Session
EXPERTS
Rethinking Conventions: Creating a Business from Questions
The key to shaping future businesses begins with asking the right "questions." Thinking beyond conventional boundaries is the source of innovative ideas and breakthroughs. In this session, we will explore how thinking outside established frameworks can drive the creation of new businesses and impact society. Together with the participants, we will unlock the power of "questions" to lead future enterprises and share practical methods for applying this approach.
Available passes
- Executive
- Business/Startup
- Rising Star
- City
Language：Japanese
Speakers
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Riku Sugie
Paidy Inc.
Riku Sugie
Paidy Inc. / Executive Advisor
After working at Fuji Bank (former Mizuho Financial Group), Accenture, and GE Consumer Finance, Riku became President and CEO of Shinsei Financial in 2012. From 2016, he also served concurrently as an Executive Officer of Shinsei Bank. In November 2017, he assumed the role of President and CEO of Paidy, which was acquired by PayPal for ¥300 billion in October 2021. Starting November 2021, he also served as Vice President at PayPal headquarters. Beginning in 2025, he started serving as Executive Advisor at Paidy.
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Aya Ozasa
Association for Promotion of Community Marketing / Colorful LLC
Aya Ozasa
Director, Association for Promotion of Community Marketing CEO / Colorful LLC
Following roles at Recruit and Google, she co-founded EventRegist in 2011. As COO, she built and led sales, marketing, and administration divisions for the event industry SaaS. Following the company's acquisition by Nikkei Inc. in 2019, she founded Colorful LLC and in 2024, established the Association for Promotion of Community Marketing. She currently serves as an independent director for multiple public companies, an adjunct lecturer at Nippon Institute of Technology, and holds a Management of Technology and a Master of Business Administration.
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Yoichi Ito
Musashino University
Yoichi Ito
Dean, Faculty of Entrepreneurship, Musashino UniversityDean, Faculty of Entrepreneurship, Musashino University
Dean of Entrepreneurship dept. Musashino univ.(EMC）Yoichi Ito is a distinguished business leader and educator in Japan, renowned for his work in nurturing next-generation leaders who embrace entrepreneurship and strive to make the world a better place. In 2021, he founded the Department of Entrepreneurship at Musashino University (Musashino EMC) and became its dean. Continuing his commitment to innovation, he opened the startup studio “Musashino Valley” in June 2023 to support individuals ready to take their next step. An accomplished author, Ito’s prominent work “Speak in One Minute” is a bestseller with over 650,000 copies sold.
