"Masami is authentic, speaks from the heart, and is driven by enormous passion and purpose." Thaddeus Lawrence
Masami was born in Japan but her desire to expand her horizons took her on a global journey. She became deeply concerned about the inequalities and other challenges that existed in the world. Since then, she has endeavoured to create real WIN-WIN connections across all cultures, people and organisations to realise a different world.
She has been a serial entrepreneur since 2001, starting and running several commercial enterprises all aiming to transform the way businesses are operated today. And by taking a completely new look at the power of giving, she founded B1G1 (Buy1GIVE1) in 2007.
Masami’s approach to life is very different. She brings a new, almost upside-down strategy to everything she does.
She brings these new perspectives in topic such as effective giving (transforming the CSR concept), organisational change and corporate sustainability.
She also radiates her principles through her writing and speaking. She has authored four books including, ‘JOY - The gift of acceptance, trust and love’, ‘GIVING BUSINESS – Creating the maximum impact in the meaning-driven world’, ‘Better Business, Better Life, Better World’ and 'LEGACY - the Sustainable Development Goals in Action'.
About B1G1
Masami is the CEO of B1G1 (www.b1g1.com), a global giving initiative that’s grown into a global movement. B1G1 helps businesses embed giving right into the heart of their everyday activities connecting them with more than 500 carefully selected high-impact giving projects.
Lead by Masami, the B1G1 giving movement has brought together more than 2,500 businesses and these businesses have created over 200 million giving impacts to date.
This event will be English and may include Japanese on audience request.
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The Global Impact:
Founder and CEO of B1G1 (BUY1GIVE1) that has created over 200 million giving impacts.
'The Power of Small' : 2-time TEDx Speaker — Masami's journey inspires audience of all kinds
Recognitions: Sustainable Business Award — Special Recognition for SDGs, and Finalist, Inspired Leadership Award
Thought-Leadership: Author of 3 books and curator of 2 Inter…
The Global Impact:
Founder and CEO of B1G1 (BUY1GIVE1) that has created over 200 million giving impacts.
'The Power of Small' : 2-time TEDx Speaker — Masami's journey inspires audience of all kinds
Recognitions: Sustainable Business Award — Special Recognition for SDGs, and Finalist, Inspired Leadership Award
Thought-Leadership: Author of 3 books and curator of 2 International Bestsellers
Cultural Change: Fresh insights into the creation of a great company culture
Masami was born in Japan but her desire to expand her horizons took her on a global journey. She became deeply concerned about the inequalities and other challenges that existed in the world. Since then, she has endeavoured to create real WIN-WIN connections across all cultures, people and organisations to realise a different world.
She has been a serial entrepreneur since 2001, starting and running several commercial enterprises all aiming to transform the way businesses are operated today. And by taking a completely new look at the power of giving, she founded B1G1 (Buy1GIVE1) in 2007.
Masami’s approach to life is very different. She brings a new, almost upside-down strategy to everything she does.
She brings these new perspectives in topic such as effective giving (transforming the CSR concept), organisational change and corporate sustainability.
She also radiates her principles through her writing and speaking. She has authored four books including, ‘JOY - The gift of acceptance, trust and love’, ‘GIVING BUSINESS – Creating the maximum impact in the meaning-driven world’, ‘Better Business, Better Life, Better World’ and 'LEGACY - the Sustainable Development Goals in Action'.
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Michelle Messina is CEO of the international advisory and training firm, Explora International. She is a serial entrepreneur and sold her first company at 19 years old. Today, she is a corporate board member and trains start-ups, investors, and mentors to be more effective, using the best practices of Silicon Valley incorporated in her book ”Decoding Silicon Valley: The Insider’s Guide.” Michelle has worked in more than 50 countries and has heard 5000+ pitches from tech, textiles, food, and services companies.
Born in Osaka, initially established an English conversation school in 2004 and then launched "YOLO JAPAN" in 2016, making full use of 14 years of foreign employment know-how such as English conversation tutoring project in Tokyo, Osaka, online English conversation project and others.
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Nayana is an applied mathematics and computing graduate. She started her career by developing intuitive platforms but, her passion for local food and village self-dependency made her take up the entrepreneurial route. She is now actively involved in the development of next-generation hybrid communication networks for rural India. She is also setting up a digital enablement and interfacing platform that makes getting businesses online cost-effectively. This platform would simultaneously help create jobs in developing and underdeveloped countries. Her principles for developing a business model are sustainability, ecological harmony and empowerment to the vulnerable sections of the society. Linkedin profile.
After working for various companies for 11 years, in India, UAE and Japan, in 2006 I started my first company, Blue Horse Corporation to trading of food, clothing and electronic products. Thanks to Wealth Dynamics, I could clearly understand my path of least resistance and started enjoying business and life, connected with amazing people through various business network meetings. I co-founded Endeavour Japan to organize events sharing and spread knowledge and now part of Startup Grind Tokyo. I enjoy connecting people, helping, learning and growing together! Linkedin profile. Read my article in the Lead Magazine.
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