The founding story of IGNITION and the future of digital media

Hacks/Hackers Tokyo is excited to present IGNITION, a Tokyo-based media site focused on Japanese culture and technology.

Speakers: Founding members of IGNITION 

About IGNITION:

IGNITION (http://ignition.co/) was launched last spring by nanapi, a Japanese media startup. While most internet media companies in the country are pretty focused on the domestic market, nanapi created IGNITION to be a groundbreaking web-based media for international users to learn about new and interesting developments inside Japan. The founding members of the IGNITION team will talk about why they decided to take on this challenge, and how they managed to launch an internationally-focused site without previous international business experience.

Schedule:

[19:00]  Doors open

[19:30 - 19:35]  Introduction

[19:35 - 19:50]  1. What is IGNITION? (Tadayoshi Nagayama, IGNITION founding editor)

[19:50 - 20:05]  2. How we developed IGNITION (Ryo Tezuka, nanapi engineer)

[20:05 - 20:20]  3. Digital media in Japan and overseas (Kensuke Furukawa, nanapi CEO)

[20:20 - 20:50]  4. Meet Up

[21:00]  Close


Venue sponsor:

Syn.Holdings (http://www.syndot.jp/)

Venue:

Syn. Holdings office

2nd Floor Open Space, Tatsumura Aoyama Building,

5-4-35, Minamiaoyama, Minato-ku,

Tokyo[masked], Japan

(When you arrive, you will see 2 entrances. Please enter the glass door on the right hand side. There will be a security door, so our staff members will be there to open it. Please leave your name card to them or let them know you name. Then, come up the stairs to the 2nd floor and take a left.)

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  • Megan

    Really interesting presentation! Great hearing from several different perspectives/presenters. Looking forward to the next event!

    1 · June 20

  • Kenji

    Well organized and prepared event. I'm excited to hear what they aim at by starting IGNITION website.

    1 · June 20

  • JaredCampion

    fantastic event and group of people, I will be back!

    1 · June 19

  • frederic

    Couldn't stay till the end but interesting presentations in a great location ;)

    1 · June 19

  • Kevin

    Many thanks for the fun and informative event!

    2 · June 19

  • Allan

    Excellent presentation.

    2 · June 19

  • Søren

    The speakers obviously prepared. Wonderfully diverse community.

    3 · June 18

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