Why Did The Founders of PayPal And HOTorNOT Help A Dropout Start WeGame?

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Imagine if you wanted to start a business and you were able to brainstorm ideas and put together your plan with some of the top internet entrepreneurs, like Max Levchin (PayPal), James Hong (HOTorNOT), and Albert Lai (Kontagent).

That’s what happened to college-dropout Jared Kim, the founder of WeGame.com. Why did they spend so much time with him?

If you listen to our conversation, you’ll see that part of it has to do with the failure of his first big startup. Entrepreneurs who start companies think differently than college grads who’ve never tried. The experience he got from running his first company came through when he talked about ideas for the future. Another thing that helped him is that he built relationships before he needed them.

To see what else made Jared an entrepreneur that others want to support–and learn from his experiences–listen to the full program.

Jared Kim

Jared Kim

WeGame

Jared Kim is the founder of WeGame.com, a media sharing platform for gamers. Previously, he founded Xinjun Software Limited, where he developed an online gaming platform that connected gamers across mainland China. The company created and operated China’s first fully-online internet gaming league (IGL) which had gamers from 15 cities. Partnered with SOHU, Netease, Sina, ESPNStar, TOM.com, Tencent QQ and Aomei.

 

Full program includes

– Discussion of how to steady your mind so worry and doubt don’t get in the way.

– What Jared learned about building a company from some of the internet’s top entrepreneurs.

– How to create the one business relationship that will help easily win over others.

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