John S. Kim
Sendbird / Valon Capital
Founder, investor, and community builder
I’m John S. Kim, Co-Founder/CEO of Sendbird, the first startup in history to originate in Korea, move to Silicon Valley, and become a unicorn.
I also operate Valon Capital/ASQ as a General Partner, investing in startups focused on AI/productivity, deep tech, healthcare, and fintech.
As an engineer, I am interested in the brain, artificial intelligence, deep tech (space, bio/longevity, energy, robotics), productivity, and complexity science.
“Someone once told me the definition of Hell: The last day you have on earth, the person you became will meet the person you could have become.” – Anonymous
Our mission is to
build and invest in organizations that drive the positive future of humanity.
Sendbird
Sendbird is the world’s most useful omnichannel AI agent platform for delightful customer service. Today, we power over 300 million monthly active users who engage in conversations on our platform. To date, we have raised over $220 million from leading investors, including ICONIQ Capital, Tiger Global Management, SoftBank Vision Fund, and Y Combinator.
Valon Capital/ASQ
The mission of the fund is to invest in the future of humanity by partnering with founders who are changing the trajectory of human civilization for the better. We primarily focus on investments in AI/productivity, deep tech, healthcare, and fintech.
COMMUNITY & VOLUNTEERING
I host events for entrepreneurs to build a community of like-minded individuals who are on a mission to drive a positive future for humanity. I have advised three Presidents of South Korea and have guest lectured at Stanford University, Wharton MBA, and Seoul National University.
These might be a bit more
random than you expect
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Lecture 6 – Growth (Alex Schultz)
Alex Schultz, VP of Growth at Facebook, covers Growth, in lecture 6 of How to Start a Startup. View the readings Alex refers to, and a transcript, at http://startupclass.samaltman.com/courses/lec06/
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Lecture 5 – Competition is for Losers (Peter Thiel)
Peter Thiel explains why “Competition is For Losers”. See the slides, readings, and more, at startupclass.samaltman.com/courses/lec05/
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Lecture 4 – Building Product, Talking to Users, and Growing (Adora Cheung)
Adora Cheung, Founder of Homejoy, covers Building Product, Talking to Users, and Growing, in Lecture 4 of How to Start a Startup.
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Lecture 3 – Before the Startup (Paul Graham)
Paul Graham delivers an informative (and highly amusing) talk on Counterintuitive Parts of Startups, and How to Have Ideas. Class link is here.
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Lecture 2 – Team and Execution (Sam Altman)
How to Start a Startup course’s 2nd lecture video is up! Sam Altman finishes up “Ideas, Products, Teams and Execution” by covering Team and Execution, in Lecture 2 of How to Start a Startup. Get your slide deck here.
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Lecture 1 – How to Start a Startup (Sam Altman, Dustin Moskovitz)
Sam Altman and Dustin Moskovitz start off the How to Start a Startup Course. Sam’s topic is “Ideas, Products, Teams and Execution, Part I” and Dustin’s is “Why to Start a Startup”. Annotated script: http://tech.genius.com/Sam-altman-how-to-start-a-startup-lecture-1-annotated
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