Both Sides of the Table
NOVEMBER 5, 2014
I was fortunate enough recently to be invited to a private sitting with the president of South Korea, Park Geun-hye, along with 18 other entrepreneurs. She is trying to build a “creative economy” in South Korea and wanted to learn from some Americans what made us so innovative and what they could learn from us.
VC Cafe
SEPTEMBER 10, 2021
Avoiding saying no is a mistake I made as an entrepreneur and one I have seen many other founders make frequently. It takes a LOT of courage to say no to potential revenue, especially in the very early stages of a startup. Saying “no” can be equally important as saying “yes” to a potential partner or client. . Toya – more than a studio.
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Both Sides of the Table
JULY 6, 2016
When I hear the realism that comes from founders with setback it elicits an understanding of what it takes to be successful at a startup that frankly can’t exist unless you’ve walked in those shoes before. In London when founders failed they were ostracized in the press and culturally I believe it became harder to raise capital.
Both Sides of the Table
DECEMBER 14, 2016
We also look for a cultural fit with Upfront, which includes the gravitas to deal with executives and founders at the startups we back as well as the other board members. Yves Sisteron, our founder and still a full-time and very active member of our partnership, has the opposite style.
Austin Startup
FEBRUARY 15, 2020
Based in Seoul, South Korea, Looxid Labs aims to integrate biometrics into the VR/AR/MR platform. This track brings together founders and funders and showcases exciting new companies, products, services, and business models across different verticals and industries.
Duct Tape Marketing
JULY 18, 2023
Sh e is the Founder and CEO of the Intrigue Agency. She's the founder and CEO of the Intrigue Agency, author of 10 books, including Tung Fu Pop. We have people, you know, in fact Tung Fu was the number three ranked book in South Korea, you know, almost 20 years after it was published. SOMEDAY is Not a Day in the Week.
YoungUpstarts
NOVEMBER 30, 2018
by John Lim, founder of Ansel. Over the last 24 months, I’ve had to adapt to live in places with limited connectivity like Patagonia and the Sahara Desert to places made for the digital worker like Seoul, South Korea. Prior to Ansel, John moved to South Korea to teach English and “figure things out.”
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