Chang “CK” Kim

2x Exited Founder

Chang Kim (“CK”) is a 2x founder and angel investor/adviser for 50+ companies. CK is the original founder and former CEO of Tapas Media, a mobile storytelling platform and community for original IP creators. In 2021, Tapas Media was acquired by Korea’s Kakao Entertainment at a $510M valuation. Prior to that, he was a product manager at Google running Blogger.com. CK joined Google when the company he co-founded, TNC (a leading blogging software company in Asia), was acquired by Google. Previously, CK was in charge of Samsung’s mobile content strategies. CK has a B.S. in Physics from the University of Michigan and also studied at Seoul National University. CK is based out of LA yet frequents Asia and the Bay Area. His areas of interest include social platforms, creator economy, and genAI.

Articles by Chang “CK” Kim

Managing Complex B2B Sales Motions for Startup Founder-Led Sales with Luke Welch

In this Mucker Growth Session, Luke Welch, owner of Luke Welch GTM Consulting and former VP of Global Marketing Solution Sales at Salesforce, focuses on the challenges and best practices...

How to Kickstart Content Marketing at Early-Stage Companies with Dennis Shiao

In this Mucker Growth Session, Dennis Shiao, founder of marketing agency Attention Retention, walks through how to make an impact with content marketing even when you have limited budget and...

How to Improve Your Team’s Performance and Prevent Burnout with Glenn Gow

In this Mucker Growth Session, CEO coach Glenn Gow discusses improving your team’s performance and preventing burnout. PDF of Glenn’s presentation slides Right Now, Things are Hard On any given...

Finance 101 for Early Stage Startup Founders with Debbie Rosler

In this Mucker Growth Session, Debbie Rosler from Burkland dives into the fundamental financial best practices and infrastructure early -stage startups need to put in place. Finance 101: Why Should...

Engineering Customer & Product Feedback Loops with Holden Munson & Sofia Maravich

In this Mucker Growth session, Holden Munson and Sofia Maravich from Rethink Labs, explore how to develop a useful system of collecting customer data and integrating it into your team....

How Startups Can Win More Enterprise Deals Through Value Selling with Mike Genstil

In this Mucker Growth session, Mike Genstil with ValueCore delves into the concept of value selling and its application in enterprise sales. Delivering value at every touchpoint of...