Henry Kim

Entrepreneur

I want to change the world.

sneakpeeq, Inc., Gilt, Facebook

As an entrepreneur, you always want to move fast. With limited resources, you may not be able to move as fast as you would like.

Focus, focus, focus. As an entrepreneur, there are lot of things coming your way. People want to meet with you to invest, partner, or use our platform. Everything sounds great! But you really need to focus on the things that are going to "make" your business. Do things that will take your business to the next level; don't make emotional decisions.

1. Hire fast, fire fast
2. Figure out what's working and do more of it; don't spend time on things that are not working. I think it is common for people to fight the grain and try to improve things that are not working. As an entrepreneur, you have limited resources, so spend more time on the things that are working.
3. Don't make emotional decisions.

Henry Kim is a Co-Founder and President of sneakpeeq.com, a leading social shopping company. At sneakpeeq, Henry manages Sales and Strategy.

Prior to founding sneakpeeq.com, Henry was an Operations Partner at BMEquity, a principal investment firm focused on scalable retail and services. Prior to joining BMEquity, Henry was a Principal with the Yucaipa Global Opportunities Fund (YGOF), an investment firm focused on retail investments in China and Korea, where he led acquisition discussions with beauty products retailers and online apparel/shoe retailers. Prior to YGOF, Henry was an investment professional with The Yucaipa Companies—a mega-fund focused on fashion and retail investments. Henry was also a Financial Analyst in the retail M&A group at Morgan Stanley.

Henry has owned / operated four Orange Julius and Dairy Queen franchises. As a 20 year old, he started Manga Manga Japanese Bistro, a comic book/sushi concept he successfully sold in 1997.

Henry graduated Summa Cum Laude and Phi Beta Kappa from Bowdoin College with a BA in Economics, and earned an MBA from Stanford’s Graduate School of Business.