
Before he built Memebox, Hyungseok “Dino” Ha studied engineering, served in Afghanistan and worked at Tom Ford. His beauty business has changed shape repeatedly. His interest in how people discover things has proved more durable.

A Korean engineer went through Afghanistan, Parsons, Tom Ford and mobile commerce before betting on beauty. Fourteen years and several business models later, Hyungseok “Dino” Ha is still treating reinvention as part of the job.