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The Last Month: Startup Seoul 2019

May 6, 2019 Innovation News Startups

Well, here are these pictures from Startup Seoul roughly 4 weeks: The order is mixed up and the names mixed up too. Ah, the better to match names with the faces. Good luck. Haha! Ready? Go! (And aquarium and plant-based foods to show you’re interested. ha.) Victor Ching, CEO…

“First” in terms of startup stuff in Korea. I have a lot of them.

May 2, 2019 Editorial Innovation Personal Startups

Korea Innovation and Startups It is a thing. A really big thing. I have a place in it. First in its formation… and it doesn’t stop there. And this time, and I’m doing it right. No freaking “too early” for Korea. It’s the peak time in a Korea (and Asia).…

Startup Seoul went to VR/AR Accelerator

May 1, 2019 Innovation Startups

I copied it from Andrew’s Facebook. Hah! Here you go… Andrew Kim, Executive Partner of Startup Seoul joined GCA NRP, one of the most active and prestige Korean Government AR/VR acceleration program, as an alliance partner and we had the honor served to be a judge of the program. It was great…

The Korea Market and Plant-based Foods

April 25, 2019 Health Innovation Startups

Interesting. The Korea market sounds good. Hmmm… maybe I will to get ahead of it. Sort of pre-pre-pre-market to get into. Hah. Whether you like or not, it IS coming. Retailers seize on growing consumer appetite for plant protein By Kwak Yeon-soo Cho Kyung-rim, 23, is a pescetarian, who does…

Sam Yu (유승삼) of ICTK

April 18, 2019 Innovation Startups

S. Sam Yu (유승삼), former President and General Manager of Microsoft Korea, and the CEO and Vice Chairman of ICTK Holdings (Integrated Circuit Technology Korea) got to show us a tour and pitch deck for ICTK Holdings. “ICTK holdings does help manage ID and Key right for IoT era, especially…

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…

Ep. #4: Andrew D. Kim, CEO of Startup Seoul

February 6, 2019 Innovation Startups

Andrew D. Kim, CEO of Startup Seoul: Accelerator, coworking and innovation center of “Garosugil”, Seoul. He is the former Head of Oculus Korea (acquired by Facebook) and former CEO of Happy Interactive (Beijing) Network (www.87870.com), and now he is CEO of Startup Seoul, which have joined as a Partner. Woohoo!…