August 2015 JPNYC Startups Event - How SmartNews entered the US market

How SmartNews expanded into the US market

We are super excited to announce our upcoming event, featuring SmartNews, a Japanese startup that is even popular in the US! Expect to learn about:

• How SmartNews got started

• How to bring Japanese services to the US market and capture US customers

• Feedback from North American users

We are also planning to have an interactive discussion with the SmartNews team.

If you want to learn about cross-cultural business between US-Japanese markets, discover new technology, and meet other enthusiastic technologists, please come and join us at Pivotal Labs! (and hang out afterwards at a bar nearby)

Agenda:

-6:30pm Door opens/ Networking
-7:00pm Opening Remarks
-7:15pm Speaker : Kosuke Fujitaka - Media Business Development, SmartNews
Group Discussion for SmartNews Business
-8:00pm Announcements & Open Networking

About SmartNews
SmartNews is the news discovery app used by millions around the world, winning multiple “App of The Year” awards. Its powerful machine learning algorithms evaluate more than 10 million articles and signals a day to help you discover the 10-20 most interesting and important stories that matter right now.

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Speaker Kosuke Fujitaka

Media Business Development, SmartNews
As a cross-cultural ambassador, Kosuke joined SmartNews as its first US-based employee to help the company expand. Currently, he helps US publisher partners engage new audiences with SmartNews. Previously, Kosuke was a financial controller at Sony Ericsson and co-founded TokyoArtBeat and NYArtBeat.

A special thanks to Pivotal Labs for providing us a space for our event!

We hope that this event will be a place where Japan & NY people can come collaborate. Looking forward to seeing you all!

Masa, Yu & Toby