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 (https://nanapi.jp/), 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 (https://www.google.com/maps/place/Syn.%E3%83%9B%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AB%E3%83%87%E3%82%A3%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B0%E3%82%B9%E6%A0%AA%E5%BC%8F%E4%BC%9A%E7%A4%BE/@35.66181,139.713529,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m2!3m1!1s0x60188b60f1c92e9f:0x32ea321aeca0d644?hl=en)

2nd Floor Open Space, Tatsumura Aoyama Building,

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

Tokyo 107-0062, 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.)