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Ep. #3: Stanley Oh (and Andrew Kim) Podcast

January 29, 2019 Innovation Startups

My first podcast interview one! Haha! (And I updated my profile.) It is a interview with Stanley Oh (LinkedIn), he is a VC (Venture Capital) of Capital One Korea and Andrew Kim (LinkedIn), formerly Head of Oculus Korea (bought out by Facebook), and now he is a Startup Seoul, the…

This K-Beauty Brand Is Bigger Than Chanel. But it’s rise-to-the-top is over?

January 27, 2019 Innovation

K-Beauty (cosmetics) is big business. And at top of it is Amorepacific. I don’t know about if it’s trouble, but it’s definitely shakes the ground a bit more. Read me and let me know what you think. This K-Beauty Brand (Cosmetic) Is Bigger Than Chanel. But It’s In Trouble.…

South Korea won 2019 Bloomberg Innovation Index… Again.

January 25, 2019 Innovation News Startups

Geez… it is getting to a trend around here. Ha! These Are the World’s Most Innovative Countries By Michelle Jamrisko, Lee J Miller, and Wei Lu January 22, 2019, 2:02 PM GMT+9 China beats U.K. in Bloomberg index; U.S. back in the top 10 Israel rises to fifth and overtakes…

Startups: The Scene in Korea… Way Back Then

January 20, 2019 Innovation Startups

Korea Startups: The Beginning I was going through that stuff, in order to see my stuff from the past. And a lot has changed, but much has stayed the same. Here is my one from TechCrunch Japan 2010 (11? 12?). I don’t really know, but it a way a long…

Ventures Firms Total of Annual Sales Reaching 130 Trillion Won in Korea

November 30, 2018 Innovation Startups

Here is an interesting article on the VC firm total of annual sales with reaching 130 trillion won (US$114.4 billion) in Korea. Venture Firms with Annual Sales of More than 100 Billion Won Increases to 572 Hong Jong-hak (6th from right), minister of SMEs and startups, and venture entrepreneurs…

Sebastian Togelang, Founding Partner of Kejora Ventures, and InterVest raises $60 million fund from Korea.

October 16, 2018 Innovation News Startups

I met with Sebastian Togelang, Founding Partner at Kejora Ventures and Michael Kim, two of my friends. We met up and started talk business and other fun stuff, AND his raise of the Kejora Venture/Intervest Korea of a whooping $60 million fund in Southeast Asia by 2018. Here are some news articles on it Bloomberg:…

George and James. A fine afternoon.

September 18, 2018 Innovation Startups

I met with George Boucher. He is Founder at B2HU-Korea is re-educational academy (or something) he is developing. Former Lecturer at 연세대학교 (Yonsei University), he has an idea and I say go for it. We talked for hours. He on his new ideas and me going on me – well, stroke/aphasia me – and…