Comments on: .hola olaworks* http://www.joycelankim.com/2008/03/hola-olaworks/ stuff Tue, 06 Jan 2009 06:46:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: joycekim http://www.joycelankim.com/2008/03/hola-olaworks/comment-page-1/#comment-16 joycekim Mon, 07 Apr 2008 00:45:21 +0000 http://joycelankim.com/?p=42#comment-16 hi bobby - thanks for stopping by to read my blog:) actually, the point of my post was to talk about localization issues and challenges that startups have when launching products in foreign countries and the advice that is typically given to these start-ups when moving to a foreign market. its an issue that all companies looking to launch products in other countries face - take for example mcdonalds in india (http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/04/02/asia_letter/main2640540.shtml) that found a joint venture partner and fundamentally altered their main product offering for the target market! for tech startups, the challenges are unique in that your product can technically be reached by anyone in the world with an internet connection. however, this makes the localization problem much more nuanced. i do not think the racial background of a founder has any correlation to chance of success. but companies trying to be multinational (regardless of whether it is cross-racial boundaries or not) do face special challenges, which often include language and perhaps even factors such as race, religion and national customs. to ignore these factors when growing a company across international boundaries is a major mistake. hi bobby - thanks for stopping by to read my blog:) actually, the point of my post was to talk about localization issues and challenges that startups have when launching products in foreign countries and the advice that is typically given to these start-ups when moving to a foreign market. its an issue that all companies looking to launch products in other countries face - take for example mcdonalds in india (http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/04/02/asia_letter/main2640540.shtml) that found a joint venture partner and fundamentally altered their main product offering for the target market!

for tech startups, the challenges are unique in that your product can technically be reached by anyone in the world with an internet connection. however, this makes the localization problem much more nuanced.

i do not think the racial background of a founder has any correlation to chance of success. but companies trying to be multinational (regardless of whether it is cross-racial boundaries or not) do face special challenges, which often include language and perhaps even factors such as race, religion and national customs. to ignore these factors when growing a company across international boundaries is a major mistake.

]]> By: Bobby http://www.joycelankim.com/2008/03/hola-olaworks/comment-page-1/#comment-15 Bobby Sat, 05 Apr 2008 01:21:09 +0000 http://joycelankim.com/?p=42#comment-15 WoW! Admittedly I don’t know you except as a loyal fan of the gigaom show. I stumbled upon the show and was taken by the content format, your intelligence and beauty. I’m pretty sure it was not your intent but your comments, in my opinion, are pretty racist. I consider myself an open minded individual but could not convince myself of any rational reason why you imply that unless you are “white” there’s little chance of having a successful startup in the technology industry. WoW! Admittedly I don’t know you except as a loyal fan of the gigaom show. I stumbled upon the show and was taken by the content format, your intelligence and beauty. I’m pretty sure it was not your intent but your comments, in my opinion, are pretty racist. I consider myself an open minded individual but could not convince myself of any rational reason why you imply that unless you are “white” there’s little chance of having a successful startup in the technology industry.

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올라웍스, 미국의 인터넷 뉴스에 소개되다? 지난 3월 20일, 올라웍스가 미국의 GigaOM 에 소개되었습니다!GigaOM은 인터넷과 모바일 서비스를 전문적으로 분석하는 블로그 사이트로,IT블로그 테크…

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