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Parting thoughts for Korean-American Entrepreneurs

Parting thoughts for Korean-American Entrepreneurs. Perry Ha KSEA Technology Entrepreneurship Seminar June 1-2, 2013. Resource is all around you. Resource is all around you Innovation occurs in the white space. Resource is all around you Innovation occurs in the white space

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Parting thoughts for Korean-American Entrepreneurs

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  1. Parting thoughts for Korean-American Entrepreneurs Perry Ha KSEA Technology Entrepreneurship Seminar June 1-2, 2013

  2. Resource is all around you

  3. Resource is all around you Innovation occurs in the white space

  4. Resource is all around you Innovation occurs in the white space 새옹지마 (塞翁之馬)

  5. COLO.COM

  6. $1.5MM Series A in 8/1998 $10MM Series B in 4/1999 $20MM Series C in 12/1999 $300MM High Yield Debt in 1/2000 $200MM Series D in 3/2000 COLO.COM

  7. A $530MM Hard Hat! COLO.COM

  8. My Recommendations

  9. 1. “Learn about the VC process” – Sun Tzu

  10. Do you speak the VC lingo: Series alphabets, pre-money, post-money? Did you know most VCs don’t have the time to review new investments? Did you know VCs used to be intelligent and nice folks?

  11. 2. Avoid the herd

  12. Last Year: Angels invested over $20B in 55,000 companies VCs invested $26.5B in 3,698 companies

  13. 3. Differentiate Yourself

  14. Differentiate Yourself Differentiate Your Company

  15. but not blindly!

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