Fireside chat with Ms Yumiko Hoshiba, President of Discover 21.

Wednesday, May 15, 2019, 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM UTC

This month, to support women Entrepreneurs, we are hosting Ms Yumiko Hoshiba, President of Discover 21 and a prominent leader in the publishing industry. Nietzsche’s Words from Discover 21, adapted by Haruhiko Shiratori, has sold more than 1.8 million copies for the Tokyo-based publisher founded in 1985.

In-person event

About this event

This month, to support women Entrepreneurs, we are hosting Ms Yumiko Hoshiba, President of Discover 21 and a prominent leader in the publishing industry. Nietzsche’s Words from Discover 21, adapted by Haruhiko Shiratori, has sold more than 1.8 million copies for the Tokyo-based publisher founded in 1985.

Yumiko Hoshiba is the CEO of Discover21, the Japanese publishing company that turned 30 last year. Nietzsche’s Words from Discover 21, adapted by Haruhiko Shiratori, has sold more than 1.8 million copies for the Tokyo-based publisher founded in 1985. 

Mostly publishing business, self-enrichment, practical guidebooks, fiction, and educational books, we regularly travel to international book fairs including Frankfurt, Beijing, and London, on a constant mission to buy and sell rights.

Check out what happened

Speaker

  • Yumiko Hoshiba

    Discover 21

    President

Agenda

10:00 AMReception
10:00 AMFireside Chat
11:00 AMNetworking

Host

  • Tamami Ushiki

    Startupgrind Tokyo

    Founder

Organizers

  • John Kojiro Moriwaka

    Startup Grind Tokyo/Startup Grind Fukuoka/Startup Grind Nagoya

    Chapter Director/Director/CEO/CIO/Columnist

  • Tamami Ushiki

    Mentor

  • Satoko Serizawa

    Team Member

  • Joey Li

    Founders Lair

    Team Member

  • Saki .

    Team Member

  • Luke Tanaka

    Startup Grind Fukuoka/Nagoya

    MC

  • Yoshiaki Ushifusa

    Startup Grind Fukuoka

    Team Memebr