Wednesday, September 21, 2011, 6:00PM - 8:00PM
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Third-Party Event
Organization Name: Keizai Society

~Entrepreneurship as Economic Engine: Silicon Valley Perspective~

PARTICIPATING PANELISTS:

Mr. Robert Eberhart, SPRIE Researcher, Stanford Project on Japanese Entrepreneurship
Dr. Kenji Kushida, Research Associate in Japanese Studies, Stanford University APARC; Affiliated Researcher, BRIE
Ms. Lisa Katayama, Journalist and Founder of the Tofu Project


WHEN:
Wednesday, September 21, 2011
Registration and Networking: 5:30 ? 6:00 p.m.
Event: 6:00 ? 8:00 p.m.

FEES:
$20: Registration by Sept 18 (11:00pm)
$35: Late Registration by Sept 20 (5:00pm)
$50: Walk-ins (Walk-ins welcome, but seats may be limited)

DRESS: Business casual

*Proceeds from the registration fees will be donated to Keizai?s Japan Relief Fund.
*Additional donations are accepted at the door or on-line: http://give2asia.org/keizaisociety

EVENT OVERVIEW
In the US, entrepreneurship is the engine that drives economic growth. Especially in Silicon Valley, people understand how this engine works: how entrepreneurs behave, how they view risk, where they get their funding, how their successes are rewarded, and what happens when their ventures fail. What about their Japanese counterparts? The conventional wisdom in the US is that Japanese entrepreneurship is not only different from the American variety but is also less vibrant, less well-funded, more risk-averse, and generally a less important “engine” for overall economic growth. Is this conventional wisdom generally correct? Or are the perceived shortcomings of the Japanese entrepreneurial system (for example, the vastly lower venture capital investment figures routinely quoted) just that — “perceived” rather than real? What business and cultural factors could explain such misperceptions, and what are the implications for cross-border entrepreneurial opportunities? Join our panelists, Robert Eberhart, Kenji Kushida, and Lisa Katayama, as they discuss the myths, reality and promise of Japanese entrepreneurship and its impact on the overall Japanese economy.

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