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<div style="background: #025EA1; padding: 15px; font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1em; text-indent: 15px; border-left: #0d3963 solid 32px;"><font color="white">SPIKA (SHAREON) Progress</font></div>
 
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| style="text-align:center;" | 21st Jan 2015 || Sent first email and received reply , expressed interest in meeting us, however C-level execs not around.
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| style="text-align:center;" | 23rd Jan 2015 || Replied to CEO
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| style="text-align:center;" | 30th Jan 2015 || Introduced to Nextrans CEO, facilitate arrangement of meeting
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| style="text-align:center;" | 06 Feb 2015|| Received email from Eddy Hong, Nextrans CEO.
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| style="text-align:center;" | 11th Feb 2015|| Replied to Eddy, stating issues with location. Status is likely to be Rejected
 
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<div style="background: #025EA1; padding: 15px; font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1em; text-indent: 15px; border-left: #0d3963 solid 32px;"><font color="white">beSUCCESS Progress</font></div>
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| style="text-align:center;" | 23rd Feb 2015 || Introduced by Willis Wee of TechInAsia, sent email to reply to James Jung
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| style="text-align:center;" | 9th Mar 2015 || Sent 2nd reminder email, received a reply stating size office is too small
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| style="text-align:center;" | 10th Mar 2015 || Send reply asking for alternative location, status set to Pending
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== Companies ==
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===beSUCCESS===
 
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==[[File:BeSuccess.png|750px|left]]==
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[[File:BeSuccess.png|850px|center]]
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===SPIKA===
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[[Image:Spika_logo.jpg|left|200px]]
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<div style="background: #ff3030; padding: 15px; font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1em; text-indent: 15px; border-left: #FFA500 solid 32px;"><font color="white"> About SPIKA </font></div>
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[[Image:ShareONCEO.jpg|right|200]]
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'''Introduction'''
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*Started in 2009
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*Located at the outskirts of Seoul
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*focused on cloud and sharing services using its proprietary direct sharing technology
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*Has been featured in TechInAsia , beSuccess
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*17 employees
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*Created middle ware products for Samsung,  pantech etc
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'''Categories'''
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**Service Providers, Services, Cloud Computing
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'''Funding Received'''
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**$840000 in 1 Round from 2 Investors
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**From GREE Ventures and B Dash Ventures
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<div style="background: #ff3030; padding: 15px; font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1em; text-indent: 15px; border-left: #FFA500 solid 32px;"><font color="white"> The Team </font></div>
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!style="background: #ff3030; color: white; text-align: center; height=65px"|Picture
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!style="background: #ff3030; color: white; text-align: center"|Name
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|style="text-align:center" width="200px"|[[Image:Nicole hosun kim.jpg |center|200px]]
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|align="center" |'''[https://www.linkedin.com/in/hosunkim Nicole Hosun Kim]'''
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|align="center" | '''CEO'''
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|style="text-align:center" width="200px"|[[Image:Evan Heungju Kim.jpeg|center|200px]]
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|align="center" |'''[https://www.linkedin.com/in/evankim/ko Evan Heungju Kim]'''
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|align="center" | '''CTO'''
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|style="text-align:center" width="200px"|[[Image:Hongmin park.jpg|center|200px]]
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|align="center" |'''[https://kr.linkedin.com/in/hongminpark/en Hongmin Park]'''
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|align="center" | '''CMO'''
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|style="text-align:center" width="200px"|[[Image:Kevin cho.jpg|center|200px]]
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|align="center" |'''[https://kr.linkedin.com/in/jiwook/ko Kevin Cho]'''
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|align="center" | '''CDO'''
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<div style="background: #ff3030; padding: 15px; font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1em; text-indent: 15px; border-left: #FFA500 solid 32px;"><font color="white"> About ShareON </font></div>
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[[Image:Shareon logo.png|left|]]
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ShareON is an easy and powerful application that is great for sharing photos and videos with friends or family. No slow uploads to the cloud, only direct connections with friends. Use ShareON to access your media files on different devices, without any complicated settings.
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Use ShareON on-the-go to stream media files to a Smart TV or Wi-Fi speakers, or access all media no matter which device it is kept on!
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[[Image:Shareon picture.png|right|750px]]
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* Personal cloud file sharing app
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*Works with mobile, PCs and smart TVs
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*Share pictures, movies , music and files
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*Does not require a 3rd party cloud server
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*Free
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*Available in iOS, Android, Windows
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[[Image:Shareon1.png|align="left"|500px]]  
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[[Image:Shareon2.png|align="right"|500px]]
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[[Image:Shareon3.png|align="left"|500px]]
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[[Image:Shareon4.png|align="right"|500px]]
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'''ShareOn on Mobile'''
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[[Image:Shareon Mobile.png|align="center"|800px]]
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<div style="background: #ff3030; padding: 15px; font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1em; text-indent: 15px; border-left: #FFA500 solid 32px;"><font color="white"> Why ShareOn? </font></div>
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* has garnered interest from Silicon Valley, under the 500 Startups accelerator program
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*ShareOn is possible due to increasing internet bandwidth speeds, high penetration of tablets and smartphones in developed countries.
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*it allows for fast sharing of very large files between devices, without requiring any download or lag
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*thus their value point is different from obvious competitors such as Dropbox or other cloud apps.
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<div style="background: #ff3030; padding: 15px; font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1em; text-indent: 15px; border-left: #FFA500 solid 32px;"><font color="white"> Learning Points & Thoughts </font></div>
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'''Some learning points include:'''
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*How growth of a startup happens from inception stage to seed and finally exit
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*The speed and agility needed to get the product ready for the market
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*How startups leverage on media to promote its products and branding
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*Challenges in prioritizing resources for different problems/opportunities
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*How technology startups are much easier to scale and globalise.
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==Other Materials==
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[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LoDIRN8bYuo Introduction Video on beLaunch]<br>
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[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iKH_0U1WHR4 Introduction Video on beGlobal]<br>
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[[Media:BeSuccess_Presentation.pdf|beSuccess Presentation]]
  
