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A company from Singapore contacted me about consulting services to introduce a new service product from Korea into the Singaporean market. A colleague of mine at KoreaBusinessCentral.com had already had contact with this Singaporean company a couple years back and was further able to introduce yet another associate of his...
The advisor meeting on Friday, February 19, 2010 was held at the Ramada Plaza Hotel in Suweon. As this was my first time to hold an official title in Korea and I didn’t have any idea what to expect in advance, I was apprehensive before the meeting. In particular, I...
I was contacted by a leading US multinational looking for Korean business culture training for a team being dispatched to a site in Korea. I was able to refer her to two excellent associates of mine at Korea Business Central (KoreaBusinessCentral.com) who have deep knowledge of Korean business and culture,...
I gave my presentation early in the program: I was the only Westerner in the room: I shared my opinion (in Korean!) about regional branding for FDI attraction in Korea, as well as where I think a social networking strategy fits into the picture:
I met GyeongGi Provincial Governor Kim Moon-Soo at his official residence last summer in Suweon and wrote about the meeting in a previous post (Meeting the Governor). With a little persistence, that meeting led to lunch with the governor's office manager and Foreign Investment Attraction Office Director General Lee Hak-Soo...
A translation client for whom I had previously introduced a consulting firm for Korean market entry (through my network at <a href=”https://KoreaBusinessCentral.com” target=”_blank”>Korea Business Central</a>), inquired again, this time for a Korean sales rep and recommendations for recruiting firms in Seoul. Not only could I recommend a recruiter at Korea...
I noticed a posting for a part-time Korean translator in Columbus, OH and remembered that the son of a fellow member at <a href=”https://KoreaBusinessCentral.com” target=”_blank”>Korean Business Central</a> is attending grad school at Ohio State University. I forwarded this information to my associate who let his son know of the position.
A client of mine needed translation of Dutch into Korean. We don’t provide this language pair; it’s just too rare. However, I did check with a European contact on <a href=”https://www.koreabusinesscentral.com”></a><a href=”https://www.koreabusinesscentral.com”>Korea Business Central</a><a> (KoreaBusinessCentral.com)</a> and she forwarded this information to a capable Korean associate in the Netherlands.
A client of mine is looking to get some large-scale printing done in Korea but hasn’t been able to find a reliable printer to handle the work. For me though, it was just a matter of inquiring through my network at Korea Business Central and I was able to get...
An executive recruiter in my LinkedIn network asked me to introduce her to another connection of mine for a lead research position in San Jose. I connected the two parties without delay so that they could make the necessary arrangements. She also mentioned another position with the following description: I...
