Name of business/organization/project:
AB Corporations
Your name:
Arnold Byun
Date/Year founded:
July 2011
Location:
Seoul, South Korea
Your role for your business:
Founder & President
16 Year Old Korean Entrepreneur: “To Put it Plain and Simple, I Hated being an Average High School Student”
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Want to be an Entrepreneur? An Insight of What to Expect (By Ashley Payne)
August 24, 2011 By
(By Ashley Payne) No one knows but you. When you decide to become an entrepreneur, you’ll never be short on opinions from other people. “That doesn’t make sense.” “That sounds like an excellent idea!” “Why would you do that?” “You should think about doing this…” Everyone has their own ideas at what can help you become successful. Your reaction to this could be many different things, annoyance, appreciation, confusion. At first I thought, “hey, don’t you think that I know how to run my own business?” Then sometimes, “wait, am I doing something wrong?” Yet at other times, “that idea would never work.” Then six months later, I realize that it’s a great idea and use it.
Over time, you’ll relax when you hear these things. You settle in to what you’re doing, become more confident, and carefully consider what people suggest. You’ll probably realize (as I did) that people make all of these suggestions because they honestly want to help you. People know that the life of an entrepreneur is incredibly risky. It’s something that they may never want to do, but they admire you for your efforts. [Read more...]
My Guarantee on how You can One Day to be as Wealthy as Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg
July 11, 2011 By
(By Moses Yoon) Mark Zuckerburg, on paper, is worth 13.5 billion dollars. According to Forbes magazine, he is one of the wealthiest persons on planet earth under 30 years old. We all know him as the boy wonder, Harvard dropout, founder and CEO of Facebook – the 800-pound social network website.
You probably clicked on this story to find my secret to how in the world I can guarantee such a claim – that you can one day be as rich as Mark Zuckerberg. If so, please read on.
I believe that many people strive to be wealthy – some people have a goal in life to make over an annual six figure salary in their lifetime. For them, they’d consider themselves wealthy if they see anything over $100,000 on their offer letter of employment.
Others consider themselves wealthy if they have over $1,000,000 in net assets – the total value of their home, retirement account, stocks and bond holdings, and other savings in their accounts. People who have anything over $1,000,000 in assets may consider themselves as wealthy.
Many of us have plans to build up savings and retirement. Nothing really wrong with this in and of itself. It’s actually a good thing to save, get rid of debt, donate, and spend. [Read more...]
Korean Entrepreneur Featuring So-Young Kang – The Awaken Group
June 14, 2011 By
Q: What is your full name?
So-Young Kang
Q: What schools did you graduate from and can you provide some work experience?
I have an MBA from Harvard Business School and a BA dual degree with honors in International Relations and East Asian studies from University of Pennsylvania with a minor in Music Theory.
My experience in leading cultural transformations, coaching, training and maximizing performance of organizations began nearly 15 years ago, starting from my experiences as a change agent at Citibank to my most recent experiences at McKinsey where I was a global expert in designing and implementing value-based performance management systems through cultural transformation and executive coaching.
My international experiences include advising leaders in over fifty client situations across the Americas, Asia, Europe, Africa and the Middle East as an expert on topics such as performance management, cultural transformation, top team engagement, KPI development, and strategic planning.
Professionally, I started my working career in Japan working for Chiba Convention Bureau, then worked for Citigroup in various roles, and worked for McKinsey & Consulting from the West Coast Office serving High Tech, Media and Telecom clients -was at McKinsey until I founded The Awaken Group. [Read more...]
Julie Yoon: My Delicious Journey to the Web
June 14, 2011 By
(By Julie Yoon) I never thought I’d be someone on youtube, but here I am today, making videos and teaching others to cook. I started cooking when I was in elementary school because my older sister would make me play “restaurant” with her. She’d be the customer, and I would have to cook whatever she wanted, whether it was ramen, spaghetti-o’s, or Kraft macaroni and cheese. Funny – we never took turns being the customer.
Years later, I found myself to be a dissatisfied and grumpy young adult, constantly hopping from job to job. I was working as a fashion designer, but kept moving back and forth from Pennsylvania to New York, and quitting jobs like a psycho. I just figured that I wasn’t happy with the city I was living in, or the company. Never once did I possibly think that I was in the wrong industry. I’d come home miserable and stressed out everyday, and my only solace would be watching the Food Network.
One day, my sister told me about an open house at the French Culinary Institute in New York City, and asked me if I wanted to go check it out with her. It was there that we watched a demo given by a chef who said she used to be in fashion design, but was unhappy, so she eventually decided to become a chef instead! I was hooked. [Read more...]
A Leader, a Visionary, an Inspiration – The Tim Haahs Story
May 23, 2011 By
Tim knows about adversity. He’s survived two heart transplants. After the first, Tim found his mission in life and started his own architectural and engineering firm to help those in need through the best of his God given talents and abilities. He overcame a failing heart, two transplants, financial devastation after surpassing the one million dollar maximum limit of his health coverage and losing all of his assets, a difficult physical and emotional recovery, and the challenge of starting his own business with virtually no backing. Tim works to stay two steps ahead, always thinking of ways to improve his company, the parking industry, while maintaining a focus on a mission to help others. This has served him well, and so has his meticulous, analytical eye and willingness to accept nothing less than the absolute best from his employees, and himself. Tim’s employees know they have very high expectations to live up to, but they are inspired, motivated, encouraged and very willing to work to Tim’s standards. [Read more...]
Did You Watch CBS’s Undercover Boss Featuring Baja Fresh CEO David Kim?
April 12, 2011 By
(By Moses Yoon) Every Sunday night, my typical weekly ritual is to do a bunch of laundry – stacks of laundry. Then, to fold them neatly. I still refuse to fold underwear, but I do fold things like towels. The main responsibility is to separate the socks from the underwear from the clothes from the towels, etc. Why am I sharing this? No real reason. I just happened to be in the middle of folding laundry when I bumped into a friend’s Facebook status of him watching Undercover Boss. [Read more...]
Are Koreans Feeling Pressured to Pursue Medical School?
February 20, 2011 By
(By Dr. Joseph Kim) Korean-American kids are often pressured to pursue professional careers. “Become a doctor or lawyer when you grow up.” That’s what I heard when I was a kid. Maybe you did too.
When I was in high school, I wanted to become an engineer. That’s why I chose to go to MIT and study mechanical engineering. When I was an undergraduate student at MIT, I met a number of Korean-American students who were pre-med, pre-law, or they were pursuing engineering.
Over the years, I’ve had the chance to meet [Read more...]
