Meeting up with Political Deputy Minister,Ministry of Education

Following up the meetings with different representatives from Taiwan government, last week, on 20th April, STARTBOARD visited Ministry of Education and discussed with the minister about New Southbound Policy and related programs.

Understanding the potential impact of international students toward Taiwan, Ministry of Education is one of the very first firms, which starts running the programs for New Southbound Policy. Minister also shared to us his support for STARTBOARD’s upcoming events as STARTBOARD is the first incubator for ASEAN-INDIA students in Taipei, Taiwan. Despite of many challenges ahead, he believed the team could make some performances contributing to the growth of Taiwan.

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” Live the Life of Your Dreams
When you start living the life of your dreams, there will always be obstacles, doubters, mistakes and setbacks along the way. But with hard work, perseverance and self-belief there is no limit to what you can achieve.” ― Roy T. Bennett, The Light in the Heart” 

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A visit to Director General of Small and Medium Enterprise Administration, Ministry of Economic Affairs (中小企業處吳明基機處長 )

Our team had visited Dr. Wu Ming- Ji on 19th April. It seems April is a good start for the STARTBOARD’s team when having so many opportunities to meet up and present about the project to government’s representatives.

Dr. Wu is representative for Small and Medium Enterprise Administration. He showed an exact concern to the development of small and medium business from ASEAN and INDIA as a part of New Southbound Policy. IMG_2796

The team did present the purpose of STARTBOARD, and how the project could contribute for a better future between communities. Fortunately, Dr. Wu are fully interested in the presentation and expects to support for the team in upcoming events and projects.

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Happiness is not in the mere possession of money; it lies in the joy of achievement, in the thrill of creative effort.” Franklin D. Roosevelt

STARTBOARD’s Meeting with Commissioner of Department of Economic development, Taipei City Government on 17th April

On 17th April 2017, STARTBOARD had an oppotunity meet up with Dr. Lin Chung- Chieh, Commissioner of Department of Economic Development. IMG_5877

The department of Economic Development is known as being in charge of Taipei city start-up financial source. It’s an honor for STARTBOARD team to have a chance presenting the idea of supporting ASEAN- INDIA talents in Taiwan. Dr. Lin has discussed with the team about potential influence of ASEAN talents to Taiwan’s development and in the way around. He also showed his support to STARTBOARD and strongly believed that “together  we can do better”. IMG_5880IMG_5881.JPG

” Don’t aim for success if you want it; just do what you love and believe in, and it will come naturally. – David Frost”

One of our Batch 1 entrepreneurial teams Aimazing presented a demo.

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One of our Batch 1 entrepreneurial teams Aimazing (represented by CTO Yi Kai Kong) presented a demo to Professor Chen, Chairman of 全球品牌管理協會 (Global Brands Management Association). Aimazing is a Fintech company founded by Singaporean and Malaysians studying their Bachelors in Taiwan. They have decided to return to Taiwan to start their business due to the friendly entrepreneurial environment and resources. Their outstanding product has already brought about collaboration with Singtel.

STARTBOARD visited tokuyo at TaiSPO.

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STARTBOARD visited tokuyo 快速變走你的壓力at TaiSPO (Taipei International Sporting Goods Show) 臺北世貿中心展覽大樓(世貿一館) Tokuyo is a Taiwanese company that has established a formidable presence in the massage chair markets of ASEAN, with over 50% of the market share worldwide. They have already established their hold in Vietnam, Thailand, and Indonesia, and is looking to develop the Indian market. Tokuyo is a role model for Taiwanese corporations looking to develop the ASEAN market and can serve as an inspiration to us all.

STARTBOARD kicked off a meeting with Professor Chen, Chairman of GBMA.

 

IMG_4939STARTBOARD kicked off a meeting with Professor Chen, Chairman of 全球品牌管理協會 (Global Brands Management Association) at National Taipei University of Technology to discuss the importance of retaining foreign talent in Taiwan and taking active measures to integrate them into the workforce. We also introduced him to Mahantesh Biradar, our Indian entrepreneur who intends to further contribute to the field of academia with Research Stash.

STARTBOARD visited One-Forty

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STARTBOARD team at One-Forty office


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is well known in Taiwan for their contribution to the ASEAN migrant’s community. On 12th April, STARTBOARD team has a chance to meet Kevin Chen 陳凱翔, the co-founder of One-Forty. To contribute to the conversation regarding the inspiration and experience in working with ASEAN community, we were honored to join in the exhibition named “ 600,000 Journeys:六十萬個旅程;六十萬個故事” in Huashan Creative Park.

 

 

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STARTBOARD members with One-Forty Team

 

We are impressed by the stories from Indonesian migrants in Taiwan, aside from the display of work describing the daily life, the custom of Indonesian. More specially, it’s touching seeing the wall of notes showing the thankfulness for migrant contribution and the understanding of their difficulties.
It strengthens STARTBOARD team’s belief and passion that together, we can create more values for the society.

STARTBOARD visited Sime Darby KIA Taiwan

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StartBoard最近拜訪了台灣森那美!我們討論了台灣的創業生態,以及這幾年創新創業如何影響汽車產業,而森那美身為一個馬來西亞集團在東協經濟體的重要地位又是如何因應。我們期待未來與森那美進一步合作。
StartBoard visited Sime Darby KIA Taiwan 台灣森那美起亞 a while back! We discussed the startup scene in Taiwan, and the Malaysian conglomerate’s status as a key player in ASEAN economies. Disruption is also everywhere, and the automobile industry is not immune either. We look forward to further cooperation with Sime Darby in the future.

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