Supporting Female Entrepreneurs in Japan and Creating Global Networks w/ Thao Koyama
On this episode of Small Business Japan I talk with Thao Koyama, a Vietnamese entrepreneur in Tokyo who is running her consulting businesses while growing her cosmetics and beauty care company Eldoraku. Stay tuned to hear about her passion for supporting female foreign entrepreneurs in Japan and connecting the world with quality Made-in-Japan products. Thao Koyama is a Vietnamese entrepreneur, wife, mother and founder of Eldoraku, a platform operated on mobile devices that introduces a wide range of products focusing on Japanese cosmetics and gifts. After earning her master's degree and working for Asahi Brewery she eventually felt she needed to leave to follow her passion for cosmetics and beauty care and create Eldoraku. She is also hosting an online program to provide Japanese information in her native language, helping Vietnamese across the globe understand and appreciate the beauty of her second hometown, Japan. Along with working with various women's business and empowerment groups in Tokyo and promoting various events with them, Thao was awarded the “Young leaders creating a better world for all” award at the Women Economic Forum 2020 in Cairo, Egypt.