Bangladeshi Startups in Japan

26/12/2020

Weekend Talk
Episode -10
Date: 27 December 2020
Japan Time: 8.00 pm to 9.00 pm
BD Time: 5.00 pm to 6.00 pm

Zoom Meeting Link:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82134204771?pwd=WDJwL0d1OTBNQURkejljOXMwQWtmZz09
Meeting ID: 821 3420 4771
Passcode: UUJP

Guest Entrepreneur:
Ms Segupta Kabir Nodi
Director
Zhumka Bangladesh

Host:
Ms Kana Matsumoto
Uddog o Uddokta Japan Association

Weekend Talk is a regular program of Uddog o Uddokta Japan Association. In this program we invite an entrepreneur to share the entrepreneurial journey.

In our last episode in 2020 we have Ms Nodi to share about her organization. She is one of the key member of Zhumka Bangladesh, which is a development organization in Bangladesh and going to launch Social Business activity.

Ms Nodi is a second generation social entrepreneur. Her mother started the journey of Zhumka Bangladesh. Ms Nodi completed BBA and Professional Masters in HRM, she has 7 years working experience in Admin and HR field. Now she is working to establish this organization as a successful social entrepreneurship.

Zhumka Bangladesh has been working as development organization for 20 years and they working for women skill and livelihood development. Recently they are moving to establish social Business to make their works sustainable.

We will listen their journey and their interest about Social Business and we will sort out how “Uddog o Uddokta Japan Association” can support them.

Anyone can join us and contribute by giving your suggestions.

12/12/2020

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উদ্যোগ ও উদ্যোক্তা জাপান এসোসিয়েশন এর মূল লক্ষ্য জাপানে/জাপানের সাথে ব্যবসায় করার জন্য বিদেশী উদ্যোক্তাদেরকে সহযোগীতা করা। বিদেশীদের মধ্যে আমাদের প্রথম লক্ষ্য বাংলাদেশী উদ্যোক্তা।
আমরা মূলত কাজ করছি Startup এবং Micro Entrepreneur দের নিয়ে। যারা মনে করছেন আমাদের এক্সপার্ট প্যানেল এর কনসাল্টিং সাপোর্ট প্রয়োজন এবং আমাদের নেটওয়ার্ক এ সংযুক্ত হতে চেয়েছেন তাদের নিয়ে এই বছর আমরা “Weekend Talk” নামক একটি ইভেন্ট করেছি, যার ০৯ টি পর্ব সমাপ্ত হয়েছে। এই বছর আমাদের ১০ টি পর্ব করার লক্ষ্য ছিল। এই মাসে সর্বশেষ পর্ব অনুষ্ঠিত হবে, সম্ভাব্য তারিখ ২০/২৭ ডিসেম্বর।
আমাদের এই গ্রুপ থেকে বা গ্রুপের রিকমেন্ডেশনে এই পর্বে কেউ অংশ নিতে আগ্রহী হলে যোগযোগ করার অনুরোধ করছি। Weekend Talk এ অংশ নিয়ে আপনি আপনার ব্যবসায়ের পরিচিতি আমাদের সাথে তুলে ধরতে পারেন। বাংলাদেশ বা জাপান যে কোন জায়গায় থেকে অংশগ্রহন করতে পারেন তবে অবশ্যই ব্যবসায়িক আইডিয়া জাপানের সাথে সম্পৃক্ত হতে হবে।

05/12/2020

UU JP Weekend Talk: Episode 09
Annex Leather & Mustafa Dipu

“Annex Leather Limited” is a Leather Goods Manufacturer, Supplier & Exporter from Bangladesh. In 2016, a company has started journey naming “Annex Bangladesh” by Five(5) enthusiast entrepreneurs. Within 2 years only Annex Leather Limited became popular to its clients. Annex offers a complete range of finished leather goods in competitive price, in house leather sourcing facility maintaining quality control strictly from tanning up to finished product.

