{"id":11719,"date":"2010-12-16T23:49:46","date_gmt":"2010-12-16T14:49:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/asiajin.com\/blog\/?p=11719"},"modified":"2010-12-16T23:49:46","modified_gmt":"2010-12-16T14:49:46","slug":"samurai-incubate-holds-annual-1-day-camp-for-young-ceos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asiajin.com\/blog\/2010\/12\/samurai-incubate-holds-annual-1-day-camp-for-young-ceos\/","title":{"rendered":"Samurai Incubate Holds Annual 1-Day Camp For Young CEOs"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nSamurai Incubate<\/a>, a Tokyo-based seed accelerator aiming to bring up many tech start-ups, had the second edition[J]<\/a> of their annual showcase event in late November, which is called Samurai Venture Summit (for short, SVS) and showed us their investing portfolios and pitch presentations by CEOs of tech start-ups. \u00a0\u00a0It was an one-day event using a several-story office building located in the heart of Shibuya, Tokyo, a number of entrepreneurs, venture capitalists, media reporters and more came together to see the team’s presentations and discuss the future of Japanese start-up scenes.
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\nPicture: Taizo Son(left) (@taizoson[J]<\/a>), a serial entrepreneur and the chairman of GungHo Online Entertainment[J]<\/a>, making a keynote speech and Kentaro Sakakibara(right), the founder\/CEO of Samurai Incubate.
\nTheir pitch presentations, each of which is ruled to be completed in a few minutes, are called “shout”, and start-up executives literally present very loudly what they are doing on their businesses and services. \u00a0 It’s a funny experience and might look so strange for Westerners, but shouting something in front of a large audience means the expression of presenter’s hell-bent determination to make things happen. \u00a0 35 start-ups pitched their presentations, I cannot cover them all but just pick up three excellent award winners in this story.
\nFor those who are interested in watching the 35 presentations, check out our YouTube channel via this link<\/a>.
\n3rd award winner: Granma<\/a><\/strong>
\nTokyo-based start-up Granma, named after the\u00a0yacht that was used to transport the fighters of the\u00a0Cuban Revolution from\u00a0Mexico to\u00a0Cuba in 1956, develops a business for resolving poverty-related issues (causes) in South Asian countries and the rest of the world. \u00a0 They recently launched a lodging facility called “Cause Village[J]<\/a>” in Tokyo’s suburb, where start-up companies can have their brainstorming camps for developing future business plans.
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View more presentations<\/a> from Granma Inc<\/a>.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

2nd award winner: Sassor[E\/J]<\/a><\/strong>
\n“Sassor” is a Tokyo-based group specializing\u00a0in interactive and service design. \u00a0 They are working on developing the Energy Literacy Program, ELP for short, that can help control daily electric power consumption of each home appliances. \u00a0The service consists of modules, receiver and website, and it can visualize the electric power consumption of each home appliances for grasping data easily.
\n(Sassor also presented at Infinity Venture Summit 2010 Fall in Kyoto as Serkan Toto reported<\/a> here on Asiajin.)
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