RICHARD MIN / richardmin.com
(Richard D. Min / 민도유)
GRIT UNLIMITED
Autonomy, Mastery and Purpose. Have a Legacy. Have fun and enjoy the ride.
- Managing Partner of Green Impact Ventures
- Co-Founder and Executive Partner, Startup Seoul
- Co-Founder of RockCorps Korea
- Former Manager Director, Fashion Technology Accelerator, Seoul (Silicon Valley, Seoul, Milan)
- Former Cofounder of Seoul Space and Kstartup (the first Asian accelerator funded by Google).
- Founder, CEO of +822 (on hold)
I love BIG thinking that moves big pieces on the board, creates value, and pushes the human condition forward. I build ecosystems that bridge Asia to the world through Korea (or) innovation platforms (or) work with and/or invest in companies that do so.
Strength: UNLIMITED GRIT / Being grateful for the ride, no matter the ups and downs.
Weakness: Aphasia and Stroke (Argh!). Slowly, starting get better, but it’s not freaking easy. RaaawwwrrrrRRR!!!
– Born in NYC (for those that don’t know that’s: New York, New York, USA)
– Divorced to a Kpop singer
– Seoul, Korea currently
My Health Bio (audio):
– I’m into passionate, lifestyle enthusiasts (including me. Hah)
– Motto: Eat healthier, live longer and learn. Don’t die!
– Drawing focus to the foundations of VCs/startups, science and nutrition that underpin his worldview. This passion grew deeper observing how eating patterns around the world affected both the health of human populations, the environment and animal cruelty in which food is raised.
I am on a Whole Foods Plant-Based eating habits and vegan lifestyle FOREVER. (It started when I had my stroke, and I keep it up in honor of my Mom… and I like it for longevity, sciencific, ethics and moral reasons…and I just like it! Hah!)
I’m vegan by choice, and WFPB* (SOS** free) nutrition is the optimal choice for human’s food, so I’m doing both! I started the Green Impact Ventures fund, with my partners, in plant-based nutrition, environment and animal rights in locally and, eventually, globally.
*WFPB = Whole Food Plant-Based
** SOS free = Salt Oil Sugar free
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DID & DO:
* Originally recruited by Google to lead Korea operations, nearly 20 years of “in-the-trenches” experience helping companies be successful in the notoriously difficult, but ultra-savvy Korean market including: Google, Facebook, Twitter, Estee Lauder Companies, Paramount Pictures, Sanrio Digital, etc.
* Managing Partner of Green Impact Ventures (on-going)
* Co-Founder of RockCorps Korea. It’s a division of an established company coming to Korea – RockCorps. A pro-social marketing and entertainment platform that uses music to inspire change. RockCorps, a 20+ years company operating out of the UK, has operated in 10 countries inspiring 100s of thousands of volunteers working with artists like Lady Gaga, Rihanna and P Diddy, etc.
* Executive Partner of Startup Seoul. Innovation and Startups Center in “Garosugil” (Fashion District and international arm).
* Managing Director of the Fashion Technology Accelerator, Seoul (headed up by the former Board Member of Gucci, Enrico Beltramini) and Cofounder of Korea’s two premier startup hub and accelerator, Seoul Space and Kstartup (the first Asian accelerator funded by Google), headed up myself (CEO), David Lee (ex-early Googler/Board Member) and Rodney Yi (CP Entertainment). We have had 3 Exits and still going strong.
* Founder of +822 (Plus Eight Two Two): Seoul Convergence Summit, at intersection of Technology and the Arts. (on hold right now as stroke get better.)
Our startups and programs have received and investment and/or partnerships from: Y-Combinator, 500 Startups, Google’s Entrepreneurship Program, Samsung, NHN Investments, GS Investments, Quest Ventures, and more. I continue as a Mentor, Board Advisor and investor for various Korean startups.
* Mentor at Orbit/SOSV/MOX, 500 Startups and ProVeg.
* Speaker, panelist, radio host, judge and startup evangelist at many tech forums and conferences worldwide, and covered in global media including Bloomberg, Vice Media, CNBC, ABC News, INC Magazine, SXSW, TechCrunch, ArirangTV, ETNews, and more.
EVOLUTION
* Work directly with Korea’s top conglomerates, academia, and government Ministries to stimulate the rapid evolution of the Korea startup ecosystem through startup programs, events and agency services.
LIFE
* (Pre-stroke) Former NCAA Championships Swimmer and Bowdoin College Swim Team Captain, avid birder, martial artist, oldschoolz skateboarder, artist, 9-ball tournament player, baseball (catcher), equestrian rider and life junkie.
* (Post-stroke):
80% 70% 80% physical (body) health.
Total:
– 20% for stroke (in terms of getting around)
– I’m 100% into longevity and 95% internal body and 100% mentally strong, but getting there!
– aphasia (15% speaking, and 100% thinking… well, outside of the idiotic moments. Haha).
– I do it for: my Mom, physical therapy/working out, research and data, [RM: I want to get over the freaking stroke/aphasia! ARGGGHH!]
– AND 10% 20% 60% motivated career, 20% work and 20% whatever.
I LOVE animals… wildlife and pets. I have two cats. Loki (he is a tabby), and Kipo (she is a white Traditional Persian), fishes, two axolotls and searching for a big dog (like, Great Dane or Cane Corso, etc)… later (in USA, maybe 🤔). I am an avid birder, too.
And…
Just so you know, once again …
I have stroke and aphasia, I started for WFPB eating for my health (I got buried down on nutritional literacy research, studies, and evidence-backed videos), but animal cruelty, environment and pandemic were not far behind. And I want the future education of the children on it. It’s not me. It’s doctors! Heehee.
Heart Disease Starts in Childhood
(About a 5 minutes).
For further discussions, check out my post over here:
http://richardmin.com/health-i-never-knew/
Read it when you’ve got time. It’s my ‘CHANGE MY LIFE’ time. Hah.
And more involving my “Health”: http://richardmin.com/?s=Health
Again, for the upteeth times …
I’m a major, fanatical health geek! 😁
I eat Whole Food Plant-Based eating habit and vegan lifestyle…. for HEALTH and LONGEVITY reasons. And, of course, I despise animal cruelty (animal agriculture and fishing are HORRIBLY cruel)!
I’m a passionate, amateur nutritionist scientist who is backed by consensus of medical literature and ARMY of EVIDENCE-BACKED doctors (some who are colleagues of mine from world famous US and Korea), and full-fledged nutritionists from the US and Korea, and OVER 17,000 DOCTORS and growing!!!!
… who all support PLANT-BASED eating.
I spend a one hour – five hours DAILY on the research and videos to this day (roughly from my stroke until now). Prove me wrong!
Ask the experts (~10 minutes)
Watch out – I could talk your ears off when it’s come to this stuff.
And…
– Lifestyles. (That includes, sleep, exercise, and when to eat (WFPB eating, of course😅), career/meditation/fasting/and so much fun! Choose your health professional carefully!) 😁
– I want to live healthy to a 150+ years old and that’s the way I/WE want to do it!😜 (eg. data science, statistics, blue zones, etc. I’ll show you later.)
(Secretly, I want to live until 300+ years old, but publicly, I say 150+ years old. lol)
And…
Live HEALTHY life, and
Love Life and
Live Well
Motto: Eat Healthier, Live Longer and Learn. Don’t Die!
And…
How to live in a place of purpose and passion! I’m driven to give that to other people and animals and earth every day.
(I want to start a charity one day around animal shelter or buying land and converting to nature, and donating vegan doctors, etc.)
richardmin @ gmail (dot) com >> If you really want to connect me. Haha
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