Support device, support program, and support method

Abstract

To provide a support device, a support program, and a support method evaluating business entities that have been for a short time since their establishment and supporting the collection of information on these business entities.SOLUTION: A support device supports evaluation of a business entity in a support system in which a server device and a user terminal are communicatively connected via a communication network. The server device includes a business entity information acquisition unit that acquires business entity information including property information that is information about the properties of a manager of the business entity, a business entity evaluation unit that evaluates the business entity based on at least the property information, and a presentation unit that presents results of the evaluation to a user.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

[Technical Field]

[0001] The present invention relates to an assistance device, an assistance program, and an assistance method. [Background technology]

[0002] In recent years, companies have been evaluated using a variety of methods. [Prior art documents] [Patent documents]

[0003] [Patent Document 1] Patent No. 5005843 Summary of the Invention [Problem to be solved by the invention]

[0004] For example, Patent Document 1 provides indices such as the MBA index, the MOT index, and the MOS index, which are used to evaluate companies.

[0005] However, the method disclosed in Patent Document 1 can only be applied to companies with a long history of business and sufficient data on these indicators, and it is difficult for companies that have just been established to prepare these indicators. Furthermore, it is difficult to obtain evaluated information in venture investments that invest in companies that have just been established.

[0006] The present invention has been made in view of this background, and aims to evaluate newly established business entities and to assist in the collection of information on these business entities. [Means for solving the problem]

[0007] In order to solve the above problems, the support device disclosed herein for supporting the evaluation of business entities includes a business entity information acquisition unit that acquires business entity information including property information that is information about the properties of the business entity's manager, a business entity evaluation unit that evaluates the business entity based on at least the property information, and a presentation unit that presents the results of the evaluation to a user.

[0008] Other problems and solutions disclosed in this application will be made clear in the section on preferred embodiments of the invention and the drawings. [Effects of the Invention]

[0009] The present invention can be used to evaluate start-up businesses and assist in gathering information about these businesses. [Brief explanation of the drawings]

[0010] [Figure 1] 1 is a diagram illustrating an example of the overall configuration of a support system according to an embodiment of the present invention. [Figure 2] 2 is a diagram illustrating an example of a hardware configuration of a server device 1 according to the embodiment. FIG. [Figure 3] 2 is a diagram illustrating an example of a functional configuration of a server device 1 according to the embodiment. FIG. [Figure 4] 10 is a diagram showing an example of business entity information stored in a business entity information storage unit 131. FIG. [Figure 5] FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating an example of processing performed by the server device 1 according to the embodiment. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0011] <Summary of the Invention> [Item 1] A support device for supporting evaluation of an entity, comprising: a business entity information acquisition unit that acquires business entity information including property information that is information about the property of the manager of the business entity; a business entity evaluation unit that evaluates the business entity based on at least the property information; a presentation unit that presents the evaluation results to a user; An assistance device comprising: [Item 2] The characteristic information is information on the performance of the manager. Item 1. The assistive device according to item 1. [Item 3] the entity information includes the disposition information regarding one or more of the managers of each of the entities; the business entity evaluation unit evaluates the business entity based on the property information of the plurality of managers belonging to the business entity; 3. The assistive device according to item 1 or 2. [Item 4] the business entity evaluation unit evaluates the business entity based on the information on the property information that the user considers important, selected by a selection operation received from the user. 3. The assistive device according to item 1 or 2. [Item 5] the business entity evaluation unit evaluates the business entity by statistically analyzing the property information and growth information of the business entity; 3. The assistive device according to item 1 or 2. [Item 6] An assistance program to assist entities in their evaluations, The processor a business entity information acquisition step of acquiring business entity information including property information that is information about the property of the manager of the business entity; a business entity evaluation unit that evaluates the business entity based on at least the property information; a presentation step of presenting the evaluation result to a user; A support program to help you achieve this. [Item 7] A method for supporting evaluation of an entity, comprising: The processor: a business entity information acquisition step of acquiring business entity information including property information that is information about the property of the manager of the business entity; a business entity evaluation unit that evaluates the business entity based on at least the property information; a presentation step of presenting the evaluation result to a user; Support methods to implement the above.

