The special lecture slide for Villanova University MBA professors and students during their visit to Seoul, Korea. This slide contains introduction of Korean startup ecosystem in terms of history, trend, core players, geographical distribution, great startups and entrepreneurs, key success factors. This also contains career and leadership development and Gonnector.

1. Gonnector
Dylan Ko
Startup and Entrepreneur
in Korea
- Villanova University MBA : Seoul Visit -

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Specialties
 Data Science
 Growth Hacking
 Service Design
 Biz Development
 User Experience
 Startup & Career
Entrepreneur / Consultant / Author / Professor
Services
 Consulting
 Advisory
 Evaluation
 Education
 Column
Profile
 CEO & Founder at Gonnector
 Adjunct Professor at Kyung Hee Cyber Univ.
 Co-founder at Honghap Valley / Partner at
PAG&Partners / Expert Advisor at AppCenter
 Author of 6 Books
 Ex. Financial Business Part Leader at Gmarket
 Ex. Contents Strategy Team Leader at NHN

4. Korean Startup Ecosystem

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Minhwa Lee
1985
Rough History and Trend, 4y ago

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Startup Geographical Distribution
Pangyo Techno Valley
Gangbook
Gangnam

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Korean Startup Trend Survey Report
http://www.slideshare.net/idincu/startup-trend-report-2014

9. Korean Startup Unicorn

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MEMEBOX + Y Combinator

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5Rocks + Tapjoy
(Est. $50M Valuation)

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Coupang + SEQUOIA & BlackRock
($400M Funding)

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Line & KakaoTalk

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Lezhin Entertainment
(2nd Y. Revenue = $10M )

15. Introducing D.CAMP

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19. Keyword

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Government Cluster Mobile
Global
2C
Commerce
&
Contents

21. 고영혁, Dylan Ko, Gonnector

22. But Dropped !!
Seoul National University
Electrical Engineering

23. ‘Go ahead. Push it.’ by flattop341 on flickr - https://flic.kr/p/kNXAT

24. • Business Administration
• Applied Statistics
• Economics
Yonsei University

25. ‘Royal Flush’ by Minh Hoang on flickr - https://flic.kr/p/9GsFrF
First Company as an Employee

26. Second Company as an Employee

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Start Entrepreneur & Networker

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Go, Connect, Create
Values
Specialties
 Data Science
 Growth Hacking
 Service Design
 Biz Development
 User Experience
 Startup & Career
Services
 Consulting
 Advisory
 Evaluation
 Education
 Column

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Vitagrams AmazingBro

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What Makes Me so Energetic ?!

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Challenge, Study, Enjoy
for the Life Time

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What are You going to Do
after School?

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Is it Useful or Valuable
What You Learned at School ?

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One More Thing…
For Your Life

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 NODE
 EDGE
 EXPLORE

36. Gonnector 고영혁 (Dylan Ko)
Entrepreneur, Consultant, Writer, Professor
Data Science, Growth Hacking, Business,
Service Design, UX, Startup, Career
Gonnector@gonnector.com
+82 10-9055-3197
www.gonnector.com
linkedin.com/in/gonnector
@Gonnector
facebook.com/Gonnector
google.com/+Gonnector
Thank You
Q & A
For Villanova University MBA