Mar 4, 2016
March 4, 2016 - Join us for a
corporate luncheon event with Seung Bak, Co-founder & CEO of
Dramafever, David Kim, Attorney at The Hollywood Lawyers, and Brian
Lee, Partner at SKIG and former GM at Maker Studios. This joint
Kotra NY-IP Desk-Korea Society event offers aspiring and existing
entrepreneurs key insights on starting and exiting an
entertainment-media startup and advice on navigating thorny
intellectual property issues.
Seung Bak is the CEO and co-founder of DramaFever,
the leading online destination for international television shows
and movies. Seung led the company since its inception in 2009,
including a sale to SoftBank in 2014 at greater than 10x invested
capital. Prior to founding DramaFever, Seung was Vice
President and Chief Marketing Officer for Capital IQ, a leading
provider of information services to the global financial community.
Seung served a variety of marketing, sales, strategy, finance, and
operational roles in helping Capital IQ grow from a seed stage
startup to a $400+ million revenue business. Previously, he was an
investment banker at CapitalKey Advisors, the precursor to Capital
IQ, where he advised venture-stage and middle-market companies.
Seung is a member of the Young Presidents’ Organization NYC
Chapter. Seung earned a BA in Economics from the University of
Rochester.
David Yung Ho Kim is the Lead Entertainment
Attorney at The Hollywood Lawyer in Los Angeles, and practices in
the areas of film, television, music, new media, licensing and
talent representation. After graduating from the University of
California, Berkeley as a Regents' & Chancellor's Scholar, with cum
laude honors in History, he then moved to study law at the Benjamin
N. Cardozo School of Law (Yeshiva), the nation's premiere Jewish
institution with one of the top-ranked entertainment and IP law
programs in the nation, where he served as the school's first
non-Jewish student body president. With an eclectic background of
employment and experiences in litigation, copyright law and
in-house counsel work as an entertainment attorney for past
employers such as the Los Angeles County District Attorney's
Office, CJ Entertainment America, and East West Artists, David now
spends most of his time negotiating deals, drafting contracts and
advising companies and talent in areas related to media and
entertainment. When he’s not working, David loves meditating, doing
yoga, playing the piano and loving on people, be it family,
friends, or strangers.
Brian Lee is a Partner at SKIG, a NYC-based
accelerator focused on helping early- stage companies scale
audience and revenue. Prior to SKIG, Brian was General Manager and
Vice President at Maker Studios, the worlds premiere multi-channel
network. At Maker Studios, Brian led the Music and Merchandise
divisions from conception all the way through to its eventual $500M
acquisition to Disney in 2014. As Head of Music, Brian
oversaw all of its departments including, network partnerships,
original programming and audience development. His success as GM
was rooted in his ability to converge traditional music industry
stars such as Snoop Dogg, Will.i.am , and Far East Movement with up
and coming YouTube talent such as Christina Grimmie, Mike Tompkins,
and the Epic Rap Battles of History. Prior to his role at
Maker Studios, he was founder and CEO of Knocksteady, a digital
content and social merchandising company based in Los Angeles.
Knocksteady served as the precursor to both Maker Music and
Shop.Maker.Tv and was acquired by Maker Studios in 2012. Brian
earned a Bachelors of Arts in both Political Science and
International Relations from the University of California
Irvine.
For more information, please visit the link below:
http://www.koreasociety.org/corporate/understanding_intellectual_property_for_media_startups.html