Wrap-up of the course

The selected top performing student teams from Business Plan Contest will present their business plan and response to direct enquiries and comments from a panel of judges, made up of industrial professionals and academics. The students can have the experience of being a “real” entrepreneur to pitch and convince their business plan to the professionals and practice their presentation skills.

When you shape the management team and write up the business plan, you will need to fundraise to realize your idea and research outcome into society. Venture Capital [VC] is one of the important cash resources for all small companies. But many suggestions by entrepreneurs are rejected. Is there any condition to receive funding? We will invite Venture Capital or the specialist in this sector to argue on what is an attractive business plan for VC.Guest Speaker, TBD

E-mobile is Japanese mobile broadband infrastructure operator. Since joining the competitive market occupied by big companies, E mobile has grown and established its position. We will experience decision making at infrastructure business through case discussion.

Asia is the growth center of the world. Following this economic trend, entrepreneur needs to expand the business model and entrepreneurial paradigm from domestic “Japanese” market to foreign “Asian” market. This is true not only for the new start-ups but also for major established Japanese companies. NTT Data, one of the Japanese giant ICT vendors, has started to develop ICT business in Asia. The establishment of new branch in Myanmar is one of its ongoing strategies to become the...

We learn about the basics of starting the business: vision creation, shaping management team, finance planning, and business modeling.

E-mobile is Japanese mobile broadband infrastructure operator. Since joining the competitive market occupied by big companies, E mobile has grown and established its position. We will invite the CEO to discuss about his unique experience.Guest Speaker, Mr. Eric Gan, Representative Director, President, eAccess Ltd.

This is an opportunity for students who join the “Dream Team” project to make their interim business plan presentation and seek for advice and comments from academics and peers. Other students also can exchange ideas and make improvement to their own business plan assignment.

Weather News Inc [WN] is the biggest privately funded weather forecasting company in the world. Since entering this market, HN has changed the market, which was once dominated by public service. How did WN identify growing opportunity? Why is this small company able to start the business? We will invite the CEO to discuss about his unique strategy.Guest Speaker, Mr. Chihito Kusahiraki, CEO, Weather News Inc

We learn about the basics of starting the business: vision creation, shaping management team, finance planning, and business modeling. For example, in daily business, cash flow operation is essential. You can go bankrupt even when making profit if without the basics.

In response to the social demand, university has undertaken the new task to create university startup. That is business and industry development, which originates from university research. Thus, university has the ability to provide many supports to researchers and students through technological patenting, business incubation, and so on. Knowing this environment, it will be important for university startup to manage technology [idea] in process of commercialization. We will invite...

When disclosing your technology [idea] for commercialization, you must undertake some risk. But that can be controlled by the system of intellectual property [IP]. Thus, IP is an important knowledge for the university startup, which begins from the long term research in university. We will invite key personnel in this sector to discuss about his strategy.Guest Speaker, Mr.Masanobu Katoh, Country Head (Japan), Intellectual Ventures.[TBD]

We learn about the strategy to connect university research and commercialization. Are there strategic points whereby research outcome can be incorporated? We will invite Prof. Sureswaran Ramadass, who has successful experience to discuss about his strategies.Guest speaker, Prof.Sureswaran Ramadass, University Saint Malaysia.

To be successful entrepreneur, you need to consider some important aspects: converting your technology [idea] to business plan, organizing management team, and financing business plan. But before learning these skills, you need to think about why you must be an entrepreneur, in other words, what is the incentive to be an entrepreneur. In connecting to Chulalongkorn University, the leading university in Thailand, we will discuss this issue.Announcement: The class assignment and the Business...