Founder of K-Bridge (community for K-Diaspora, global koreans, and people passionate about Korea's future)
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Hosted a launch event for my startup in Seoul!
Was a HUGE success.
When I moved to Korea in September, I had no idea what the next few months would look like.
I just started having conversations with as many cool english-speaking people I could find.
Quickly learned there was a lack of community for english-speaking founders, creators, and young professionals and decided to found K-Bridge.
I thought I'd be presenting to ~20 new friends but more than 60 people ended up attending.
What a way to end 2025!
Many thanks to my X friends who supported ๐
@lucas_chae@HarryShin16@thesoheekim @joshuahypark @TimothyIm5@harpriiya
I was listening to @tyger_choโs podcast with @EricJorgenson (big fan of his work)
During the podcast, Erik brought up the notion of โlost yearsโ
โThe more peoples stories you study the more you see there is always a period of time unless you dig, itโs not obvious that the person was working on their craft, but if you know the story well anything that looks like an overnight success was not.โ
I loved hearing his story of working at a startup for almost 10 years before writing The Almanack of Naval.
He talked about starting a project called Evergreen and how instrumental it was to honing his craft as a writer and meeting people that played an instrumental role in his books success.
It made me reflect on my own projects like Deal Bridge, 535 or my monthly newsletters
Each one has been a meaningful step in sharpening my craft
I built "Duolingo for Goals"
Our brains aren't wired for massive goals - we get overwhelmed, lose focus, and quit.
So I built an AI coach that breaks ANY goals into daily micro-tasks.
hi twitter friends ๐
Last week, my friend @lucas_chae graciously filmed my presentation at the K-Bridge launch event I held in Seoul.
Wanted to share here for everyone that's been following my journey!
Unfortunately (due to my oversight), the audio quality drops off around the 7-minute mark. However, the subtitles should help.
I also posted on YouTube :)
https://t.co/n1lINnuUqB
Many thanks to everyone who was able to come and support.
More to come in 2025!
Hosted a launch event for my startup in Seoul!
Was a HUGE success.
When I moved to Korea in September, I had no idea what the next few months would look like.
I just started having conversations with as many cool english-speaking people I could find.
Quickly learned there was a lack of community for english-speaking founders, creators, and young professionals and decided to found K-Bridge.
I thought I'd be presenting to ~20 new friends but more than 60 people ended up attending.
What a way to end 2025!
Many thanks to my X friends who supported ๐
@lucas_chae@HarryShin16@thesoheekim @joshuahypark @TimothyIm5@harpriiya
Bay Area friends:
My new friend @gnwoo_park is one of the most interesting young minds I've met.
Right now, his X account is unknown but I imagine that will soon change...
He's visiting the Bay Area until the 29th and looking to meet ambitious and interesting people.
Please watch his video and reach out if you're around!
Hey San Francisco!๐
Iโm a @imperialcollege CS student interested in Creator Economy!
Iโm looking to connect with like-minded people while Iโm around (~29th Dec)
Hosted a launch event for my startup in Seoul!
Was a HUGE success.
When I moved to Korea in September, I had no idea what the next few months would look like.
I just started having conversations with as many cool english-speaking people I could find.
Quickly learned there was a lack of community for english-speaking founders, creators, and young professionals and decided to found K-Bridge.
I thought I'd be presenting to ~20 new friends but more than 60 people ended up attending.
What a way to end 2025!
Many thanks to my X friends who supported ๐
@lucas_chae@HarryShin16@thesoheekim @joshuahypark @TimothyIm5@harpriiya
Got to chat in-depth with @tyger_cho on his podcast The Idea Exchange. Tyger was a super thoughtful interviewer and we went deep on:
How I accidentally stumbled upon a problem and got investment to start a company from Jason Calacanis without a single line of code written).
Struggles with fundraising and scaling (we just closed a $1.6M pre-seed round)
The fact that the more impressive startups I worked with, the less likely I thought it would be that I'd be able to start one myself (seeing how hard it is even when founders are brilliant and things are going "well")
My existential dread of finding out if River is beautiful tarpit โย something that everyone badly wants to exist, but is unclear if it can be a $100M ARR business.
Give it a listen and share your feedback!