Comments on: Korean startups gear up for the spotlight http://gigaom.com/2012/06/09/korean-startups-gear-up-for-the-spotlight/ Sun, 19 May 2013 19:20:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Vallabh Rao http://gigaom.com/2012/06/09/korean-startups-gear-up-for-the-spotlight/#comment-850199 Sun, 10 Jun 2012 06:50:19 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=530496#comment-850199 With just a few days from the event we thought of putting together a post on the different aspects of the event so that attendees and people who are following the event online know what to expect from the event.

http://www.besuccess.com/eng/korean-events/expect-south-koreas-biggest-startup-event-belaunch-2012/

]]> By: Hyung http://gigaom.com/2012/06/09/korean-startups-gear-up-for-the-spotlight/#comment-850086 Sat, 09 Jun 2012 21:22:31 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=530496#comment-850086 “South Korea, home of technology titans such as smartphone king Samsung and LG, hasn’t had much experience building a Silicon Valley ecosystem.”

The above statement is a bit ignorant and probably US-centric statement. The gaming and internet SW industry in Korea has seen many startups (NC Soft, Nexon, NeoWiz, Naver, Daum, etc.), some of which dominate across entire Asia including China and Japan. Those startups spun off many other recent ventures (KakaoTalk is a prime example) as well. To think only big companies like Samsung and LG are generating innovation in Korea is quite shallow.

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