Current Facts About The Korean Market
The Korean Market: Huge. Korea’s population: 50 million, with strong purchasing power. Korea’s GDP as of 2011: in the range of US$1.16 trillion. Korea’s GDP per capita: $22,778. Geographically, Korea is situated at the center of maritime & air transportation networks...
Samsung And Apple’s Duopoly Intensifies
There are 133.7 million smartphone owners in the U.S. with around 37 million in Korea, and Samsung Electronics and Apple’s duopoly in the lucrative smartphone market in the US seems to be intensifying. For the past 3 months, their...
“What Do You Mean ‘Create’ A Culture? They Should Just Happen.”
“What do you mean ‘create’ a culture? Cultures should and do just happen.” “A company is a purely intellectual concept.” - Dee Hock, Founder of VISA International. As Tom Peters put it in his book “In Search Of Excellence”,...
Interview With Christine Tsai, Partner At 500 Startups
At beLAUNCH2013, I had the privilege of interviewing Christine Tsai, Partner and ‘pug herder’ at 500 Startups. (Confession time. I almost fell in love.) “Grace under pressure” really did define Christine as a person – throughout the interview, she was...
Thinking Of Going Global? Three Things You Should Consider
International markets are too big an opportunity to pass up. Why allow physical borders to dictate the limits of your business? Dave Goldberg, CEO of SurveyMonkey, once said that “if you have a product business and you aren’t focused...
Top Internet Innovators And Investors at Echelon 2013
[Singapore] 17 May 2013: Tech media and events platform, e27, today announced the speakers, agenda and pitching startups for Echelon 2013 (e27.co/echelon), a two-day technology and business event that attracts investors, startups and business and technology leaders from the Asia...
Interview with Jaeuk (Jake) Park, CEO of VCNC
Inspiring CEO, an incredible team, united by one vision. VCNC: possibly one of the most successful startups in Korea. Just like Jake, the CEO of VCNC, the company is incredibly, incredibly driven and passionate. I must say, it’s not...
Interview With Gwendolyn Tan, Founder and Editor-in-Chief at SGE
I had the privilege of interviewing with Gwendolyn Regina Tan, SGE’s Co-Founder and Editor-In-Chief. SGE is one of the best online publishers dedicated to the Southeast Asia startup and entrepreneurship scene. SGE is one of beSUCCESS’ partners and serves...
KISED and the SMBA proudly present the K-APP Global Hub Program!
This program is dedicated towards helping Korean Startups get global perspective by sponsoring their travel to three major innovation hubs: Singapore, Israel, and Boston. KISED and the SMBA recognize the difficulty of startups going global with their user base...