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[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LoDIRN8bYuo Introduction Video on beLaunch]
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==References==
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[http://beglobal.co/ beGLobal Conference]<br>
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[http://en.besuccess.com/ beSuccess Company Page]<br>
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[https://www.techinasia.com/tag/besuccess/ Information on beSuccess]<br>
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[https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/besuccess Team Members of beSuccess]<br>
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[http://e27.co/author/besuccess/ Other information on beSuccess]
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[http://www.spika.co.kr/ Spika website]<br>
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[https://shareon.tv/ ShareOn Website]<br>
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[https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/spika Crunchbase - Spika ]<br>
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[https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/shareon Crunchbase - ShareOn ]<br>
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[http://www.techinasia.com/shareon TechInAsia - ShareOn ]<br>

Latest revision as of 12:48, 13 March 2015


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Reflection


About Us Our Companies Our Reflection


Progress Updates


SPIKA (SHAREON) Progress
Date Action
21st Jan 2015 Sent first email and received reply , expressed interest in meeting us, however C-level execs not around.
23rd Jan 2015 Replied to CEO
30th Jan 2015 Introduced to Nextrans CEO, facilitate arrangement of meeting
06 Feb 2015 Received email from Eddy Hong, Nextrans CEO.
11th Feb 2015 Replied to Eddy, stating issues with location. Status is likely to be Rejected



beSUCCESS Progress
Date Action
23rd Feb 2015 Introduced by Willis Wee of TechInAsia, sent email to reply to James Jung
9th Mar 2015 Sent 2nd reminder email, received a reply stating size office is too small
10th Mar 2015 Send reply asking for alternative location, status set to Pending


Companies

beSUCCESS


BeSuccess.png

SPIKA

Spika logo.jpg




About SPIKA

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Introduction

  • Started in 2009
  • Located at the outskirts of Seoul
  • focused on cloud and sharing services using its proprietary direct sharing technology
  • Has been featured in TechInAsia , beSuccess
  • 17 employees
  • Created middle ware products for Samsung, pantech etc

Categories

    • Service Providers, Services, Cloud Computing

Funding Received

    • $840000 in 1 Round from 2 Investors
    • From GREE Ventures and B Dash Ventures



The Team




Picture Name Position
Nicole hosun kim.jpg
 Nicole Hosun Kim CEO
Evan Heungju Kim.jpeg
 Evan Heungju Kim CTO
Hongmin park.jpg
 Hongmin Park CMO
Kevin cho.jpg
 Kevin Cho CDO



About ShareON


Shareon logo.png




ShareON is an easy and powerful application that is great for sharing photos and videos with friends or family. No slow uploads to the cloud, only direct connections with friends. Use ShareON to access your media files on different devices, without any complicated settings. Use ShareON on-the-go to stream media files to a Smart TV or Wi-Fi speakers, or access all media no matter which device it is kept on!




Shareon picture.png


  • Personal cloud file sharing app
  • Works with mobile, PCs and smart TVs
  • Share pictures, movies , music and files
  • Does not require a 3rd party cloud server
  • Free
  • Available in iOS, Android, Windows





align="left" align="right"
align="left" align="right"

ShareOn on Mobile
align="center"



Why ShareOn?
  • has garnered interest from Silicon Valley, under the 500 Startups accelerator program
  • ShareOn is possible due to increasing internet bandwidth speeds, high penetration of tablets and smartphones in developed countries.
  • it allows for fast sharing of very large files between devices, without requiring any download or lag
  • thus their value point is different from obvious competitors such as Dropbox or other cloud apps.


Learning Points & Thoughts


Some learning points include:

  • How growth of a startup happens from inception stage to seed and finally exit
  • The speed and agility needed to get the product ready for the market
  • How startups leverage on media to promote its products and branding
  • Challenges in prioritizing resources for different problems/opportunities
  • How technology startups are much easier to scale and globalise.

Other Materials

Introduction Video on beLaunch
Introduction Video on beGlobal
beSuccess Presentation

References

beGLobal Conference
beSuccess Company Page
Information on beSuccess
Team Members of beSuccess
Other information on beSuccess Spika website
ShareOn Website
Crunchbase - Spika
Crunchbase - ShareOn
TechInAsia - ShareOn

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