Northeastern University Global Partner Events:
Female Students Entrepreneurship Networking Event

Description:

Mariko Tamura, Managing Director of The Japan Academic Society for Ventures and Entrepreneurs (JASVE) will interview a prestigious Japanese female entrepreneur (TBA) about the trials and tribulations of being a female entrepreneur, while also discussing her great joy in doing what she does. Selected female students will present their “elevator pitches” and receive feedback. A networking event will follow for female students, female alumni and female members of the Japanese business community.

Presenter Information:

Mariko Tamura,
Adjunct Professor, Waseda University Business School; Managing Director, The Japan Academic Society for Ventures and Entrepreneurs (JASVE)

Marko Tamura was a reporter with the The Nikkei Business Daily – the Wall Street Journal of Japan – Japan’s largest industrial information journal, specializing in coverage of innovative industries and enterprises. She also served as the editor of The Nikkei Venture, a monthly magazine specializing in Japanese ventures. In 1999, Ms. Tamura became and adjunct professor at the Waseda Business School in Tokyo, Japan, and in 2000, she became Managing Director of The Japan Academic Society for Ventures and Entrepreneurs. Ms. Tamura is also the author of Women Entrepreneurs from Nikkei and co-author of Emerging Entrepreneurs.

Nozomi Hoshino,
Dept. of Media Communications,
Sanrio Company, Ltd.

Nozomi Hoshino is a graduate of the School of Political Science and Economic from Waseda University. When she was 20 years old, she decided to found a company for a limited time period; not because she was longing to be an entrepreneur, but because she thought it would be the shortest way to gain “real world” experience while she was still a student. In January 2006, she founded “marche bis Co., Ltd.”, and became its CEO. The company offers event-planning, advertising and operating service, especially for events which target college students. In November 2008, after she had successfully managed the roles of being the CEO as well as of being a student, she assigned the securities of the company to her junior fellow. After her graduation in April 2008, she now works at Sanrio Company, Ltd. She also published a book Daigaku 2-nen de Shacho ni naru koto (What it is like to be the CEO when you are second-year student).

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