Today we are with John Park - Managing Director of Sparklabs, one of Korea's largest global startup accelerators.

Sparklabs focuses on digital startups, with a special interest in the ones that analyze, collect, or use data. It consists of an intensive 4-month program that measures the performance of the startups through weekly KPIs.

As a global accelerator, Sparklabs offers a global network of mentors who support startups to expand overseas fast and efficiently.

John explains how an acceleration program works from the inside, how is the selection process, investment, the characteristics of the program, and the follow-up after its completion.

He will also talk about the main difficulties startups are experiencing in this time of economic recession, and what are the keys for Korea to become a bigger global startup ecosystem.

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Hello and welcome to a new episode of Korea startup podcast.

Today we have with us Jason Boutte - the CEO of Shuttle, a food delivery company based in Korea.

Shuttle has been operating in Korea for years and has managed to create its own path in this industry thanks to a focus on the foreign community, and a selection of restaurants based on quality instead of quantity.

In this episode, Jason will share the learnings he got from his many years of experience in Korea; From the reason why he fell in love with it, to what has become the biggest obstacle to his business and his biggest nightmare due to unexpected cultural differences.

Finally, he will talk about the future plans of Shuttle to expand globally through a really interesting and unusual strategy.

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Today we have with us Stan Choi - the founder of Heming.

Heming is “The Figma for Writers”. It is a SaaS powered by AI technology that inspires you to write in a creative and persuasive way out of picture analysis. Check out their website: https://heming.ink/.

In this episode, Stand will let us know about his career based on the dream of generating tons of money and getting a Rolex.

He will also share his philosophy on how to develop and grow businesses. To finish, he will make a deep comparison between the American and Korean startup ecosystems.

We hope you enjoy it!

Today we have with us Parag Mankeekar - the founder of RealLives. RealLives is a simulation game that promotes global empathy by allowing its users to experience a full life as if they were born in different parts of the world.

RealLives was listed in the top 5 simulation games on CNET out of about 1200 other games, and it attracted the interest of prominent personalities like Bill Gates.

In this episode, Parag will talk about why he decided to leave his medical career, after setting up 3 hospitals and working in humanitarian disaster zones, to generate a global impact through Real Lives.

He will also share the biggest challenges social projects face, why he chose Korea as the main focus to scale up RealLives, and why empathy is more urgent than ever. Hope you enjoy!