Naoko Kurosawa

About

Naoko Kurosawa is a startup support professional serving as Senior Manager at TSUCREA Co., Ltd., a Tokyo company that runs incubation facilities, entrepreneurship education and events. On its incubation team she plans and runs seminars and events, advises and mentors entrepreneurs, and manages facility operations. Her company profile says she also took on the launch and running of an e-commerce business operated with a TSUCREA group company. Earlier she worked in the apparel industry in wholesale, retail, store launches, store management, product planning and PR, worked freelance for a period, and handled hiring and training at a language school. She has started a business herself and is a Founder Institute mentor. Naoko brings an operator and founder-support perspective on early-stage business building, incubation programs, retail and product planning, and community events. The role provides direct exposure to the questions first-time entrepreneurs bring to an incubation facility and the support they need to get started. Naoko is particularly relevant to conversations around starting a first business, using incubation facilities and support programs, founder mentoring, and retail and e-commerce launches.