Kyoto, Shimogyo Ward, Chudoji Minamimachi, 134 KISTIC 2F
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| Early Bird Ticket | ¥7,000 prepaid |
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| Early Bird Student Ticket | ¥4,500 prepaid |
| General Ticket | ¥8,000 prepaid |
| Student Ticket | ¥6,000 prepaid |
| 7 Meals Included | |
Startup Weekend, the 54 hours that will change your life, is back, and for the first time in almost 3 years, we will be hosting this event in person in Kyoto! Come join the worldwide movement, meet aspiring entrepreneurs, and create a startup over the weekend!
Startup Weekends are weekend-long, hands-on experiences where entrepreneurs and aspiring entrepreneurs create a startup in 54 hours. Throughout the weekend, you’ll learn how to turn ideas into something real and experience what it’s like to startup.
During Startup Weekend, you and your team will take your ideas from concept to creation within a matter of days!
Starting from day 1, participants will pitch their ideas to form teams, then hit the ground running. Throughout the weekend, you'll be meeting talented and passionate coaches from whom you can get advice, and you'll be provided all the nourishment to keep going.
At the end of day 3, your team will be pitching your idea to a panel of judges who will provide feedback and select the winner!
But Startup Weekend isn't about winning, it's about working on ideas and taking the first step of your entrepreneurial journey. Startup Weekend isn't a Hackathon or a Workshop. There won't be nicely packaged instructions for you to follow, but you will connect with like minded aspiring entrepreneurs.
Many startups have been formed from Startup Weekends and many have found their co-founders to go beyond startup weekend.
See below for a more detailed schedule.
Do I need to bring an idea?
Not at all. If you don't have an idea, you can join another idea and form a team to work on that one.
How should I bring my idea?
Each person will only have less than a minute so slides are a no-go. You can bring props if you want though.
Do I get to work on my idea?
Not necessarily. At the end of day 1, everyone will be voting for ideas and the top ideas will get to form teams. If your idea doesn't get enough votes, you won't be able to form a team around them.
Can I bring an idea that I'm already working on?
No, but well researched and vetted ideas are always welcome.
What's included in the price?
Seven meals (from Friday night to Sunday evening), snacks, a place to work, and all the excitement we can provide. All the organizers, facilitators, coaches, and judges are volunteers and not being paid a cent, so please be nice to them :).
What if I am not available for the whole three days?
To get the full experience, it's best to be available for the whole three days, but in the past, we have had participants who had to miss couple hours because of prior engagements.
Can I sign up with my friend?
Of course. More the merrier. But please do register individually.
Day 1 - Friday
Day 2 - Saturday
Day 3 - Sunday
The awesome people that will do their best to help you be successful.
Philip Nguyen
Philip graduated from UCLA in Earth and Environmental Science and World Arts and Cultures in 2011 and moved to Japan to study radiation safety at Kyoto University. In 2016, after obtaining his PhD, he established his social venture, Gochiso, to support nonprofits and the food industry in Japan. In 2020, he established his new venture, mamoru. mamoru is a service that connects students to exclusive offers from sustainable brands and shops to increase access to sustainable alternatives.
Since high school, Yuki has been involved with poverty issues in Japan and abroad which included founding an international NGO. While a student at Ritsumeikan University's School of International Relations, he founded Campus, an internet startup company, which launched more than 10 businesses and reached 4 million monthly users. In 2017, Yuki founded Baseconnect with the goal of "creating a world where people can directly access the information they need by connecting data from all over the world.” The number of companies using the corporate information database he has released exceeds 100,000.
Associate, Seibo Investment Works, Inc.
After graduating from Kobe University with a degree in Business Administration, Davide joined Toyota Motor Corporation in the Business Planning Department, where he was involved in product concept planning and the strategy mobility product lineups for 2030.
As an investment officer, he is engaged in sourcing, due diligence, investment structuring, and operations up to investment execution. He also established a public relations team and is responsible for its management.
Certified Public Accountant / Certified Tax Accountant
After working for an automotive after-parts manufacturer, a local town hall, a prefectural observatory, a certified tax accountant firm, an auditing firm, and a venture support company, Yuichi started his own business. He operates a coworking space with overnight lodging, and with back-office DX suppose, he hopes to create an environment where people can easily take on community challenges.
Representative Director of Cobaco Co.
Partner of Suinas Tax Corporation
Representative Partner, Kanadei Audit Corporation
Advisor, Small and Medium Enterprises and Entrepreneurship Venture Support Department, Japan Small and Medium Enterprise Corporation
Certified Advisor of freee
Certified member of Money Forward Cloud
(More to be announced soon)
The experts who form the jury on day 3, to decide which is the winning team.
