【Value of a company】

Inside the vision of his company, he never wants to invest “a company”, but to invest “the personality of the president.”

Besides, he also thought that “only those companies who can earn profits while contribute to the society can survive and grow.”

There are some other interesting definitions as well.

Donation: profits for society only
Speculation: profits for yourself only
Investment: profits for both the society and yourself.

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【Good Company】

He mentioned several points.

A company can never develop bigger than the vision of its president.

The way to make a good company is neither perfect management nor astounding strategy, but the virtue of the president.

About this, president Kamada had asked another president from a good company, “how do you become a person of virtue?”

The president answered, “it’s easy! Work for others!”

That’s it!
Sounds easy but difficult.

Except these, President Kamada talked about the common characteristics of the presidents from good company.

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【Entrepreneur experience】

He was teased by his coworkers while he tried to create his company.

Because of his unique philosophy for investment, no one in the investment industry believes he’ll succeed.

He was even considered crazy and out of general knowledge.

Through what he thought was, “there’ll be no chance inside the general knowledge from the same industry.”

“New values will be created at the fields where considered ridiculous.”

Then, after new values were created outside the general knowledge, crisis goes to those who didn’t change and chance goes to those who changed.

Kamakura Investment Incorporation was born exactly from this “non-general knowledge.”

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It’s a seminar, again…
I feel I’ve gone to so many seminars recently.

It was organized by Hibiya College, a public organization, at Hibiya Cultural Library.

At the middle of 3-day holiday, 25 people came, mostly 40s to 50s.

I expected more young people to come since they will stand at the center to drive Japanese society in the future.

The speaker was President Yasuyuki Kamada, the CEO of Kamakura Investment Incorporation.

It has been 5 years since establishment and was run as a style of a NPO organization.

His company only receives money from individual investors who agree with his believes.

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