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Leadership Secrets: How SV Founders Build Great Companies – US-Japan Perspectives from the inside
Mar 06 2025, 2:30 pm - 4:30 pm
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Past Event Details: Leadership Secrets: How SV Founders Build Great Companies – US-Japan Perspectives from the inside
Japan Innovation Campus
212-214 Homer Ave
Palo Alto,
CA
94301
United States
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** In-person Event
How can startups achieve rapid global scaling? This event dives into the human resource management strategies that fueled the rise of Google, Apple, Facebook, Amazon and Microsoft, with insights from experts, who played key roles in their early growth. We’ll also explore the unique challenges and mindset shifts required for Japanese startups to succeed globally, featuring perspectives from Japanese entrepreneurs thriving in Silicon Valley. Don’t miss this opportunity to gain actionable insights and learn what it takes to build and scale a startup on the world stage!
Google, Apple, Facebook, AmazonとMicrosoftの成長を支えた人的資源管理戦略に焦点を当て、彼らの初期の成長に多大な貢献したエクスパートたちのストーリーを語っていただきます。さらに、シリコンバレーで成功を収める日本人起業家の視点を交えながら、日本のスタートアップがグローバル市場で成功するために必要な課題やマインドセットの変革について掘り下げます。世界で戦うスタートアップを築くための実践的なインサイトを得る貴重な機会をお見逃しなく
Event Details
Date & Time:
Thursday, March 6th at 3 P.M.
Doors open at 2:30 P.M.
Venue:
Japan Innovation Campus
214 Homer Ave, Palo Alto, CA 94301
Price:
FREE!
Agenda:
2:30 – 3:00 Doors Open
3:00 – 3:05 Opening Remarks, Steve Pollock | President, Japan Society of Northern California
3:05 – 3:10 Introductions, Yasushi Maruyama | Visiting Scholar, APARC, Stanford University & Hiroaki Kuwajima | Haas Executive Fellow, Haas School of Business, UC Berkeley
3:10 – 3:25 Presentation from Jon Carter | Senior Fellow, Stanford Distinguished Careers Institute (DCI) & Martha Josephson | Fellow/Partner at Stanford DCI; Co-Head, Technology Experience Group, Stanford Women on Boards
- Founding stories of Google, Apple, Facebook, Amazon and Microsoft (GAFAM)
- History and how executive talents developed under their initial super rapid growth stages
3:25 – 3:40 Talk from Mitsuru Igarashi | Founder & Senior Advisor, Simplex Holdings Inc.
- His unique Silicon Valley founding story of Simplex as a successful Japanese entrepreneur
3:40 – 4:10 Panel Discussion Moderated by Yasushi Maruyama | Visiting Scholar, APARC, Stanford University & Hiroaki Kuwajima | Haas Executive Fellow, Haas School of Business, UC Berkeley
4:10 – 4:25 Q&A
4:25 – 4:30 Closing Remarks, Steve Pollock | President, Japan Society of Northern California
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