Startup preparation
Startup item review, cost calculation, customer targeting, commercial area review, and pre-opening risk checks.
EDUCATION HISTORY
Startup Education History
K Startup Lab and startup consultant Jongheon Kang provide practical education based on field experience in startup preparation, small business operation, food business consulting, business closure, restart planning, and AI tool usage for business owners.
Practical education based on field experience
Startup education must be connected to real decisions. Participants need to understand how to review startup items, calculate costs, check commercial areas, prepare operations, write promotional messages, respond to customers, and reduce business risk.
The education history of K Startup Lab is based on direct experience in food business, small business consulting, startup support, business closure consulting, broadcasting, publishing, and institutional lectures.
The main direction of education is practical: helping participants organize what they should check before starting, operating, changing, closing, or restarting a business.
Major education and lecture activities
| Year | Activity | Main topic |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | KBS The Boda and KBS current affairs programs | Self-employment, closure, and small business crisis |
| 2024 | MBN Field Report Special World and KBS1 Tracking 60 Minutes | Store recovery, small business closure, and business risk |
| 2023 | Naver Business School lecture | Store transfer, acquisition, and business closure |
| 2021 | SBS Morning Wide, KBS2 Good Morning Korea Live, YTN, and Small Business Knowledge Learning Platform | Business closure consulting, self-employment crisis, and operation strategy |
| 2020 | MBC radio, SBS 8 News, TV Chosun, Small Business Federation, and Gyeonggi-do Self-employed Business Academy | Prepared closure, startup risk reduction, and self-employed business management |
| 2018-2019 | Small Business Broadcasting YES TV and national broadcasting appearances | Startup, store consulting, closure, and self-employed business management |
| 2012 | Small Business Broadcasting YES TV programs | Commercial area analysis, store diagnosis, and business consulting |
| 2006 | KTV and SBS youth success program | Startup support systems and food business education |
| 1998 | Food business lectures at social education centers including Ansan University and Shinheung University | Food business startup and operation education |
| 1997 | KBS2 special video journal | Food business and restaurant industry topics |
The listed activities summarize major education, lecture, media, and public content activities related to startup and small business issues.
Education fields
Small business operation
Customer service, staff roles, inventory, cost control, review response, and daily operation standards.
Food business education
Menu planning, food cost, pricing, kitchen flow, packaging, delivery suitability, and pre-opening checks.
Marketing education
Naver Place, blog content, SNS, review replies, promotional copy, and local customer acquisition.
Closure and restart education
Loss structure, lease contracts, inventory, facilities, remaining costs, and restart direction.
AI startup education
Practical use of ChatGPT and AI tools for item review, marketing copy, blog writing, review replies, and content planning.
Education target groups
Prospective founders
Participants who need to review item feasibility, startup costs, commercial area, customers, operation plan, and risks.
Small business owners
Business owners who need practical education on operation improvement, marketing, customer response, and cost control.
Food business founders
Participants preparing restaurants, cafés, takeout shops, delivery stores, and local food businesses.
Restart founders
Participants who need to review previous failure causes and prepare a more realistic restart plan.
Institutions and organizations
Public institutions, local governments, universities, support centers, associations, and education organizations.
Startup support programs
Programs that need practical lectures, workshops, item review, mentoring, and small business education content.
Education style
Field-based cases
Education is built around real startup and small business issues rather than abstract theory.
Checklist approach
Participants learn what to check before starting, operating, changing, closing, or restarting a business.
Practical examples
Examples include menus, locations, costs, customer response, review replies, promotional messages, and AI prompts.
Action after education
Education is designed to help participants organize documents, costs, locations, questions, and next actions after the lecture.
Related education pages
Startup education programs
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Lecture request
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Startup education
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Startup education should be connected to real decisions
K Startup Lab provides startup education that helps participants review items, costs, locations, customers, marketing, operation plans, business closure issues, and restart direction through practical examples and checklists.