YOUNGJAE WOO

Youngjae Woo is a South Korea native who joined the YouNoodle team as a KoFounder Labs Program Assistant. Currently working on expanding YouNoodle Judging and Entrepreneurship program partnerships in Korea. YouNoodle Judging is used to power competitions, awards, and application processes at universities, incubators and accelerators around the world. YouNoodle Judging helps bring meritocracy to entrepreneurship. He studied Business Administration and English Linguistics at the Hankuk University of Foreign Studies, and was selected by the South Korean government to participate in WEST, a program run by the South Korean Ministry of Education, Science and Technology that allows students to gain a first-hand experience in American corporate culture. Youngjae has considerable experience related to the startup industry. He has previously worked for Hub Bay Area, a place where companies scale themselves into viable enterprises, and Splurgy, a San Francisco-based startup that creates self-service platforms for social media engagement. Youngjae enjoys helping fellow Koreans find their career and adjust to life in the USA.