Mike Kim
[Mentor]
Senior Director of Corporate Development for Baedal Minjok
Mike is currently Senior Director of Corporate Development for Baedal Minjok ( 배달의민족 ), Korea's largest and fastest growing mobile food ordering application. Prior to moving to Seoul he led Global Business Development for LinkedIn's Profile & Higher Education product teams, was a Director of Business Development for Monster Worldwide, an early member of social gaming giant Zynga, and the CEO and founder of Yollege. In 2008 he joined Zynga, the world's number one social gaming company with hits such as Mafia Wars and FarmVille. There, he developed user retention strategy and focused on marketing communications to it's millions of daily active users.
While a student at UC Davis he founded University Passport, an all inclusive college touring company to help parents and students find the right fit through highly interactive and engaging college visits. Upon graduation he founded Yollege.com, a student driven college review site, which was voted as one of the Top 5 Newcomers to the Web by BusinessWeek. Mike is deeply passionate about supporting a new generation of Korean entrepreneurs and also serves as a venture adviser at 500 Startups (Kimchi Fund).