[0012] 1 is a diagram showing an example of the overall configuration of an evaluation system according to one embodiment of the present invention. The evaluation system of this embodiment is configured to include a server device 1. The server device 1 is communicably connected to a user terminal 3 via a communication network 2. The communication network 2 is, for example, the Internet, and is constructed using a public telephone network, a mobile phone network, a wireless communication path, Ethernet (registered trademark), or the like.

[0013] ==Server device 1== The server device 1 may be, for example, a general-purpose computer such as a workstation or a personal computer, or may be logically realized by cloud computing. In this embodiment, for convenience of explanation, one server device is illustrated as an example, but this is not limited to this and multiple servers may be used.

[0014] ==User terminal 3== The user terminal 3 is a computer used by a user who performs investment operations. For example, it is a smartphone, tablet computer, personal computer, wearable computer, etc. The user can access the server device 1 using, for example, an application or a web browser executed on the user terminal 3.

[0015] FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an example of the hardware configuration of the server device 1. Note that the illustrated configuration is an example, and other configurations may also be used. The server device 1 includes a processor 101, a memory 102, a storage device 103, a communication interface 104, an input device 105, and an output device 106. The storage device 103 stores various data and programs, and is, for example, a hard disk drive, a solid state drive, or a flash memory. The communication interface 104 is an interface for connecting to the communication network 2, and is, for example, an adapter for connecting to Ethernet (registered trademark), a modem for connecting to a public telephone network, a wireless communication device for wireless communication, a USB (Universal Serial Bus) connector or an RS232C connector for serial communication, etc. The input device 105 is, for example, a keyboard, a mouse, a touch panel, a button, a microphone, etc. for inputting data. The output device 106 is, for example, a display, a printer, a speaker, etc. for outputting data. Each functional unit of the server device 1, which will be described later, is realized by the processor 101 reading a program stored in the storage device 103 into the memory 102 and executing it, and each storage unit of the server device 1 is realized as part of the storage area provided by the memory 102 and the storage device 103.

[0016] Fig. 3 shows the functional configuration of the server device 1. As shown in Fig. 3, the server device 1 includes storage units, namely, a business entity information storage unit 131 and an evaluation index information storage unit 132, and processing units, namely, a business entity information acquisition unit 111, a business entity evaluation unit 112, a presentation unit 113, and an analysis unit 114.

[0017] The business entity information storage unit 131 and the evaluation index information storage unit 132 will be described below.

[0018] The business entity information storage unit 131 stores information about business entities to be evaluated, as shown in Fig. 4. Examples of business entity information include, but are not limited to, company name, date of establishment, capital, business details, address, contact information, manager information, founder information, shareholder information, and growth information (e.g., trends in fundraising amounts, trends in stock prices, trends in sales, trends in profits, trends in number of employees, etc.). Note that manager information includes, but is not limited to, characteristic information, such as the names of one or more managers for each business entity and their respective characteristics (including information on educational background, work history, qualifications held, business achievements, etc.).

[0019] In this embodiment, the term "business entity" refers to any unit that conducts business, and examples include, but are not limited to, business entities such as organizations, corporations, and individuals, such as a stock company, LLC (limited liability company), LLP (limited liability company), NPO (non-profit organization), general incorporated association, public interest incorporated foundation, and sole proprietorship. Furthermore, in this embodiment, the manager refers to an individual who is responsible for the management of the business entity, and includes, but is not limited to, for example, a director (including an auditor), executive officer, or department head such as a division manager in a stock company, an executive partner in an LLC, a member designated by an investor in an LLP, and a director in a general incorporated association or public interest incorporated foundation.

[0020] The processing units of the business entity information acquisition unit 111, business entity evaluation unit 112, presentation unit 113, and analysis unit 114 will be described below.

[0021] As an example, the business entity information acquisition unit 111 acquires information about the business entities. For example, the business entity information acquisition unit 111 acquires information about the business entities by crawling information on the Internet. For example, the business entity information acquisition unit 111 acquires information about the business entities from websites on the Internet, such as news sites, release sites, homepages of each business entity, and various SNSs.

