The GMIC Beijing team and GWC is proud to announce that we will be working with beSUCCESS, Korea’s leading startup platform, on a long-term event partnership. We believe that this partnership will be mutually beneficial for the startup and tech communities in China and Korea, as well as for global startups looking to enter the lucrative markets of North East Asia.
beSUCCESS is Korea’s leading media platform and network for startups and entrepreneurs. This year they will be running their annual beLAUNCH startup event on May 1st-2nd, coming a week before our GMIC event on May 7th-8th. Given the parallel visions of GWC and beSUCCESS, we will be working to support each other’s events and engaging in a number of Asia-wide collaborations going forward.
Started in 2012, beSUCCESS has quickly become the largest startup media platform in Korea, with its flagship beLAUNCH event expecting as many as 2,500 attendees this year. beSUCCESS wants to understand why Asian tech startups struggle outside their own boarders, and wants to support them to fulfill their potential overseas, as well as assisting global startups succeed in Korea. According to beSUCCESS’ CEO James Jung, “I wanted to revolutionize the way Korean entrepreneurs approach global expansion and encourage the Asian ecosystem towards global success.”
The teams of GWC and beSUCCESS understand the high value of a strong global network in the pursuit of international startup success and together will be working to build strong relationships with the global ecosystem, particularly in NE Asia and the US. Leveraging the networks of GWC in China, Japan and the US with the highly developed ecosystem of beSUCCESS in Korea, the partnership will help fast-track the visibility of Asian startups on the world scene.
On the partnership, Calvin Smith, Director of International Relations at GWC explains, “The Korean market is an important market for our strategic growth, and we at GWC are very pleased to be working with beSUCCESS to mutually forge ties between China and Korea, as well as with the startup scene globally.”
Founded on March 27, 2008, the GWC is a platform for its members and clients to develop trusted relationships with other mobile Internet industry leaders, learn market leading strategies, promote their initiatives and ultimately grow their mobile Internet business in key developing markets throughout the world. This is accomplished through events, executive trips, reports, and consulting.
Headquartered in Beijing, GWC has offices around the world in the USA and Japan, as well as representative offices in Singapore, Taiwan and Finland.
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