RIMIX

President pitch

One of them is RIMIX (RitsumeikanImpact-Makers InterX (Cross) platform).Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University (APU) and its affiliated schools are also involved in "visualization" of efforts from human resource development and entrepreneurship support that contribute to solving social issues as one platform, and under collaboration with the inside and outside of the school. It started in December 2019 with the aim of "expanding support for students, students, and children." "Human resources who seamlessly support from challenge to entrepreneurship and actively solve social issues from the elementary and secondary education stages, starting from the awareness of problems common to humankind represented by SDGs and the spirit of challenge that arises from them. Aiming to train Social Entrepreneurs: Impact-Makers. "In collaboration with private companies such as Sony Corporation, we will utilize the know-how and resources of each company to develop dynamically.

The project that can be said to be the symbol is "President PITCH CHALLENGE" (hereinafter referred to as "President Pitch"), which has just finished its second year. It consists of three stages, "Workshop", "Input", and "Brush Up", and takes half a year.The project devised by the students, students, and children of the school will be brushed up to the business level, and the final selected team will pitch to the president (a presentation given to investors in a short time).

In "President PITCH THE FINAL" [photo], the "President's Award", "SSAP Award" and "Audition Award" are decided by the question and answer session with the pitch of XNUMX team for XNUMX minutes and the judges for XNUMX minutes.Winners will receive benefits such as tailor-made training and individual follow-up by accelerators according to each prize.From last year's winners, some teams are already developing their businesses.

From the first year, the response within the school has been great, and at the university, teams that cross the faculties such as campuses and circle units are conspicuous.Some groups try to hit the "President's Pitch" with interesting ideas born from casual conversations.The Sony Startup Acceleration Program (SSAP), which cooperates with the operation, is also seriously supporting us, saying, "I just want to bring it to a level that can be used in business," and graduates support juniors. I hope that an ecosystem will be created and the base will expand further, such as by increasing the motivation to participate.

The purpose of the project is to be interested in social issues, to come up with ideas to solve them, and to encourage them to put them into a feasible plan, not to give them superiority or inferiority.Even after the end, we will raise awareness of problems from each position and thought, awaken to entrepreneurship (entrepreneurship), start a business in the future, or enter a company and launch a new project in it, so-called intrepreneur I want you to be an opportunity to aim.As long as it is a social enterprise, it is not just the pursuit of profit, so it does not matter if it is an NPO activity.Also, since it is recommended to double track the working style, it may be good to become a full-time employee and get interested in the side business.