[0022] For example, the business entity evaluation unit 112 evaluates the business entity based on the business entity information. For example, the business entity evaluation unit 112 evaluates the business entity based on the property information included in the business entity information.

[0023] As an example, the business entity evaluation unit 112 highly evaluates a business entity where at least one manager belonging to the business entity has a predetermined educational background. Specifically, the business entity evaluation unit 112 may highly evaluate a business entity to which the manager belongs if, for example, the manager has enrolled in, graduated from, or completed an educational institution including a predetermined university or graduate school, if the manager has enrolled in, graduated from, or completed a predetermined faculty, department, graduate school, major, etc. at the educational institution, if the manager holds a predetermined degree, has achieved predetermined results, has received a predetermined award, etc.

[0024] As an example, the business entity evaluation unit 112 highly evaluates a business entity where at least one manager belonging to the business entity has a predetermined work history (achievement). Specifically, the business entity evaluation unit 112 may highly evaluate a business entity to which the manager belongs if, for example, the manager has worked at a predetermined business entity, worked in a predetermined department of the business entity, worked at the business entity or in the department for a predetermined period of time, or achieved predetermined results at the business entity (for example, sales results exceeding a predetermined figure, commercialization through research and development, publication of a predetermined number of papers, filing of a predetermined number of patent applications, receiving an in-house award, etc.).

[0025] As an example, the business entity evaluation unit 112 highly evaluates a business entity where at least one manager belonging to the business entity has a predetermined qualification. Specifically, the business entity evaluation unit 112 may highly evaluate a business entity to which a manager belongs if, for example, the manager has obtained a predetermined qualification or has been performing work requiring the predetermined qualification for a predetermined period of time.

[0026] As an example, the business entity evaluation unit 112 may highly evaluate the business entity to which at least one manager belongs if the manager has at least one of the above-mentioned educational background, work history, and qualifications, and the other managers each have at least one of the above-mentioned educational background, work history, and qualifications.

[0027] As an example, if at least one manager has two or more of the above-mentioned educational background, work history, and qualifications, the business entity evaluation unit 112 may highly evaluate the business entity to which the manager belongs.

[0028] For example, the business entity evaluation unit 112 may evaluate a business entity based on a combination of characteristic information of two or more managers belonging to the same business entity. For example, if two or more managers each have the above-mentioned educational backgrounds, the business entity evaluation unit 112 may highly evaluate the business entity to which the managers belong. For example, if two or more managers each have the above-mentioned work history, the business entity evaluation unit 112 may highly evaluate the business entity to which the managers belong. For example, if two or more managers each have the above-mentioned qualifications, the business entity evaluation unit 112 may highly evaluate the business entity to which the managers belong.

[0029] For example, the business entity evaluation unit 112 may change the content of the educational background, work history, and qualifications described above and evaluate them according to the business field in which the business entity is operating. For example, if business entity A is a legal tech startup, the business entity evaluation unit 112 may give a high rating if at least one manager is a licensed lawyer. For example, if business entity A is a legal tech startup, the business entity evaluation unit 112 may give a high rating if at least one manager is a licensed lawyer and another manager (e.g., the CTO) has completed graduate school at a university majoring in artificial intelligence. For example, if business entity A is a legal tech startup, the business entity evaluation unit 112 may give a high rating if at least one manager is a licensed lawyer and another manager (e.g., the CFO) has worked at a financial institution.

[0030] As an example, the business entity evaluation unit 112 may accept a selection operation of items that the user considers important (such as the above-mentioned educational background, work history, and qualifications), and evaluate the business entity according to the selected items.

[0031] As an example, the business entity evaluation unit 112 may evaluate the business entity based on the results of statistical analysis by the analysis unit 114 described below, or may evaluate the business entity using a model for evaluating the business entity generated by the analysis unit 114.

[0032] As an example, the business entity evaluation unit 112 may also evaluate the degree in the evaluation process described above. As an example, the business entity evaluation unit 112 may rank the business entities according to the educational background, work history, and qualifications of the manager. The business entity evaluation unit 112 may set criteria for ranking each of the contents, or criteria for defining one or more educational backgrounds, work history, and qualifications for each group such as Tier 1 and Tier 2, and evaluate the degree of the business entities according to the criteria.

