March 22, 2022
eCommerceInsights.ai Named Winner of AI Excellence...
eCommerceInsights.ai, an NEC X startup graduate, has been named as a winner of the 2022 Artificial Intelligence Excellence Award in the organization category for natural language processing. Presented by the Business Intelligence Group, the AI Excellence Awards program honors organizations, products and individuals who use AI to tackle real-world challenges across the globe. “We are so proud […]
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December 15, 2021
Cheers to Three Years of NEC...
By: Shige Ihara, President & CEO, NEC X NEC X launched in 2018 as a new pathway for outward-bound, open innovation. NEC already had world-class, cutting-edge technology from NEC research and development, but to put the technology to good use, NEC X developed a Corporate Accelerator Program (CAP) to match talented entrepreneurs, known as Entrepreneurs-in-Residence […]
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April 9, 2021
5 Things I Wish Someone Told...
Sukhwinder (Sukhi) Lamba, an NEC X Entrepreneur-in-Residence, was featured in a new interview with Authority Magazine. To learn about his current IoT startup project and entrepreneurial journey, we invite you to read the article here.
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April 5, 2021
15 Startup Terms You Need to...
By Ryoko Hirano, Director of Market and Business Acceleration Whether you’re interested in becoming an entrepreneur, or you’ve already had a long entrepreneurial career, it doesn’t hurt to brush up on your Silicon Valley terminology. A lot of jargon exists out there, but we’ve identified the top 15 terms in the innovator ecosystem you need […]
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February 16, 2021
Steps for Startup Success
By Ryoko Hirano, Director of Market and Business Acceleration At NEC X, we’re always looking for new ways to improve our processes. Working with new startups provides exciting challenges and opportunities that help us grow and adapt our corporate accelerator program (CAP). We understand that the customer always comes first—a value that every entrepreneur, business […]
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October 19, 2020
What’s Happening Now in Technology
By Shige Ihara, President and CEO of NEC X Recently, I was interviewed by Joe McKendrick, of Forbes Magazine, for his article entitled “The Next Boom: How The Post-Covid Future Is Unfolding For Technology Ventures.” In this post, I’ll expand on some of the points I made in that article. A vast amount of exciting technologies […]
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July 27, 2020
Entrepreneur-in-Residence (EIR) Profile Series #2
Meet Sukhi Lamba At a time when there is so much uncertainty, what we do know is that people can change the world. At NEC X, the technologies we accelerate into viable businesses through our incubator program are hand-picked by top NEC Laboratory researchers. Our Entrepreneurs-in-Residence (EIRs) partner with researchers early on, seeking to unveil the extraordinary […]
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July 14, 2020
21 Entrepreneurs Share Their Thoughts on...
Our EIR Massi Genta was featured in CEO Blog Nation’s roundup on the future of entrepreneurship. Massi describes the impact of decentralization and the importance of trust among teams. View his response here, answer #10.
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June 8, 2020
Entrepreneur-in-Residence (EIR) Profile Series #1
Meet Massi Genta At NEC X, driving innovation forward is our mission. We realize that to accomplish such a significant goal, we must rely on our people. Our entrepreneurs are some of the most dynamic, tech-savvy and self-motivated individuals you will find, not just in Silicon Valley, but in the world. Together, we combine the […]
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