Black Flow

AlphaDrive Inc. President and CEO Yoichi Aso

Artwork Description

At the end of 2023, I was hit by the hardest things in my life as an entrepreneur. I couldn't do anything on my own. No matter how much I struggled or how I moved, I felt like everything was being swallowed up in darkness in the big waves, and many emotions swirled in my heart, including pain, loneliness, and deep sadness. This work was created in response to the violent and large currents and waves that I could not control. But even in the midst of a hopeless, hopeless wave, we can continue to find even a tiny ray of hope and possibility. That alone can give us the strength to take a step forward in the midst of difficult days. I hope you can get a sense of what it feels like to be an entrepreneur.

Entrepreneurial Profile

After graduating from university, he joined Recruit Co., Ltd. He founded Nijibox Co., Ltd. as an in-house entrepreneur and expanded the company to 150 people as the founding president. As the head of the new business development department at Recruit Holdings, he founded a team of 1,500 in-house entrepreneurs, and as the director of the entrepreneur support office TECH LAB PAAK, he supported the founding of 300 startup companies. In 2018, he became an entrepreneur. In 2019, he acquired Uzabase, and simultaneously founded several companies, including AlphaDrive Inc., which continues to grow, and Genome Clinic Inc., a genome and gene analysis company. In addition to being an outside director of Amuse and Ashiro, he also serves as an executive officer of several listed companies as a professional manager. As an investor, he is a venture partner at UB Ventures, a venture capital firm, and also works as a private investor. He has a track record of investing in entrepreneurs in the early stages of their business. His startup boot camp "Starting a Business from Scratch" specializes in the startup stage, and supports startups from scratch at the very start of their business. His book "Practical Theory of New Businesses" is available.

■Details

• Artist: The Entrepreneur Art Exhibition
• Production year: 2023
• Edition: Unique piece
  
• Size: H220×W273×D20(mm)
• Material: Acrylic on Canvas
• Delivery time: Approximately 2 weeks to 1 month after the end of the event
  
• Handling: PlusArt Co., Ltd.

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