[0033] As an example, the presentation unit 113 presents the evaluation results of the business entity evaluation unit 112 to the user terminal 3. For example, the presentation unit 113 presents information about highly rated business entities to the user terminal 3. The presentation method may be, but is not limited to, email, a messaging app (Slack (registered trademark), LINE (registered trademark)), or the like.

[0034] The analysis unit 114 predicts the growth of the business entity.

[0035] The analysis unit 114 may statistically estimate the growth of the business entity. The analysis method used by the analysis unit 114 may be classification, regression, correlation analysis, feature importance calculation, clustering, or the like, and these statistical models may be implemented using methods generally used in statistics, and detailed explanations thereof will be omitted here.

[0036] The analysis unit 114 analyzes whether there is a correlation between the property information and the growth of the business entity. The analysis unit 114 statistically analyzes, for example, the property information and business entity growth information (such as changes in the amount of funds raised, or changes in stock prices, or changes in sales, or changes in profits, or changes in the number of employees), and estimates the growth of the business entity from the property information. The analysis unit 114 also statistically analyzes, for example, the property information and business entity growth information (such as changes in the amount of funds raised, or changes in stock prices, or changes in sales, or changes in profits, or changes in the number of employees), and estimates the growth of the business entity from the property information.

[0037] For example, the analysis unit 114 may learn business entity information as training data, generate a prediction model that predicts the growth of the business entity, and predict the growth of the business entity using the prediction model. The analysis unit 114 may learn, for example, manager information and growth information (such as changes in fundraising amounts, stock price changes, sales changes, profit changes, and employee numbers) included in the business entity information as training data, and generate a prediction model in which the manager information is used as input information and the growth information is used as output information. The analysis unit 114 may learn, for example, the business details, manager information, and growth information included in the business entity information as training data, and generate a prediction model in which the business details and manager information are used as input information and the growth information is used as output information.

[0038] FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating an example of processing performed by the evaluation device of this embodiment.

[0039] The server device 1 acquires business entity information (1001). The server device 1 generates a forecasting model for forecasting business entity growth based on the business entity information (1002). The server device 1 evaluates the business entity (1003). The server device 1 presents the evaluation (1004).

[0040] Other examples are described below.

[0041] The server device 1 may acquire action information, which is information on web actions related to a business entity. The actions include, for example, external actions performed by people outside the business entity and internal actions performed by people inside the business entity. The external actions may include accessing a website related to the business entity, searching the website, or following a social media account operated by the business entity. The internal actions may include postings by the business entity on the website or creation of an employee social media account by an employee of the business entity. The action information also includes information on the number of times the action was performed during a specified period.

[0042] The server device 1 presents at least one of the business entity information of the business entity whose action information satisfies a predetermined condition and the result of the evaluation by the business entity evaluation unit 112 to the user terminal 3. The predetermined condition may be, for example, that the number of actions (hereinafter referred to as the action number) performed in a predetermined period, which is included in the action information, exceeds a predetermined number, or that the newly acquired action number increases by a predetermined amount compared to the action number in a past predetermined period.

[0043] For example, the server device 1 may change the predetermined condition based on information about the business content of the business entity or the number of actions of business entities similar to the business entity.

[0044] For example, when the action quantity of a certain business entity's predetermined internal action satisfies a predetermined condition and the action quantity of a certain external action satisfies a predetermined condition, the server device 1 may not present the business entity information of the business entity or information on the results of the evaluation by the business entity evaluation unit 112 to the user terminal 3. In this case, specifically, when a certain business entity issues a press release, even if the number of accesses to the website exceeds a predetermined number, the server device 1 may not present the business entity information of the business entity or information on the results of the evaluation by the business entity evaluation unit 112 to the user terminal 3.

