Entrepreneur Association of Tokyo
Speaker - Caroline Pover, Alexandra Press

2009 October 06, TUESDAY (*FCCJ in Yurakucho - Map)
"Overcoming Adversity to Survive and Prosper"

Profile
Caroline Pover will speak on the scaling up and down of her business activities and how to handle a business when the unexpected occurs based on her personal experience in overcoming health issues to write the Guide to International Schools in Japan.

While teaching by day, Caroline launched her own magazine for foreign women in Japan, ‘Being A Broad’, and interviewed 250 foreign women as she wrote her first book, ‘Being A Broad in Japan: everything a Western woman needs to survive and thrive’ which became a best seller within months.

Establishing Alexandra Press under which to self-publish her book led to further publishing projects and in 2004, she took over the ‘Weekender’ magazine publishing two issues per month, revamping the business until she sold it in 2008. She still publishes the monthly Being A Broad magazine.

Caroline is in demand as a motivational speaker to men and women throughout Japan and was awarded the British Business Award for Best Entrepreneur at the BCCJ in Japan’s 60th anniversary celebrations in 2008.

In 2006, Caroline suffered a series of strokes and underwent major heart surgery. During her recovery, she went back to her first passion, education, and drawing upon her experience completed and published the first ever comprehensive guide to international schools throughout Japan. Still just in her thirties, the book is a testament to her ability to overcome health and business adversity and to prosper.

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Guide to International Schools in Japan
Japanese international schools are now easy to locate with the first ever comprehensive guidebook to international schools in Japan. It gives parents the ability to examine over a hundred schools, all in one publication. No need to gather brochures from many different schools; no need to sit endlessly jumping from one Japanese education related website to another; no need to read between the lines and wonder what’s missing!