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Beyond Co., Ltd., a server maintenance company, has created the Women Entrepreneurs Aid Project using cloud support to assist female entrepreneurs. As the first part of this, they released the High School Girl Startup Lab service on May 25 which offers one year of server construction, maintenance, and development for free.
■ Why is the High School Girl Startup Lab Service Being Offered?
With the spread and growth of IT, cases of entrepreneurs starting businesses in their teens are becoming more and more common. There are also many issues and challenges female entrepreneurs face, though, and according to the Ministry of Internal Affairs’ employment status service, as well as the Questionnaire Survey for Female Entrepreneurs, the income for 70% of individuals is under 1 million yen. When comparing ages between female and male entrepreneurs when starting a business, women are an average of 4.5 years younger, and women at a younger age (and therefore with less work experience) have a lower chance of getting funds or relevant experience, leaving them in a difficult position to start a business. In short, women often have higher hurdles to jump compared to their male counterparts. There are also those who find themselves with a good idea but without the skills to actualize that idea. This service is therefore dedicated to offering a free server, as well as development support with the goal of increasing the number of young female entrepreneurs and therefore helping Japan as a whole.
■ High School Girl Startup Lab Service Details
Initial server construction (infrastructure plan, initial setup, middleware installation program, FW access control, user account setup, backups, and protection), server expenses, application support, and development support are all free for one year (with a business proposal screening). Service is aimed to start within the year.
■ What is the Women Entrepreneurs Aid Project?
Started by Beyond Co., Ltd., this new project aims to help female entrepreneurs through the problems they face when starting a business using server maintenance. This is the first of three services being prepared.
Source: @Press
