At TechCrunch Beijing this afternoon, Jimmy Rim from K Cube Ventures, Nobuaki Kitagawa of Cyberagent Ventures and Erin Chang from Between shared with us their insights on the Korea and Japan startup ecosystem. The panel discussed differences in startup markets in Korea and Japan compared to other markets such as China and the US, and also addressed the issues that Asian startups face. “In Korea, more students from top universities and people from good companies are coming out to start their own business. “Even if we try to push big companies to acquire smaller companies instead of just copying their product, it does not work,” he said. “The only way is to beat the bigger companies, make them regret not acquiring (the smaller companies).”