Editor’s note: 프로그래머이자 해커인 박상민님이 폴 그레이엄Paul Graham의 에세이 ’해커와 화가’ 번역을 총 5회에 걸쳐 게재합니다. Y combinator를 창업한 폴 그레이엄은 Dropbox, Reddit, Airbnb등의 스타트업을 키워낸 대가로, 투자자이면서도 뛰어난 프로그래머이며 수필가로도 명성을 떨치고 있습니다. (원문 보기) 미술처럼 대부분 소프트웨어는 사람들에게 보이는 (쓰이는)것이 목적이다. 그래서 화가처럼 해커도 “동감”할줄 알아야 작품을 만들수 있다. 사용자의 관점에서 사물을 바라볼때 작품이 나온다. 어려서부터 나는 다른 사람의 관점에서 사물을 바라보도록 교육받았다. 실제로 이게 의미했던건 내가 원하는 것 보다는 주변의 사람들이 원하는…

On September 16, the Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning (MSIP) opened the ‘Born Global Startups’ (forgive the slightly dodgy name) project at the Future Global Business Start-up Support Center in Seoul. The twenty selected teams, three accelerators and two business incubation centers participated in the event. The aim is to support startups with strategy and to attract investment. The program will also finance three Korean incubators including Venture Square (teamed…

KT has recently announced that it will launch a Korea-Japan Wi-Fi automatic roaming service. The service will enable KT customers to use NTT DoCoMo’s Wi-Fi network if they go to Japan, with the same deal reciprocated for NTT DoCoMo’s clients in Korea. To date users have had to enter a user ID and a password to log on to wireless networks overseas. The automatic roaming service, however, will allow users to enjoy…

  반도체의 기하급수적 발전, 그리고 지금 우리가 생각하는 성능을 높이는 방법은 무엇일까? 21세기인 지금 IT의 기술력은 날이 갈수록 좋아지고 있다. 이 때문에 더 작고 더 높은 성능을 뽐내는 칩이 개발되고 있다. 하지만 기술이 그렇게 좋지 않던, 에니악이 막 출시된 1950년대, 성능을 높이는 방법으로는 그저 부품을 많이 꽂을 수밖에 없었다. 2세대 컴퓨터인 CDC1604는 진공관보다 성능은 좋고 더 작은 부품인 트랜지스터만 2만 5천 개, 다이오드가 무려 10만 개나 들어갔다. 이런 기술력으로 만약 항공모함이나 로켓…

The Background For those who don’t know it, the internet situation in South Korea is very different from what you might expect. Most impressively, Google, only claims around a 2% share of the search market. So who services this population of 50M, one of the most connected and tech savvy in the World? Naver, a subsidiary of Korea’s largest internet company NHN Corp, has controlled over 70% of the Korean search market…

Cooliris will become the world’s first developer to integrate the Baidu MyCloud API. Cooliris, Silicon Valley’s leader in immersive media experiences on mobile and desktop, and Baidu, China’s largest search engine, today announce a partnership to offer a killer next-generation media experience on mobile phones in worlds largest smartphone market. With today’s release of the Cooliris app for iPhone and iPad, users of Baidu MyCloud, Baidu’s personal cloud storage service with over 100…

Samsung has announced that in October they will be releasing a new ‘Noum’ model smartphone handset with a curved screen. This demonstrates Samsung’e drive to become not only the world’s top handset maker, but also the most innovative. Curved displays are an early stage in screen evolution which is shifting to bendable or foldable designs, eventually allowing mobile and wearable gadgets to take on new forms that could radically change the high-end…

At the beGlobal 2013 Tech Startup Conference, ten Korean Tech startups pitched their companiesin competition for the attention and capital ofjudges and investors. The ten startups that participated were Korbit (Bitcoin exchange & platform), SEWORKS (mobile security), KnowRe (online adaptive learning program), Gist (news aggregation/summarization), Shakr (video creation), Smile Family (mobile application for mothers), IDINCU (mobile market research), Cultstory (mobile travel and tourism application), Flitto (social media translation platform) and VCNC (private…

LG Electronics recently announced that it will start selling a large screen “phablet”, Vu 3, through three major telecom companies starting from September 27. The Vu 3 is the third in LG Electronics’ Vu series following Optimus Vu and Optimus Vu 2, each released in March and September 2012. With a 5.2-inch screen that has a 4:3 ratio, the Vu 3 is designed to make it easier for users to enjoy the…

Korean Internet users are adopting mobile faster than any other country in the world and the number of mobile users of key Internet services like Facebook and YouTube is increasing explosively. According to Facebook 90% of 11 million Korean users who access Facebook at least once a month (MAU) access their Facebook accounts on mobile devices. This figure is far higher than the global Facebook average of 71%. The global Facebook MAU…

Korea’s second largest mobile carrier, KT, was named as the world’s most sustainable telecomms company by the Dow Jones Sustainability World Index (DJ-SWI). It is the third consecutive year that KT has won the award, and demonstrates a concerted drive by Korean tech conglomerates for supremacy in the global tech industry in more than just sales figures. Selection is based on scores in three main categories: Economic, environmental and social. Factors that…

