D O W H AT Y O U L O V E L O V E W H AT Y O U D O

I A N K E N N E D Y - S M A R T N E W S S A N F R A N C I S C O - M A R C H 9

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D I S C O V E R Y

• New perspectives to readers

• New readers to publishers

S M A R T E N G I N ES M A R T N E W S

A N A LY S I S

I N T E R N AT I O N A L

• Algorithms are language agnostic

• Japanese - 130 million*

• English - 840 million*

• Capital Markets

• Engineering

• Global HQ in SF

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_languages_by_total_number_of_speakers

H O W D I D I G E T H E R E ?

• Born NYC, Japanese mother

• UC Berkeley, History

• Tokyo (IT support, Kyodo)

• Princeton (Dow Jones)

• SF (Six Apart, Yahoo)

• Finland (Nokia)

• SF (Gigaom, SmartNews)

S K I L L S

• Japanese culture

• Learned how to learn

• Computer hardware

• Online publishing

• Social media

• Mobile development

• Hacker

• Community management

T R Y M A N Y D O O R SG O W I T H T H E F L O W - L I S T E N T O Y O U R G U T

P E R S O N A L B R A N D

• Learn by doing

• Think out loud

• Read, Write, Curate

• Become a connector

• 60-second personal pitch

• Never stay home

H O W T O P I C K A C O M PA N Y

• Maximize exposure to learning opportunities

• Choose role based on story you’ll tell the next company

• Startups give you more opportunity to learn

P R A C T I C A L T I P S

• LinkedIn, not Facebook

• Meetups

• Hackdays

• How to research & stalk a company

T O O L S

• about.me

• wordpress.com medium.com

• google photos

• twitter lists

• google alerts

• crunchbase, mattermark, angel.co, product hunt

• TWIST podcasts

A P P R O A C H

• Pick a company or product you love

• Use that product, evangelize

• How can you help that company in Japan?

• Local market insights

• 2-page pitch

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