Fireside Chat with Akiyuki Minami Representative Director Coconola Inc.,

Plug and Play Shibuya - 1-10-8, Shibuya Dogenzaka Tokyu Bldg 1F, Dogenzaka, Shibuya Tokyo, 150-0043 Tokyo
Tue, Aug 21, 2018, 6:00 PM (JST)

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After graduating from Keio University in April 1999, Mr. Minami has joined the Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation. After gaining experience in the fields of transportation and food service industry he joined Advantage Partners, a pioneer in corporate acquisition fund.

While doing MBA at Oxford University School of Management, Mr. Minami met the head of the Japanese Corporation (NPO).

Mr. Minami left the Advantage Partners in June 2011 after the Great East Japan Earthquake, and established Coconora Inc.,

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Akiyuki Minami

Coconala Inc

Representative Director

Akiyuki Minami

Coconala Inc

He claimed that Coconala connects individuals for buying and selling their skills, aiming to fulfill needs and solve problems unlike typical crowdsourcing platforms. Coconala provides a broad range of services for sellers including fortune-telling, relieving mental anguish, illustration, design, consultation for hobbies and travel destinations. Giving opportunities for users to ask about what they don’t know who they should ask other than their friends is the value proposition of the Coconala platform. That’s why many of services on the platform available for starting at 500 yen (about $4).Tokyo-based Coconala, previously known as WelSelf, offers an online platform under the same name where you can buy and sell knowledge, skills and, experience from users who are willing to teach. Since its launch back in July 2012, the platform has acquired more then 200,000 registered users and over 50,000 micro jobs that you can ask, which has massively increased from 30,000 micro jobs registered as of April.

COCONALA HAS BEEN STEADILY GROWING IN THE LAST THREE YEARS, KEEPING A GROWTH RATE OF 13% ON A MONTHLY BASIS. SINCE THIS RELIES IN LARGE PART ON WORD-OF-MONTH EFFECTS, NOW WE CAN EXPECT THAT OUR USERS RECALL AND RECOGNIZE OUR BRAND.