Founder & Managing Director Md.Mostafa Dipu is operating this business towards success with his dedicated team members. Mr. Dipu has strong passion for business from his student life. After graduation, he analyzed the business opportunities which is more appropriate as export oriented business in Bangladesh and then he decided to work in leather industry. He tried to learn about leather industry in academic and practical environment. Now he is also mentoring prospective entrepreneurs who are preparing to come in this industry.

Annex Leather is looking for the business opportunity in Japanese market and they are eager to know about the process. The expert team of Uddog o Uddokta Japan is going to support them here!

We are going to listen the business thought of Annex Leather from Mr. Dipu in our next Weekend Talk.

Date: 06 December 2020
JP time: 8 to 9 pm
BD time: 5 to 6 pm
Event Link:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84479547158?pwd=RzlPay9RdDRmMFBVR3ppVTlPcG93QT09

Meeting ID: 844 7954 7158
Passcode: UUJP

Live from:

https://www.facebook.com/uddogouddoktajapan/

13/09/2020

U&U Weekend Talk: Episode 01
We know that Japan labor market are increasing day by day for the foreigners, although there are lots of challenges but still it’s a good market considering salary and benefits as well as honor and living standard.

In this week we have two energetic young entrepreneurs, who will share about their recruitment consulting activities in Japan.
They are working to create new job opportunities in Japan for foreigners especially for Bangladeshi. We would like to hear there stories, challenges and future steps. Hope it will help to the new entrepreneurs as a good experience learning as well as job entry preparation in Japan for the employment seekers.

Please Fix your schedule to attend the meeting just in time:
Date: 13 September 2020, Sunday
JP time: 8-9 pm, BD time: 5-6 pm

Meeting Link:
Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/8500224610?pwd=YUZTZUg4Ymd1Mkp2RnZtdmFjQ3Z4QT09

Meeting ID: 850 022 4610
Passcode: UUJA

29/05/2020

As of 2020, the population of Japan is 125,320,000 people. Forecasts suggest that this will drop to 110,920,000 people by 2040, and 92,840,000 people by 2060. In addition, the ratio of elderly persons in the population is 29.1% in 2020, and is predicted to increase to 36.1% by 2040 and 38.1% by 2060.
Japan is a nation facing new challenges stemming from major changes to its industrial and social structures.

Remarks: Categories of items are based on the status of items in the Balance of Trade Source: Trade Statistics, Ministry of Finance Remarks

09/05/2020

COVID-19 in Japan: Startups Excelling in a Time of Crisis

Although the number of confirmed cases is lower compared to neighboring countries such as South Korea and China, Japan has been extremely cautious about any activities that could further the spread of this virus. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has recently announced the closure of all elementary, middle, and high schools across the country. In addition, there are many closed attractions including popular museums and amusement parks. Corporations have been encouraging employees to work remotely, which goes against the traditional working culture of Japan. Japan has definitely become more agile since the official announcement made by Abe. Whether or not this new remote work style will be something permanent, it is safe to say that the startup ecosystem in Japan is shifting to meet the needs created by this new environment.
The following nine startups have made an impact in this time of crisis.

The startup ecosystem in Japan is shifting to meet the needs created by the new situation in which the Japanese are working from home.

08/05/2020

JETRO conducted an out-of-cycle survey in order to understand the impacts of the COVID-19 on foreign-affiliated companies in Japan as well as their needs for supports. The survey was conducted from April 2nd to 10th and collected answers from 376 companies. The summary of survey results is as follows.

Summary of Survey Preliminary Results :
⏹ 93.4％ answered negative impacts of COVID-19
62.5% of the companies answered the COVID-19 has had “Negative” impacts on their business while 30.9% answered “Slightly negative.” Combined, 93.4% answered the virus has had negative impacts on them. As for the nature of the impacts, the top answers were those coming from the decrease in demands, as 68.4% chose “decrease in sales/orders.”

⏹ Companies less enthusiastic about expanding business
For future development of business in Japan, the top answer was “Maintain the current business” (37.5％), followed by “Expanding as scheduled” and “Delaying the expansion” (22.6％ for both answers). Compared to the FY2019 survey, companies are less enthusiastic about expanding business.

