Category: Innovation

E-Tailers Battle in Southeast Asia

April 11, 2019 Innovation Startups
Alibaba and it’s $1 Billion buyout of Lazada makes Southeast Asia e-commerce rip for the pickings. Southeast Asia fashion and e-commerce will see it peak in coming years. (Last years article, but is latest in term of SE Asia.) Komodo Commerce: E-Tailers Battle in Southeast Asia With its $1 billion…

Startup Seoul and University of Colorado Denver

April 9, 2019 Innovation Startups
Startup Seoul was pleased to have a visit from the University of Colorado Denver. “It is a learning expedition for the Masters in Management program. They are traveling to Seoul, Tokyo and Hong Kong. All of the students work for leading brand names like Chanel, Shiseido, LVMH and others. My…

TechStars Detroit in Startup Seoul

March 29, 2019 Innovation Startups
Kelly Kang TechStars Detroit visiting Startup Seoul. Yah! From the left: Stuart Schechter , Andrew Kim, George Park, Stanley Oh, Kelly Kang and Richard Min Welcome to Startup Seoul! (I just realized, ah, f#ck it! I’ve just have to post stuff in the meantime on the blog first. Whatever that…

Plastics. :(

March 23, 2019 Innovation Personal
On my quest for Zero Waste plastics (and animal agriculture), Kara Paik (a friend from college), hit me with this one. And it’s good for me! Thanks Kara!   and my take from Facebook…   Plastics. ☹️ especially here in Korea. We use up soooo much plastic! So, I got to eliminate all plastics…

VC and shoes, you gotta love it.

March 20, 2019 Innovation Startups
Maybe I should get some… ha How Shoes Became Venture Capital’s Favorite Accessory Online shoe brands like Allbirds, Rothy’s and Birdies are growing sales by developing one really popular style and pushing it hard. Is this business model sustainable?Birdies, Allbirds, Rothy’s, Greats | Source: Facebook, Courtesy NEW YORK, United States…

L’Oreal acquisition of Style Nanda. Niiiice!!

March 15, 2019 Innovation Startups
It’s old (6 months?), but it relevant and it’s Korea, so I will post it. Ha. L’Oreal purchases Nanda, one of the Korean startups in the fashion space. Could this be a trend? I hope so.   L’Oreal completes acquisition of Style Nanda French cosmetics giant L’Oreal said on June…

Chanel Korea

February 19, 2019 Innovation
Stephane Blanchard (Managing Director/CEO, Chanel Korea), Andrew Kim (CEO, Startup Seoul), John Park (CIO, Chanel Korea), Richard Min (MD, Fashion Technology Accelerator), John Whang (CFO, Chanel Korea) (in the main picture one) and Andrew Junhoe Ku, CEO of Ada, giving a presentation. The meeting with Chanel Korea was 3 hours about innovation,…