作者: Joy

With the government’s New Southbound Policy, more ASEAN-Indian startups are focusing on Taiwan

On Sept 11th, STARTBOARD was invited to meet the President of Malaysia Friendship and Trade Center Datuk Adeline Leong. We are so grateful to have a chance to meet with some of the most senior officials in the Malaysia Friendship and Trade Center and discuss with them the future of Malaysian Startups in Taiwan.

We are so happy and grateful to the Malaysian Friendship and Trade Center for such a warm welcome and positive response. STARTBOARD really looks forward to working together with the Center and creating new success stories here in Taiwan

STARTBOARD is extremely happy & excited to announce our new partner abroad TechGrind. TechGrind offers incubation to companies at a very early stage – even if they are not yet ready for seed investment. Based in Thailand, TechGrind shares the same view like STARTBOARD. Together we want to encourage great startup ideas in ASEAN countries & India. We are here to ensure that our startups get precisely what they need.

Our team 東遊 Dong Yo was in Thailand at the mid of August, they represented STARTBOARD on last Tuesday and helped STARTBOARD and TechGrind sign the MoU.

We would like to congratulate TechGrind on our new collaboration. Welcome aboard guys~

On August 17th, STARTBOARD and GGC ambassador Sophera Vath got the opportunity to meet and talk with legislator Lin Li-Chan. During couple hours of the meeting we shared our thought about foreign talents in Taiwan and how to help them with their dream in this country.

Legislator Lin has always been a dedicated person in improving the right of international talents as well as new immigration in Taiwan since herself – as a new immigration – went through a lot of difficulties when se first came to this country.

STARTBOARD is a startup incubator for students from ASEAN countries and India who are passionate about building sustainable solutions in Taiwan, and Taiwanese entrepreneurial teams who intend to pursue the ASEAN-Indian market. We are a one-stop solution for resources and mentoring, along with efficient interaction and collaboration.

For the future development of our team, STARTBOARD is offering new positions for anyone with a passionate about startup to join us soon:

1- INTERNSHIP

STARTBOARD is looking for summer intern(s) to assist us in the development of our ecosystem, special event projects and team building course. If you think you have these qualities, reach out to us immediately;
– Well-spoken and fluent in English and intermediate level of Mandarin will be preferable/ We welcome all ASEAN and Indian talents to join us.
– Highly communicative and pleasant personality.
– You should be a Team Player, Bubbly, Proactive, Self-discipline and Result oriented.
– Independent, resourceful and self motivated characteristic.
– Adapt in MS office and PowerPoint presentations (Those with photoshop skills will be plus point).
– Have an interest to Start up industry.
– Interns / fresh grads with no experience/ prior knowledge but you think you have what it takes are welcome to apply

2- PROJECT MANAGER (Chinese native speaker preferred )

With many upcoming events in the future, STARTBOARD also looking for a Project Manager who could join us. You will be responsible for day-to-day management at the office, working with partners and managing all partners data. Come to us if you have:

• Minimum 1 year of work experience
• Ability to communicate clearly through oral and written communications – both in English and Chinese
• Ability to multi-task in a dynamic environment
• Able to adapt to the work of flexible high pressure changes
• Organizing and planning skills
• Priority setting & urgency judgment skill
• Ability to manage daily workflow as required
• Great teamwork skill – ability to manage multi-country background team
• Ability to use software tools – MS office
• Ability to plan, propose and executive operating strategy
• Positive attitude in learning/challenge
• Interpersonal communication and coordination ability, cheerful personality

Please send your CV and cover letter to the email address: vivien@startboard.co (Ms.Vivien)! Welcome you all to join STARTBOARD family!

On 3^rd August, STARTBOARD had a chance to welcome students from Beijing. As the students attended Summer Course in Taiwan, as their professor was interested in STARTBOARD and felt that STARTBOARD’s concept were suitable for an educational trip. Therefore, COO and Founder of STARTBOARD, Uniform Lin and, Project Manager of STARTBOARD, Charlotte Wang headed the group for a little tour around STARTBOARD’s working spaces.

Uniform Lin and Charlotte Wang were the ones to lead the team and show them around our working space. The group started the tour from iFoundry, one of STARTBOARD office. Located in GIS Taipei Tech Convention Center, iFoundry is a lovely, comfortable place suitable for meeting and working. It has several individual rooms enough for more than 15 companies with quite environment.

Then the group took a little walk to iStaging located in Taiwan Air Force (TAF) Innovation Base. iStaging exhibits VR technology to its visitors, e.g. they have  a current project called Smart City. It’s always open for public, anyone who may be interested in future technology are always welcome to visit.

The group then moved to BeingLab where various interesting technology by Acer is put on exhibition. Followed by visiting Happier Lab, a lovely café where every single thing are made from recycles.

Lastly, the group visited our common workspace for STARTBOARD and Dong Yo, one of our current team who specializes in consulting for investors interested in expanding abroad through distinctive designing and planning. Uniform Lin briefly introduced STARTBOARD and Chen-Yeh Chiang, CEO and sFounder of Dong Yo to the group.

The tour ended with some very interesting questions and inquiries raised by the students. STARTBOARD was very excited and glad to have hosted these brilliant students from Beijing and hope to host more of such groups in the future!

Taipei city hosted an event for all the Vietnamese startups in Taiwan