Jissen Women's University gave an online lecture on May 2021, 5 in the common education subject "Career Design" (in charge: Professor Akihisa Fukasawa) for third-year college students who will start job hunting from this fall.The purpose is not only to present students with the option of "entrepreneurship" and to educate them that there is such a course, including the future, but also to convey the appeal of venture companies.The instructor was Mr. Katsuro Tasaka of the Shibuya Ward Global Base City Promotion Office, who is in charge of the startup support project at the Shibuya Ward Office.We interviewed Mr. Tasaka, who has been watching Silicon Valley, which is said to be a "sacred place for startups" for many years, including working at the Consulate General of Japan in San Francisco after studying abroad at San Francisco State University Graduate School in the United States.

Shibuya Ward becomes a global startup city

　In the lecture, the students were first given a commentary on "startups".According to Mr. Tasaka, it is a word that means "a company with new technology and ideas, and business expansion in a single year is incorporated in the business plan", and was born in Silicon Valley in the 1990s and 2000s.Since then, Silicon Valley, which has become the center of startups in the world, has raised $ 40 billion (about 600 trillion yen), which is XNUMX% of the total investment in ventures in the United States, and says that XNUMX to XNUMX companies are started up every year. Was done.

　He explained that Shibuya Ward, which has been the birthplace of Japan's leading venture companies since the 1990s, is an area with a culture closest to Silicon Valley in Japan.In order to make Shibuya Ward a global startup city in the future, Shibuya Ward's efforts called "SHIBUYA STARTUP SUPPORT (SSS)" to attract domestic and foreign start-up businesses and support their activities were also introduced.

An important "discomfort" to build a career

　During the lecture, Mr. Tasaka asked the students a question on the theme of "a feeling of strangeness in daily life."On the other hand, from the students, "Job hunting must have black hair", "Men" help "housework and childcare", "Singles tend to be seen below", "Atmosphere that everyone must be the same", etc. Lively opinions were given.

　Next, Mr. Tasaka introduced Ms. Miko Ninomiya, a female entrepreneur.Mr. Ninomiya became a hot topic when he launched Japan's first online consultation service "TRULY" specializing in menopause, but the motivation for starting a business was that "there is no solution that fits the life stage of women". Introducing that.It was said that it is very important for entrepreneurs (entrepreneurs) to "search for their own personality", that is, to value the sense of incongruity that comes from within themselves.

　In addition, the world is only possible if there is leadership based on "my own" by female entrepreneur Airi Horie, who was selected as CNN "10 Visionary Women" for her success in Silicon Valley. You can become a leader who can be used in Silicon Valley. "In order not only to become an entrepreneur but also to build a career in a company, it is important not to be "the self formed by expectations from the outside (society)" but "the self formed by this kind of desire". Emphasized that it should be.

Support activities for entrepreneurs who have attracted the interest of students

　At the end of the lecture, Shibuya Ward's support activities for entrepreneurs were also introduced.One is an entrepreneur support base established in H1O Jinnan jointly by Shibuya Ward, Nomura Real Estate Development, and meeTalk.The other is the online school "SHIBUYA STARTUP UNIVERSITY (SSU)" that fosters entrepreneurs, and the participation of students who are interested in entrepreneurship was also encouraged.

　In response to Mr. Tasaka's story, the students said, "I learned for the first time that I am working on a startup in Shibuya Ward, which is close to me." "H1O and SSU. I would love to participate if I have the opportunity." "I want to aim for the job I really want to do, even if I don't start a business." It seems that this lecture was a great stimulus for us to think about our career before job hunting.