Demo Day in Episode 11 Brings Success and Pitfalls as the Leads Get Back to the Business of the Start-Up

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• ouch at the last line. They sure gonna pay a huge price for that. But that's what most startups experienced right? Not everything gonna be smooth from the beginning. That's how they will grow. Also i noticed the parallel between Dream High's Hyemi letting go Samdong for his sake and Dalmi's here. I'm so excited to see how the story unfold after this and what will happen to their friendship and to Samsan Tech.

• I like that Jipyeong reflect ed with a balance healthy emotion and director yoon support him cos she would said the say the same thing. Yeap, to start a business, it must not get investment with fraud. If it is, it's con company not start up. Nevertheless, i do empathise yong san's brother. Think there is more to it as director yoon says yong san's family has mistaken.

  Tonight will see what alex deal is about - who and how to remedy the situations.

• Meanwhile...

  Part 1: 4.130%
  Part 2: 4.799%

  • F. L...O....P..

  • They got good ratings tho for a cable channel... With always no. 1 in Netflix and tving.

    Even main channels got hard time getting 5%...why the hate tho.

• the domestic viewership rating cant get past 6%. what a shame considering that suzy is "big" celebrity in korea and the writer and directors are popular as well. This drama is a F...L...O.....P.....

  • I never considered suzy a big celeb in korea considering her dramas didnt even reach 20% ratings and now she’s starting to flop maybe her fans need to reflect for being so arrogant all the time lol there are other younger actresses who’s more popular than her and has the star power to bring eatings up to the sky i dont need to mention who lol

    • Exactly. If her stans weren't as arrogant and overbearing as they are (and if koala didn't show bias now after leading the bashing train against other dramas), I doubt people would mock SU's ratings now. Well, some would. This is KP after all.

  • Can't get past 6%? It can't even reach 6%. Its highest is 5.424%.

  • Felt sorry for you being delusional.. This is good for a cable channel, even main channels with popular leads can't even reach 5% nowadays. Just look at it.

• lol TVN is a cable network and for a cable network, average rating is 2 - 4%. Therefore, Start-up is above average, NOT FLOP as what you are claiming.

• Suzy is the biggest actress in her 20s. She's hard-carrying a drama with no big names other than herself, hence 4-5% ratings is good. Netflix rankings worldwide are good as well as Suzy in Good Data. Fans of the Kim sisters and idol actresses are always so insecure because they wish they had Suzy's popularity lmao.

  • they don’t need her popularity when their idol is more popular than suzy now do they?? lol

    • If their idol is popular than Suzy...why hate and envy Suzy and just focus on supporting your idol LMAO.

      I can smell jealous hater tho.

  • be thankful to netflix they saved your drama lol

    • What about most dramas getting 1-2% nowadays LMAO... Even Start Up got higher ratings even as cable channel even when SU got Netflix saving them

      They getting $$$ while haters like you popping their veins bc of envy hahaha

    • @Bam

      3-4-5% is high ratings? Look who's being delusional now.

      Boring af RoY with 6-7-8% ratings is high.
      SF 2 (which preceded Start-Up in the same timeslot) with 6-7-8-9% ratings is “goddamn!” high.
      HDL, HP, IC, etc. with double digits are “holy biscuits, that's a UFO!“ high.
      CLOY, WOTM, SC are “f*** me sideways on a scooter, that's f***ing impossible!” high.

      3-4-5%? At best, that's average. You can still love the drama or your bias (if you have one) without stretching the truth.

  • Hahahaha... when the ratings are sh*t, then they rely on GoodData and Netflix rankings to save face. Hahahahahahahahahahahahahaha

    • At least they got $$$ with so many ads even splitting the episodes to 2...even Netflix and tvying LMAO

      Plus getting good ratings than main channel dramas

    • Oh right. TVing too.
      When the ratings are sh*t, then they desperately cling to Netflix rankings, GoodData and TVing to save face. Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha

    • So explain why most main channels nowadays got 1-3%... Only Penthouse and Delayed Justice from main channels got more than 6% for night dramas. Before you hate of SU,make sure you research more LMAO.

      I'll say more current dramas with ratings lower than SU nowadays but I don't want to bring hate to them unlike you.

• Joane, your fave is the FLOP and forever known as the 1% rating actress don't get brave lmao.

• is Start up the 2nd lowest rated TVN Friday and sat drama? I pity the writer though, she had to adjust her writing zzzzzzzuzzzys zzzzzz lack of acting skills. rating would have been higher if zzzzzzzzuzzzzzy zzzz was not the lead.

  • **** to accomodate

  • I can't help burst laughing at your hate LMAO and misinformation. Your oppa will never like you even you hate Suzy.

    Why do most dramas got 1-2% nowadays when they got "good actors"??? even Start Up got higher ratings than them LMAO

    • You keep saying most dramas but you're not mentioning any. Says a lot. LMAO.

    • @Hahahaha

      So explain why most main channels nowadays got 1-3%... Only Penthouse and Delayed Justice from main channels got more than 6% for night dramas. Before you hate of SU,make sure you research more LMAO.

      I'll say more current dramas with ratings lower than SU nowadays but I don't want to bring hate to them unlike you.

• The depiction of the business was not smoothly executed. The contract was acquisition of the business not employment contract. They can always resign if they don’t want to continue working with SamSan Tech.

  They would be walking away with $3m with them and establish a new business. I think the conflict in this episode is unnecessary.

  • Its partially explained that the contract had "use of funds" where the "money" would pay for their own salaries of 3 years. There is probably a stipulation about it. Curious though is what happens to terminated employees, probably just a small amount (depending if there is fire at will)

    • Which part was it mentioned that the $3m would be used as working capital? I don’t think its like that though considering the acquirer gained full control of the business, unless, they sold the business at 0 equity or value which is weird considering there is a lawyer in the team.

    • Yes, Alex specifically mentioned in this episode (when he sat opposite the 5 of them) that the acquisition contract includes the clause that the Samsan Tech employees are required to work for 2STO's head office for three years. In episode 12, Chul San told the cousin that the $3m offered is the buy-out money for the shareholders (i.e. the 5 employees, Do San's Dad, cousin, etc) PLUS their salaries for the 3 years in Silicon Valley, hence the windfall for the shareholders (after taxes) is not so much after all. There's probably the usual redundancy clause that says that 2STO can terminate the employment of any employee with full salary compensation, which they promptly do to Dal Mi and Sa Ha.

  • If the 3m is used as working capital, why 1% shareholder that cousin is so happy he made money when he wouldn't have seen cash? No, the moneys were paid to them. I think the acquisition of Samsan is on the condition of 3 developers.

    • Exactly.

      Re, the 3 developers as part of the deal; that’s not possible. The company don’t have absolute ownership of the them. They are employees so they can resign whenever they wish to.

      What I don’t understand is the Nam Do San crying. I don’t get as to what’s he’s trying to project.

• Just finished ep 12. I beginning to think this is Park Hye Rans worst story to date. Unbelievable that the whole story is descending into a stupid love triangle with no end in sight. HJP and NDS keeps fighting and in the most childish of ways too. I prevent you from seeing her.No. i prevent you from seeing her. The revenge Samsantech guy is so off in his head that HJP became his No.1 public enemy. The other characters are hugely wasted with their arc being buried and now simply providing scenes to house the leads while they are apart. So tiring...