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How I secure $1.51MM in Seed Funding (Korean version)

사실 투자를 받은지는 좀 시간이 지났지만, 발표는 이제서야 하게 됬습니다. 발표시점과 그에 따른 준비를 하는데도 시간이 좀 걸리더라구요. 타이밍은 좀 놓쳤지만, 그래도 도움을 받은 분들께 꼭 감사의 인사를 하고 싶었습니다. 이야기가 좀 깁니다.

7 min readOct 27, 2020

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Female Founders Lead the Way: Startups, Pitching, Marketing, Building, Investing

Lessons taken from All Raise first week session

I have been asking to myself. “How do I take my startup, YesPlz.AI to Series A in the smartest way that I can’t help but feeling proud of…

3 min readAug 30, 2020

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Lessons taken from All Raise first week session

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YesPlz-ai

What does AI/ML mean for fashion eCommerce?

This is the expert interview series at YesPlz (https://yesplz.ai) that discusses about fashion, eCommerce, and technology. Some are very…

3 min readAug 25, 2020

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What does AI/ML mean for fashion eCommerce?

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YesPlz-ai

How I Hired My First Full-Time Backend and Frontend Engineers

Hiring is hard.

5 min readMay 30, 2020

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How I Hired My First Full-Time Backend and Frontend Engineers

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Rebeca from Rio de Janeiro.

I met Rebeca from one of the freelance platforms. I was looking for a designer who can upgrade the YesPlz website. Among the many…

3 min readJan 31, 2019

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Rebeca from Rio de Janeiro.

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Female Founders Lead the Way: Startups, Pitching, Marketing, Building, Investing

#6 FFF Haimanot Anbesaw, CEO & Co-founder of NutriEla

I met Haimanot at Draper University in San Mateo, CA. We had a entrepreneur training together but in a separate program and ran into each…

3 min readJul 15, 2018

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#6 FFF Haimanot Anbesaw, CEO & Co-founder of NutriEla

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Female Founders Lead the Way: Startups, Pitching, Marketing, Building, Investing

#5 FFF How to support other fierce female founders.

Whether the person is female or male, an entrepreneur can use some support from their friends. But what kind of support does it actually…

7 min readMar 5, 2018

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#5 FFF How to support other fierce female founders.

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YesPlz-ai

#4 FFF Ana Maria, Co-Founder of Medea Interactiva

People I admire are someone who endures and overcomes the hard problem. Ana is a co-founder of a company Medea Interactive, which makes VR…

3 min readJan 14, 2018

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#4 FFF Ana Maria, Co-Founder of Medea Interactiva

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YesPlz-ai

#3 FFF Mia, Co-founder of Aequales

It is my joy to meet a fierce female founder for the powerful inspiration I get from her. I am sure someday in the near future, this won’t…

3 min readOct 26, 2017

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#3 FFF Mia, Co-founder of Aequales

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Jiwon Hong

“Is there really gender discrimination against women in the workplace?”

A friend of mine Ki took me to his favorite Japanese restaurant for a lunch. As we sat down I started talking about the event I attended a…

7 min readAug 19, 2017

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“Is there really gender discrimination against women in the workplace?”

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Jiwon Hong

Jiwon Hong

I care to be a good friend and dream to build the world best recommendation engine│a founder of YesPlz, AI for fashion recommendation. (https://yesplz.ai)

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