2015년 12월 21일 월요일

At Buck's woodside, an Awesome place for dining and time for entrepreneurs and their mentors.



Buck's woodside is located at the east side of the hill on the west shore of silicon Valley.
Place is well-known for not only its decent serving of food but also a place for gathering of entrepreneurs. 

The interior decoration of the restaurant is full of surprises and fun,
just as it feels like touring in an amusement museum.


Thanks to Youngjune and his father, I was introduced to these two mentors in the picture. Mr. Seungsam Yoo from ICTK ventures and Mr. Sunghyun Hwang from SK planet.


Entertainment, relaxation, and enjoyment in the place spreads from mouths of entrepreneurs in the Silicon Valley.

Mr. Yoo told us,

"If you have an idea to change the world,
 Think Big, Start Small, also Start and Change Quickly."

Plug and Play Techcenter in-house seminar : Lunch and Learn with Tibor Shanto from the Salesforce

The PnP center provides various marketing and early start-up support program
within the services periodically for the resident companies in the PNP.


"One can only manage to allocate the tasks to allocate efficiently in time,
managing the time itself is a misleading concept."
Mr. Shanto has emphasized that each start-ups need to know scientifically and experimentally prove and see what and when is most efficient to contact and communicate with customers.

Nature and history, a weekend trip to the Muir Woods

The Muir Woods is one of the famous hiking place
for people living near SF, and the Bay areas.


The place is also known for its history of beginning of the very first UN council after the World War I.


The trees grow both wide and height as it ages.
And the nature of the nature is clearly, visibly shown in its existence.
Looking and breathing the evidences of the wonder in the place
have refreshed the hearts inside of me and my companions.

Breathe for growth.

Visitng the Pinterest, one of the "unicorns" in the Silicon Valley.

The Gazelles visited one of the leading contents curating company, Pinterest.
The key themes of the company are consist of 'collecting,' 'sharing,' and 'creating.'

Creative features all around the company!

Women engineers are highly valued in the company.
Diversity embedded in both genders and nationalities among employees have become the foundation of the company.

Looking deeply into another favorite one curating services of mine has challenged myself into how to build and be a part of a start-up company.

Handong people around Silicon Valley

It is always good to see people you knew times ago and share the same memory,
and especially to people from Handong.

Long-missed Professor David Hyukhwan Kim and Mrs. Kim.

With Mr. Taeil Cho from the department of Management entering class of 96'


I was blessed to share the life with these people only because I'm from Handong.
Being apart from the home country and school made our bond grew stronger.

Trip to the Google Campus

The Gazelles visited the biggest online continent, Google.
I have been using google more than 10 years already, and finally visiting its birthplace
was quite meaningful.


By the help of cutting edge technology and innovation from the companies like Google, Information has become so near to us.

But one key question arose inside of me, 
So what will you going to find? and use them for?

Back to values again.

2015년 12월 20일 일요일

KOTRA and KIC, Korea's business base point in Silicon Valley.

There are only few countries who have their own government agency in the Silicon Valley. From a war-torn country to one of the top world economies, it was an honor to see the evidence of the march of Korean people in the global world.

The outside views of KOTRA and KIC
Korean entrepreneurs hub station
With KIC People and the gateway