Overcoming the 'Valley of Death' in New Business Development (Event on June 24)

The 'quality' of decision-making determines the fate of executives. What evidence did those who created new markets from scratch rely on when deciding to move forward? In fields where no one knows the right answer, how did they build evidence and continue taking risks? This event will explore the 'new ventures' and the 'valley of death'—only those who have overcome it understand the true resolution of decision-making. The thinking frameworks for taming uncertainty with logic and data will be fully revealed in an offline, closed environment. Your decision-making compass will leave sharper than when you arrived.

Highlights of this seminar

The humanoid AI 'Rachel,' designed to support store managers, has been widely implemented in real-world operations. Behind this new venture lies the relentless effort of frontline staff. From the perspective of a business director, we will reveal the secrets of overcoming the 'valley of death,' including the struggles of new business development and the gap in understanding between management and frontline teams—the unique organizational challenges inherent in launching new ventures.

Event Overview Date: Wednesday, June 24, 2026, 19:00–21:30 Location: Tokyo Metropolitan Area Target Audience: Executives, successors, and new business leaders nationwide Theme: 'How to Build Justification in New Business Development and Business Revitalization'

Speakers

Ryuhei Nakamura

CooGa Inc. / Director, Business Strategy

Engaged in new business development using cutting-edge technologies at a European VR startup, Disney Japan, and Sigmaxysis. Involved in projects including SNS data analytics, web marketing data analysis, subscription video services, and VR military simulation training. Since 2022, led the business development of 'Rachel' at CooGa, and subsequently participated in launching a consulting business supporting DX and generative AI adoption.

Manabu Enodo, Former Regional Bank Branch Manager

Worked in corporate sales and lending at a regional bank, deeply involved in corporate finance support and M&A. At headquarters, led the launch of an alternative investment team, including private equity funds—a major project in the market operations division. Later served as a branch manager in Tokyo, building a broad career spanning both frontline operations and financial management.

Kazuma Toba

Monster Bank Inc. / CEO

Founded a crowdsourcing service while still in high school and sold the business at age 18. Later founded an advertising and marketing support company, growing it to 60 employees. Sold the business again in 2023. Afterward, working as an employee in product sales, he became acutely aware that corporate adoption decisions are a 'black box'—despite claims like 'we’ll adopt if ROI is good,' actual effectiveness verification is often missing. In 2025, he founded Monster Bank Inc. Today, through the PoC (proof of concept) platform 'Proofly,' the company provides data-driven decision support and end-to-end consulting from proposal drafting to effectiveness verification.

What You’ll Gain from This Seminar 01 | Turning Market Gaps into Conviction 'Looks promising' isn’t enough for executive decisions. We’ll reveal the actual methods used to interpret and filter data to identify viable opportunities in uncharted territories.

02 | The Structure Behind Saying 'We’re Doing This' Vision alone won’t move investors or teams. Learn how to deconstruct abstract ideas into numbers and logic, and build compelling evidence that convinces others.

03 | Reinterpreting Declining Industries as Growth Markets When combined with technology, 'old markets' take on new faces. We’ll share real-world case studies and the updated thinking on revitalizing existing businesses, drawn from the frontlines of DX and business renewal.

Registration Notes This event is a closed seminar for executives and business leaders. Due to speaker requests, recording, filming, or detailed posting on social media is strictly prohibited. Registration will close immediately once capacity is reached, without prior notice.