ecb\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/jLQ_wVCFxp0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Value capture<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Rarejob adapts monthly subscription model, starting from approx. $60 per month. It can receive cash up- front and thus maintain low working capital, as it does not require much inventory and other fixed costs (no need of rent for English lesson etc). Also it does not require much CAPEX.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Operation model<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It is a two sided market place provider between non-English native students and Philippine English teachers. It receives monthly tuition from students and provides the portion (approx. 20%) to the Philippine who provide part-time English teaching through Skype. Rarejob provides screening of lecturers, English learning platform, and curriculum counseling and customer support.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Future of Rarejob<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Rarejob has disrupted English conversation lesson industry in Japan, not only in individual markets but also BtoB market such as corporates and schools. The business is easily replicable and it expanded its business into Brazil. The revenue has been doubled since FY2013 and there are more market potential to eat share of incumbents in Japan and penetrate into emerging markets, where people are keen to study English but there is a gap of supply \u2013 demand. According to Ambient Insights, the growth of digital English language learning is tremendous and many countries showed over 30% CAGR in the last 5 years. Unlike many \u201cfreemium\u201d English learning contents available through online, people who want to learn how to communicate in English have more willingness to pay to human interaction interface, as it is the only way to improve English conversation skills. It is not so far away from achieving mission of \u201cimproving English skill of 10 million Japanese\u201d and move ahead of its mission.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Global demand of digital English Language Learning<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/d3.harvard.edu\/platform-digit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/02\/Market.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-3327\" src=\"https:\/\/d3.harvard.edu\/platform-digit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/02\/Market-300x215.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"521\" height=\"373\" srcset=\"https:\/\/d3.harvard.edu\/platform-digit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/02\/Market-300x215.png 300w, https:\/\/d3.harvard.edu\/platform-digit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/02\/Market-600x430.png 600w, https:\/\/d3.harvard.edu\/platform-digit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/02\/Market.png 763w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 521px) 100vw, 521px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Reference<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Rarejob Homepage, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rarejob.co.jp\/\">https:\/\/www.rarejob.co.jp\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Rarejob recruiting page, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rarejob.com.ph\/\">https:\/\/www.rarejob.com.ph\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Rarejob annual presentation, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bridge-salon.jp\/movie\/6096_160513_7lSdod\/present.pdf\">http:\/\/www.bridge-salon.jp\/movie\/6096_160513_7lSdod\/present.pdf<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Ambient Insights 2014, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ambientinsight.com\/Resources\/Documents\/AmbientInsight-2013-2018-Worldwide-Digital-English-Language-Learning-Market-Executive-Overview.pdf\">http:\/\/www.ambientinsight.com\/Resources\/Documents\/AmbientInsight-2013-2018-Worldwide-Digital-English-Language-Learning-Market-Executive-Overview.pdf<\/a><\/li>\n<li>The Next Billion Learners: Disrupting English-Language Education Programs, http:\/\/evolllution.com\/opinions\/billion-learners-disrupting-english-language-education-programs\/<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Disruptive English conversation lesson to all non-English natives regardless of location<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":550,"featured_media":3337,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","categories":[1099,1111,781,1100,1101],"class_list":["post-3336","hck-submission","type-hck-submission","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-englsih","category-globalization","category-language","category-lesson","category-philippine"],"connected_submission_link":"https:\/\/d3.harvard.edu\/platform-digit\/assignment\/digital-winners-losers\/","yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - 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