“I try to look for ideas that will break down borders,” said Adam Draper, the youngest venture capitalist in the Draper family. Global venture investing, funding startups internationally, runs in the Draper blood. The eldest of the three, Bill Draper, first started working as a venture capitalist for his father in 1959, after fighting in the Korean War. In 1986, Bill Draper moved on to become the head of the United Nations…

Kakao Talk remains the premiere platform to access the exceptionally lucrative Korean gaming market, with examples such as the wildly popular `Angry Birds’ (coming soon) and `Candy Crush Saga’ (already available) among many other titles on the platform. KakaoTalk has emerged as the key channel for overseas game companies’ in Korea. Preparations are well under way for the release of Angry Birds in Q3 2013. It has also been rumored that EA…

Originally posted by Cromwell Schubarth, Senior Technology Reporter-Silicon Valley Business Journal:  Bitcoins prompted an interesting exchange between three generations of Silicon Valley’s prolific investment family, the Drapers, at beGLOBAL last Friday. Boost VC incubator Co-Founder Adam Draper is an unabashed enthusiast of the virtual currency. His dad, Tim Draper of Draper Fisher Jurvetson, is a dabbler in bitcoin startup investing. But grandfather Bill Draper of Draper Richards is apparently not at all a bitcoin fan. The Drapers appeared at beGlobal, a Korean…

BeGLOBAL was all about building bridges between the Asian and Silicon Valley startup ecosystems. We, beSUCCESS, have been working at achieving this through our startup media and Asian events for over two years, but our first event in Silicon Valley, Sep 13, was a huge leap forward. Here’s how it all went down at the Four Seasons, Palo Alto, September 13. Success Comes to those Who Get Stuck In (and have great…

경영진 VS. 투자자    A. 투자이후 Il Fornaio 식당은 팔로알토 다운타운에서 상당히 오래된 이탈리아 식당으로, 아침부터 저녁까지 비즈니스 식사를 위한 장소로 많이 활용되고 있다. 한때 식당 및 음식업에 VC 들이 많이 투자하던 1990년대 초반 Sequoia Capital이 Il Fornaio에 투자하였었고, 이 식당체인은 1997년에 Nasdaq에 IPO를 가기도 했다. 비슷한 시기 Benchmark Capital은 건강음료체인인 Jamba Juice를 투자하기도 했다. 2010년 2월 약간은 서늘한 아침에 Palo Alto Partners의 알버트는 BeeOrBug의 마크와 아비브와 함께 Il Fornaio에서 점심 식사를…

Editor’s note: 프로그래머이자 해커인 박상민님이 폴 그레이엄Paul Graham의 에세이 ’해커와 화가’ 번역을 총 5회에 걸쳐 게재합니다. Y combinator를 창업한 폴 그레이엄은 Dropbox, Reddit, Airbnb등의 스타트업을 키워낸 대가로, 투자자이면서도 뛰어난 프로그래머이며 수필가로도 명성을 떨치고 있습니다. (원문 보기) 역설적으로 들리겠지만 명작은 훌륭하다고 인정받는 그 수준보다 더 뛰어나야 한다. 예를들어 레오나르도 다빈치가 국립 갤러리의 Ginevra de Benci 초상화를 그릴때 그녀의 머리 뒤편으로 향나무 수풀을 그렸다. 거기에서 각각의 잎을 아주 정교하게 그려냈다. 많은 화가들은 그런 수풀을 그저 인물 머리의 테두리…

최고로 부터 창업가정신을 배우자. 그리고 자극받자. 살면서 큰 조언이 될 뿐더러, 자신이 걷고 있는 길에 대해 더 큰 동기부여가 된다.   “무슨 생각을 하든, 더 크게” – Tony Hsieh, Co-founder, Zappos “아이디어는 원자재에 불과하다, 그것을 경영할 줄 알면 상품이 된다.”  – Michael Dell, Founder, Dell “두 조각의 피자로 팀을 먹여 살리지 못하면, 팀이 너무 크다” – Jeff Bezos, Founder, Bezos “당신의 명성이 월급보다 더 중요하고, 당신의 진실성은 직업보다 더 가치있다.” – Angelo…

Disruptive technology is re-shaping most parts of our life, whether it’d be how we consume media, order taxis, handle our personal finances or drive our cars. Now it seems like the education market is set to follow in the path of other disruptive technologies. With MOOCs alarming the big universities around the world of a changing education landscape, other companies are focusing on the way we learn. Simnik is an educational technology…

In the build up to beGLOBAL we have introduced some top names in the business with an emphasis on VCs and entrepreneurs. Now it’s time to introduce the people who will be speaking on behalf of the third important group, namely the accelerators. We’re joined by some of the crème de la crème of the top Silicon Valley accelerators, namely Y Combinator, Boost VC, 500 Startups and BootstrapsLabs. As we did with…