こんな人に私はなりたい

気がつけば、還暦もとうに過ぎた。

いま、私は営業コンサルティング、ビジネスマッチング、経営者コミュニティの運営という三本柱で活動している。

ＮＣＵ合同会社でかつ経営者育成研究会を主宰している。

北海道・札幌で生まれたのは1963年の丑三つ時。中学時代は転校生としていじめられ、高校では「男女交際同好会」なる謎の団体を立ち上げるも、3年間にわたり会員ゼロを貫いた。大学受験では運を天に任せてマークシートを塗りつぶし、東北大学工学部へ潜り込む。しかし5年半かけてアルバイトの屈辱を学なぶのみで、キャンパスは恐ろしく遠く、ひっそりと横から卒業した。

バブルの追い風に乗ってOA機器販売会社に拾われ、コピー機が売れずにドコモショップ運営会社に身売り。何も専務として新たな風を浴びながら代理店構築に奔走した。その後、1999年にはITベンチャーで一発逆転を狙うもすぐに資金が尽きて撤退。2013年には外資系保険会社で蔵を立てようと新たな野望を抱くも、泥水をすする。50歳を超えて受話器をテープで括り付けバカみたいにテレアポを開始、泣きながら法人営業を学ぶ。2年間で8000件のテレアポをこなし、経営者人脈を広げ、いざ鎌倉と思ったところで、2020年、コロナが始まる。

36歳で起業したのは何だったのか？

その問いに答えを出すべく再起業を決意し、2021年にＮＣＵを設立。秋には経営者育成研究会を立ち上げた。会員は全国1000名超、有料会員「プレミアム」も増え続けている。経営者同士の対談番組は130回を超え、二年間のマッチング実績は3000件を超えた。AIマッチング支援「L-Bizmatch」も始動した。

2025年１月、東京では79人の経営者ランチ会、今月は札幌で道内外から102人の交流会を開催。

現在、次の目標は明確である。2026年には有料会員300名、1000名のがちがちの経営者コミュニティを創りたい。

2028年11月に研究会事業からひっそりと引退し、徒歩で日本一周の旅に出る予定である。

人生とは、どこかで自分を笑い飛ばせるかどうかが鍵である。私はこれからも「人と人をつなぐプロフェッショナル」として、人生という荒波を泳ぎ続けるつもりだ。 The Kind of Person I Want to Become

Before I knew it, I had long passed sixty.

Today, I work in three main areas: sales consulting, business matchmaking, and managing a community of entrepreneurs. I run NCU LLC and also lead the Executive Development Association.

I was born in the dead of night in 1963, in snowy Sapporo, Hokkaido. In junior high, I was bullied as the new kid. In high school, I started a mysterious club called the "Boys & Girls Relationship Society," which, in its proud three-year history, never gained a single member. I took the university entrance exams with nothing but blind faith and a pencil to fill in the multiple-choice bubbles—somehow sneaking into the engineering faculty at Tohoku University. I spent five and a half years there, not learning much beyond the humiliation of part-time jobs. The campus was far and lonely, and I quietly slipped out with a diploma in hand.

I was lucky to be swept up in the bubble economy and hired by an OA equipment company. But when I couldn’t sell copy machines, I was transferred to a company running Docomo shops. Somehow, I found myself as an executive vice president, chasing dealer partnerships in the telecom world. In 1999, I tried to hit the jackpot with an IT venture, but funds dried up and the dream crumbled quickly. In 2013, I pivoted to a foreign insurance firm, hoping to strike it rich, but ended up drinking the bitter dregs of corporate life.

After turning 50, I strapped a telephone receiver to my hand with tape and dove headfirst into cold-call hell. Crying on the inside, I endured and learned the art of B2B sales. In just two years, I made 8,000 cold calls and started to build a network of business owners. Just as I was ready to finally charge into battle—BAM—COVID hit in 2020.

What was that startup I launched at 36 even for?

To answer that question, I launched a new venture in 2021: NCU LLC. That autumn, I founded the Executive Development Association. Today, the community has over 1,000 members nationwide, with the number of paying “Premium” members steadily increasing. Our series of executive interviews has surpassed 130 episodes, and in just two years, we’ve facilitated more than 3,000 business matches. Our AI-driven matchmaking tool, “L-Bizmatch,” has also kicked off.

In January 2025, we hosted a lunch meeting in Tokyo with 79 entrepreneurs, and this month, we gathered 102 participants for an event in Sapporo.

My next goals are crystal clear. By 2026, I aim to grow the Premium membership to 300 and form a solid, tight-knit community of 1,000 serious entrepreneurs. In November 2028, I plan to quietly retire from the association—and set off on a journey around Japan on foot.

Life, in the end, is about whether or not you can laugh at yourself.

As long as I live, I will continue to swim through the waves of life—proudly, as a professional connector of people.