⏹ Many companies in need to secure/increase clients/consumers
The largest number of companies, 51.3%, answered “Secure/increase clients/consumers” as a difficulty in managing business under the current circumstances. In particular, 55.6% of non-manufacturing companies chose the answer, the rate of which was almost 10% higher than the manufacturing (46.2％). This answer was followed by “Secure the cash flow (29.5％), which reflected the companies’ needs for some financial support.

JETRO conducted an out-of-cycle survey in order to understand the impacts of the COVID-19 on foreign-affiliated companies in Japan as well as their needs for supports. The survey was conducted from April 2nd to 10th and collected answers from 376 companies. The summary of survey results is as follow...

28/04/2020

জনাব মো হাসান আল মামুন,
প্রাণ-আরএফএল গ্রুপ দিয়ে ক্যারিয়ার শুরু করেন, তারপর কাজ করেছেন প্যারাডাইজ গ্রুপ, মেঘনা গ্রুপ এবং অলিম্পিক গ্রুপ অব কেম্পানিজ এ HR Department এ। মাস্টার্স করেছেন ম্যানেজমেন্ট এ, এবং মার্কেটিং এ MBA। HRM নিয়ে Post Graduate Diploma করেছেন। চাকরির পাশাপাশি HR ট্রেনিং এবং কনসালটেন্সির সাথে জড়িত। তরুন নেতৃত্বের বিকাশ এবং নতুনদের পেশাগত উন্নয়নে কাজ করছেন বিভিন্ন সামাজিক সংগঠনের সাথে।

তার কাছ থেকে আমরা জানবো Startup Entrepreneurship এর ক্ষেত্রে বা যে কোন ব্যবসায়ের ক্ষেত্রে HR Plan and Management কেমন হওয়া উচিত এবং তীর প্রস্তুতি কীভাবে নিতে হবে। আগামী ৬ মাস/১ বছর এর মধ্যে যারা ব্যবসায় শুরু করবেন বা ব্যবসায়িক পরিবর্তন এর চিন্তা করছেন তাদের জন্য এই সময়টা উপযুক্ত পরিকল্পনা করার জন্য। করোনা মহামারিতে বাহিরের কার্যক্রম প্রায় বন্ধ বলে এই সময়টা আমরা কাজে লাগাতে পারি ব্যবসায়িক পরিকল্পনা এবং প্রস্তুতি সম্পন্ন করার মধ্যে দিয়ে। ব্যবসায়িক পরিকল্পনার একটি অন্যতম অংশ হল “HR Management Planing”, সে বিষয়ে জানতে আমাদের এই আয়োজন।

উদ্যোগ ও উদ্যোক্তা ফোরাম জাপান, বাংলাদেশ-জাপান কেন্দ্রীক যারা ব্যবসায় করার চিন্তা করছে বা ইতোমধ্যে ব্যবসায়ে সম্পৃক্ত তাদের নিয়ে কাজ করছে। বিশেষ জাপানে বাংলাদেশী তরুন শিক্ষার্থীদের মধ্যে যারা “Startup Entrepreneur” হিসেবে ক্যারিয়ার শুরু করতে আগ্রহী তাদের নিয়ে কাজ করছে। তাদের জ্ঞান ও দক্ষতা উন্নয়নে আমাদের এই প্রয়াস এবং নতুন নতুন বিষয় ও অতিথি নিয়ে আমাদের এই আয়োজন অব্যাহত থাকবে।

UUFJ Online Session 01 এ আপনি নিয়ে চাইলে সরাসরি অংশ নিতে পারেন, প্রশ্ন করতে পারেন, আপনার অভিজ্ঞতা তুলে ধরতে পারেন আমাদের সাথে।
Zoom Meeting ID: 850 022 4610

26/04/2020

HR LEADer
Online Summit
MAY 13th - 15th, 2020
Watch 30 Hand-Picked EXPERTS sharing practical examples, strategies and advices to overcome COVID-19 pandemic and make your team and organization stronger.

30 HR PROS sharing their best tactics and steps you need to take now to be a winner during COVID-19!

23/04/2020