3-month contract, with possibility of extension to a full time position Team: English Editorial Team Level: Junior team member How to apply: Please email your resume and cover letter to nathan@besuccess.com What is beSUCCCESS? beSUCCESS is Korea’s leading media and events platform that helps Korean technology startups find success beyond their domestic borders. We achieve this through media and events, as well as a wide range of other local and global initiatives….

Yesterday we published part 1 of this story here. Below is part 2. We learned about the basics of what Easiaid wants to achieve. Now let’s take a look at the team behind the vision. In Easiaid we see a team that has the experience and ability to execute, and that’s exciting! The team of four, a father, his son and two friends were determined to squash the Korean hierarchy normally found…

Startup Asia in Singapore has just ended and the team has already announced their 2014 winners and runners up. While the top spot and $10k prize went to a Hong Kong team, Bindo, first runners up are a team that will also be showcasing at beLAUNCH 2014 in Seoul next week, May 14-15. Kairos Watches, a South Korea-based startup that manufactures a hybrid mechanical smartwatch . Second runner-up is Asli Goli, a…

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 as an online ecosystem where fellow entrepreneurs, investors & venture capitalists, technologists, developers and business plan competition organizers discuss their experiences on entrepreneurship and enterprise in Singapore. Startups In Korea: Her Perspective “This…

Justin and I got the opportunity to chat with Jeff Clavier about the Korean startups and the ecosystem. Jeff Clavier has a MS in Computer Science and a degree in Distributed Computing and is the Founder and Managing Partner of SoftTech VC (one of the most established seed VC firms in SV. They closed 150 investments since 2004!). What I found fascinating and admirable was that although SoftTech concentrates on the US, Jeff makes at…

  Check out our speakers for beLAUNCH 2013!! The order is in the order that they are speaking in! 🙂 ■     James Jung     CEO of beSUCCESS ■     Euno Lee     Editor of beSUCCESS ■     Mongjoon Chung     Honorary Chairman of ASAN Nanum Foundation ■     Phil Libin     CEO of Evernote ■     Jaeuk Park     CEO of VCNC ■     Jeongseok Chester Roh     CEO of Ablar Co. ■…

Soujanya Bhumkar, CEO of Palo Alto based CoolIris, will be speaking at beLAUNCH on May 1st – 3rd and he has given us a taste of what is in store, in the form of 16 gems of wisdom, taken from his journey so far. Idea is only 5% of what it’s going to take. Execution is 95% It’s not the what and the why, it’s the how. The how is the game…

beLAUNCH and GMIC have formed a strategic alliance to leverage the most from our flagship Asian startup events. beSUCCESS and The GWC will also be engaged in a long term alliance, bringing two of Asia’s heavyweight startup facilitators together, towards the achievement of our joint vision.

Time is running out to buy Early Bird booths and tickets for beLAUNCH. beLAUNCH is the flagship event from beSUCCESS, and Asia’s largest tech / entrepreneurship conference, by daily attendance. In 2013 we expect 100+ VCs, 350 Startups, 2,500+ ticket holders, 50 top speakers, and global media. Come join us!

Another key Silicon Valley speaker at our event May 1-2, Coex, Seoul. Phil Libin is the CEO of Evernote, a platform that enables users to capture arrange and manage information from multiple sources. Prior to launching Evernote in 2008 he founded and served as president of CoreStreet.

We are honored that Jessica Alba, alongside serial entrepreneur and co-founder of The Honest Company, Brian Lee, will be travelling to Seoul to speak at beLAUNCH, May 1st-2nd, 2013.

Bom Kim established Coupang in August 2010 with only 7 staff and monthly turnover of 190 million won. Revenue is expected to be $600M this year. Bom Kim will tell us how he achieved this at beLAUNCH 2013.