SInnovation Launches oO MINAMO Women Entrepreneur Community From Niigata
SInnovation is shifting its regional co-creation work to the stage before a business exists, treating women who have ideas but no nearby person to consult or no role model as the entry point rather than the ones who already decided to start.
Reporting from 1 source: ASCII.jp.
SInnovation Co., Ltd., headquartered in Niigata City and led by Representative Director Yoshinobu Hoshino, is launching oO MINAMO, pronounced Oh Minamo, a project that supports women entrepreneurs as a whole community starting from Niigata. It opens participation from the pre-launch stage, for people who want to start something someday or solve regional and social issues through business, rather than requiring a finished business plan or a decision to start a company.
The program is a community and acceleration effort for women entrepreneurs, creating opportunities and encounters according to each phase from pre-launch to business growth. SInnovation describes MINAMO as distinct from an entrepreneurship school that ends with learning knowledge and writing a business plan.
The name carries the wish that one small challenge creates the next and eventually spreads through the region. SInnovation lists encounters with peers, mentors, regional companies, customers, financial institutions, and investors as the connections an idea needs to become a business, which can then lead to employment and the resolution of regional issues.
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