Hyoma graduated from Doshisha University with a degree in Economics and completed a Postgraduate Diploma in Finance at the University of London. He has been involved in venture investments and investments in small and medium-sized companies for 20 years at Osaka Small and Medium Business Investment & Consultation Co.
In venture investment, he has invested in technology companies mainly in the Kinki area from the startup stage, and was in charge of everything from management support to investment recovery (IPOs and M&A). In investments in small and midsize companies, he has also been involved in planning capital policies centered and facilitating business successions on stable shareholders. Hyoma has abundant experience and a high-quality network of support in each phase of a company's life from its start-up to its maturity.
(To be announced soon)
The guy who does a lot of the talking.
Takayuki Minakuchi
After graduating from Doshisha University, Takayuki moved to Tokyo and worked in sales at an advertising agency and at DeNA as a business developer. After 10 years in Tokyo, he returned to Kyoto. Takayuki participated in Startup Weekend Tokyo last year and has been an entrepreneur since April preparing his company. He operates a curation site "COMINCA TIMES" with its purpose of "bringing old traditional houses into the future" and serves as its chief editor.
Sushi Suzuki
Sushi Suzuki is an associate professor at the Kyoto Institute of Technology where he teaches and runs projects based around design thinking, the Stanford-IDEO innovation methodologies. Previously, he co-founded Paris Est d.school while teaching design innovation at École des Ponts ParisTech and was the Executive Director of the ME310 program at Stanford University. Sushi also set up an innovation team for Panasonic Europe, was one of the co-founding members of i-kimono.com, a Japanese start-up company that handles antique kimono and accessories online, and a concept developer for Yocondo, a Germany-based semantic product search engine.
Artist by nature, Engineer by training, and Designer by desire, Sushi is always thinking of new ways to do the old things better. Sushi holds a M.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Stanford University and a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering and B.A. in Studio Arts from Rice University.
The amazing people behind the scenes who are helping put the event together. Seriously, this would not be possible without them.
Isao Sawamura
Co-founder and CFO of Quiny Co.
After working for a major city bank for 12 years, Isao worked for a consulting company and then for Kyoto Research Park, where he supported startups. In 2011, he started organizing of Startup Weekend Kyoto. When Isao turned 50, he left Kyoto Research Park to join several startups. In April 2022, he moved to Nanao City, Ishikawa Prefecture support start activities and invigorate the local community. While living in Nanao City, he continues to organize Startup Weekend Kyoto.
Masato Inoue
Masato is a member of the Innovation Design Department of Kyoto Research Park (KRP). After working at a government-affiliated financial institution for 5 years in the SME finance field, he joined KRP, where he is in charge of startup support at the incubation floor "TSA", as well as planning and managing the event space "Tamariba." He has organized many events and programs in cooperation with partners both inside and outside of the company, such as co-hosting the social entrepreneur support program "COM-PJ" with taliki.
Tatsuya Tsubuki
Professor at Entrepreneurship Dept. of Musashino University, Former university professor at Kyoto Institute of Technology.
Graduate GLOBIS Management School of Business 2012 (MBA), Background is Overseas sales, Join Startup, IT company After working as an enterprise marketer. Since 2008, Rikkyo University has been in charge of developing and teaching industry-academia cooperation programs (business leadership program) as a part-time instructor. In 2014 BLP Advanced received the Career Education Award from the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology. Regional society collaboration, development of industry-university cooperation programs, leadership and entrepreneurship education are the core charge areas.
Thomas Sun
Came to Kyoto from Wuhan, China back in 2016, Thomas finished his master course in Kyoto Institute of Technology and is currently working in a business prototyping studio as an UX designer. He participated in the Startup Weekend Kyoto 2017. To prevent people from wasting coins and help users develop a good habit of saving, his team came up with the Start-up idea “adventure piggy”.
Akira Fukunaga
Akira joined Seiki Corporation in 2013 and helps university students with their career development. From 2015, he is also the director of Japan Edu-Beit Association which promotes career education for students. He currently develops new businesses for Seiki and is also responsible for planning events and campaigns.
Rio Fujimoto
Rio is a UI designer at DeNA.He participated in Startup Weekend Kyoto in August 2015 as a designer and joined the team "1mile."
Joji Masutani
Currently studying International Relations at Ritsumeikan University. Participated in Startup Weekend Kyoto 2021, and came up with the idea for an app that teaches about politics, which also promotes voting among young people. At University, helped organize the job hunting seminar with LVMH.
The organizations who were cool enough to support us so you can get more than your money’s worth.
(To be announced soon)
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