CK Chang Kim

Co-founder of Saywise, Tapas Media (acq. $510M by Kakao), TNC (acq. by Google), angel investor (50+ funds and companies)

[CK Chang Kim @ckchangkim]

@antinertia @soniox_ai wow, I wonder how they can keep the cost competitive - open source models?

[CK Chang Kim @ckchangkim]

How true is this statement? “All crypto degens are now polymarket degens”

[CK Chang Kim @ckchangkim]

Someone can be a great public speaker or a great intimate 1:1 communicator. Very hard to be equally great at both.
Likewise - a founder can be a great visionary or a total execution animal; very hard to find a founder who’s equally great at both.

[CK Chang Kim @ckchangkim]

Did English make English degree more valuable or less?

[Cory Althoff @coryalthoff]

Unpopular opinion: AI has made a CS degree more valuable not less

[CK Chang Kim @ckchangkim]

3 things that make any founder's day:
- "What you're building is genuinely great."
- "Can I try it? I'd pay for it."
- "(for an ask) Don't worry, I got you on that."

[CK Chang Kim @ckchangkim]

In Korea, older model Teslas are now more expensive than brand new ones because (long story short) you can use FSD only on those older models. "Cars will become more software than hardware" - there's a real life example right there.

[CK Chang Kim @ckchangkim]

This is crazy

[Rohin Dhar @rohindhar]

San Francisco home sale in the diamond heights neighborhood at $1.67M over asking price

[Vivo @vivoplt]

Pov : Devs, 2 hours before deadline

[CK Chang Kim @ckchangkim]

@startupoppa I vaguely remember this (coz I'm so old!)

[Alex Kwon @startupoppa]

investor friends!

i’m starting an X-native warm intros to curated circle of investors. gonna be one hell of a deal flow flywheel if it works.

the intro’d founders will all be curated through my personal filter/mutuals.

dm/reply if interested.

[CK Chang Kim @ckchangkim]

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[CK Chang Kim @ckchangkim]

I have a friend who loves golf. He got a job in the golf industry and now absolutely hates it. Sometimes it's better to keep your passion as a hobby.

[CK Chang Kim @ckchangkim]

@zamdoteth yes they did drop $12mm and the business didn't work out, so they pivoted. ouch

[CK Chang Kim @ckchangkim]

still can't match the audacity of dropping $12mm to buy https://t.co/zyGUqvPJ5X

[zam @zamdoteth]

Some friends of mine from a VC that shall remain unnamed gave a $1.5m seed round check to a startup working on b2b ai healthcare solutions

The founders decided to spend $50k on a domain

And $600k on the production of a launch video

For a b2b healthcare saas

[CK Chang Kim @ckchangkim]

why are founders so crazy about poker nights

[CK Chang Kim @ckchangkim]

@startupoppa investor is more like family in that sense.. you can't fire them (they can fire you though lol)

[CK Chang Kim @ckchangkim]

There are two ways to tell a startup story:

1/ Start with Sunday - the big vision - then explain why Tuesday matters.
2/ Start with Tuesday - today's product - then show how it gets to Sunday.

Both approaches work. The mistake is confusing your audience about what's Tuesday and what's Sunday. I see so many founders making this mistake.

Great storytelling isn't just about a big vision. It's about helping people understand where you are today, where you're headed, and how you'll get there.

[CK Chang Kim @ckchangkim]

Someone’s AI just sent me a calendar invite for 6am my time with a kind message; the human followed up and apologized. Talk about babysitting AI!

[CK Chang Kim @ckchangkim]

what do you do when a VC ghosts you?

[CK Chang Kim @ckchangkim]

Re: typing all lowercase on X, isn't it actually harder because of iPhone autocorrect?