[0045] For example, the server device 1 evaluates a business entity based on the business entity information. For example, the server device 1 highly evaluates a business entity whose number of employees has increased by more than a predetermined number within a predetermined period. For example, the server device 1 highly evaluates a business entity whose number of applications for intellectual property such as patents, trademarks, and designs, and the number of rights granted are more than a predetermined number. Note that the server device 1 may evaluate the quality of a business entity based on the number of employees increased, and based on numerical values ​​such as the number of applications for intellectual property and the number of rights granted.

[0046] The presentation unit 117 may present the business entity information presented by the above-described process to the user terminal 3 in descending order of evaluation level, or may present business entity information ranked higher, such as from the top three, to the user terminal 3. The presentation unit 117 may also accept an operation of the user terminal 3, acquire information such as the order or rank of the business entity information to be presented, and present the business entity information to be presented by the above-described process based on that information. For example, when the presentation unit 117 accepts a selection to present business entity information classified as Tier 1 in the user terminal 3, it is sufficient to present only business entity information classified as Tier 1 to the user terminal 3.

[0047] Although the preferred embodiments of the present disclosure have been described in detail above with reference to the accompanying drawings, the technical scope of the present disclosure is not limited to such examples. It is clear that a person skilled in the art of the present disclosure can conceive of various modified or altered examples within the scope of the technical idea described in the claims, and it is understood that these also naturally fall within the technical scope of the present disclosure.

[0048] The devices described in this specification may be realized as a single device, or may be realized by a plurality of devices (e.g., cloud servers) partly or entirely connected via a communication network. For example, the CPU and storage device of the server device 1 may be realized by different servers connected to each other via a communication network.

[0049] The series of processes performed by the device described herein may be implemented using software, hardware, or a combination of software and hardware. A computer program for implementing each function of the server device 1 according to this embodiment may be created and installed on a PC or the like. A computer-readable recording medium storing such a computer program may also be provided. Examples of the recording medium include a magnetic disk, an optical disk, a magneto-optical disk, and a flash memory. The computer program may also be distributed, for example, via a communication network without using a recording medium.

[0050] Additionally, the processes described herein do not necessarily have to be performed in the order described, some process steps may be performed in parallel, additional process steps may be employed, and some process steps may be omitted.

[0051] Furthermore, the effects described herein are merely descriptive or exemplary and are not limiting. In other words, the technology according to the present disclosure may achieve other effects that will be apparent to those skilled in the art from the description of this specification, in addition to or in place of the above-described effects. [Explanation of symbols]

[0052] 1. Server device 2. Communication Network 3. User terminal 101 CPU 102 memory 103 Storage device 104 Communication Interface 105 Input Device 106 Output Device 111 Business entity information acquisition department 112 Business Unit Evaluation Department 113 Presentation section 114 Model Generation Unit 131 Business entity information storage unit 132 Evaluation index information storage unit

Claims

1. A support device for supporting evaluation of an entity, comprising: a business entity information acquisition unit that acquires business entity information including property information that is information about the property of the manager of the business entity; a business entity evaluation unit that evaluates the business entity based on at least the property information; a presentation unit that presents the evaluation results to a user; An assistance device comprising:

2. The characteristic information is information on the performance of the manager. The support device according to claim 1 .

3. the entity information includes the disposition information regarding one or more of the managers of each of the entities; the business entity evaluation unit evaluates the business entity based on the property information of the plurality of managers belonging to the business entity; The support device according to claim 1 or 2.

4. the business entity evaluation unit evaluates the business entity based on the information on the property information that the user considers important, selected by a selection operation received from the user. The support device according to claim 1 or 2.

5. the business entity evaluation unit evaluates the business entity by statistically analyzing the property information and growth information of the business entity; The support device according to claim 1 or 2.

6. An assistance program to assist entities in their evaluations, The processor a business entity information acquisition step of acquiring business entity information including property information that is information about the property of the manager of the business entity; a business entity evaluation unit that evaluates the business entity based on at least the property information; a presentation step of presenting the evaluation result to a user; A support program to help you achieve this.

7. A method for supporting evaluation of an entity, comprising: The processor: a business entity information acquisition step of acquiring business entity information including property information that is information about the property of the manager of the business entity; a business entity evaluation unit that evaluates the business entity based on at least the property information; a presentation step of presenting the evaluation result to a user; Support methods to implement the above.

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