Young Indian entrepreneurs meet Top 100 Digital Companies event

This time STARTBOARD is honored to have this opportunity to bring these outstanding Indian talents in Taiwan to communicate with the Top 100 Digital Companies.For many reasons, this event is a closed communication activity. But there are still many outstanding Indian talents coming to sign up. And at the end, we selected five outstanding talents to the meeting.

Overall the event went smoothly and both parties have gained a lot of knowledge.We will continue to hold similar events. Welcome to follow STARTBOARD’s Fan page and get relevant opportunities to communicate with outstanding companies.

Investor meetup event

Last Friday, we are glad to host our Investor meetup event.It’s our honored to invite four investors (#華陽創投 / #利易管顧 / #基石創投 / #Rainmaking )and six startup teams. (Formosation/居家整聊室/AcXport/WillStudy/傾心陪玩/Lockists)

#Formosation is dedicated to promote environmental sustainablility and enhance dental public health. Its product can assist public building oral health habit.

居家整聊室 is a platform for people who need cleaning service. The feature is that 居家整聊室 via chatting to be close to customer’s life. They listen to customer’s demands and provide a better living environment.

Acxport 動動無限 is a platform for all kinds of sport. In Taiwan, there are a few people who love some rare sports. AcXport wants to make these sports more accessible and convenient.

留學計畫 WillStudy focuses on building the ecosphere for students who want to study abroad. It includes information integration and resource matching. Even after graduation, students can still get help from WillStudy. WillStudy will provide resources to help them find a job.

#傾心陪玩 is founded by a group of senior players and game experts. They provide the platform for users to find “friends” to play with them in the game. The business is successful in Taiwan, and now it wants to expand to other countries.

Lockists 機車共享平台 is a motorcycle sharing platform. Through the app, users can give their motorcycles to Lockists when they aren’t using it. Via idle resources, they create the business opportunities.We hopes that through the Investor meetup event, we can boost the interaction between startup teams and enterprises. Startup teams can receive the fund they need, meanwhile, Taiwan entrepreneurs can be encouraged to #invest.


Entrepreneurship in Malaysia- Visa

Malaysia’s many advantages and prospects have attracted many overseas entrepreneurs to expand into the Malaysian market. The first step in starting a business in Malaysia is to understand which types of visas can be applied for. The following is an accurate analysis of the three types of visas for the reference of entrepreneurs and SME owners of different industry types:

1. Malaysia Tech Entrepreneur Program (#MTEP): This project is jointly organized by Malaysia Digital Economy Corp. (hereinafter referred to as #MDEC) and Malaysia Digital Hub (hereinafter referred to as #MDH). The imported project has a mission to provide work permits for foreign technology entrepreneurs who wish to establish business in the ASEAN market in #Malaysia.

2. Employment Pass: If you have registered a company in Malaysia and hold a senior management or professional position in the company, the company as an employer can apply for the following two work permits for you, called Employment Pass (#DP10). It can be operated through the website of the Foreign Expert Service Group (hereinafter referred to as ESD) under the Malaysian Immigration Department.

3. Foreign Knowledge Worker (FKW): Foreign Knowledge Worker (FKW) is a measure of MYXpats Centre under MDEC, which only deals with work permits for companies in the ICT industry.

➡For details, please refer to: https://reurl.cc/MZbYjL

馬來西亞多項優勢與前景,吸引了不少海外創業家向馬來西亞市場拓展。在前往馬來西亞創業的第一步,便是搞懂有哪些簽證種類可以申請,以下精準解析三種簽證,供不同產業類別及不同成熟度的創業家與中小企業主們參考:

1. 馬來西亞科技創業家專案 (Malaysia Tech Entrepreneur Program- MTEP): 此項專案是由馬來西亞數位經濟機構 Malaysia Digital Economy Corp. (以下簡稱 #MDEC)和馬來西亞數位經濟中心 Malaysia Digital Hub (以下簡稱 #MDH),共同導入的專案,其使命是希望在馬來西亞建立東盟市場業務的外國科技企業家提供工作許可。

2. 就業准證: 如果您已在馬來西亞註冊公司並在公司中擔任高級管理或專業職位,則該公司作為雇主可以為您申請以下兩種工作許可,稱為就業准證(#DP10)。可以通過馬來西亞移民局下的外國專才服務組(以下簡稱ESD)的網站進行操作。

3. 外國知識工作者 (Foreign Knowledge Worker- FKW): 外國知識工作者(FKW)是MDEC旗下的MYXpats Centre的一項措施,僅針對ICT行業的公司處理工作許可

➡詳細內容請參考: https://reurl.cc/MZbYjL

Foreign Student Entrepreneurship Workshop @NCTU

If you are a foreign student who wants to stay in Taiwan after graduation, you might think about finding a job in Taiwan, but have you ever think about you can “start a business”, too.

Founding a Startup and building business seems difficult and you might doubt if you have all the necessary qualifications for the task. You have heard about the failure of startups and don’t know if it’s worth to try it yourself. But did you know that most people don’t even try and instead just live with the thought of “what if I had”?

This time, we are glad to cooperate with #NCTUOIA (#國立陽明交通大學國際事務處). During the event, we share how to solve the barrier (visa, language, resource, etc) to achieve the startup dream. Hoping after this event, we can encourage more and more foreign students think about “#STARTUP”, might be one of the choice.

We’ve been honorably interviewed by Taiwan Panorama

Foreign startup team want to establish business in Taiwan, obstacles ranging from different languages, legal systems and cultures. Here, STARTBOARD is an incubator that provides the guidance that startup teams need to achieve success.
The article point out the difficulties that #foreign nationals will meet when they want to start a business. They need to spend dozens of time handles several legally mandated requirements. STARTBOARD not only instruct these entrepreneur, they also published an entrepreneur’s handbook that passes on their operational wisdom.

STARTBOARD is not just incubating teams. We’re also acting as a communicative bridge between people of different nations. Furthermore, we recruited student ambassadors to promote STARTBOARD’s idea on university campuses. STARTBOARD outline a vision for a more internationally oriented Taiwanese startup culture and a more inclusive Taiwan that is accepted into the international community.

➡Find out more information in this article.
https://user109353.psee.io/3bn46m

Startup Investment Platform Cooperation

We are honored to establish an official partnership with 華陽創投 , which is closely linked with Taiwan’s entrepreneurial environment and assists the government in planning value-added new business strategy.

To facilitate more opportunities for startup investment, STARTBOARD will support the investment matching platform STARTUP 101(新創101) with 華陽創投 . Startups and investors can register on the platform to get further access to potential investment opportunities and exposure. As a startup looking for investment opportunities, you can:
✔ Introduce your company and products/ services
✔ Determine the amount of investment you are looking for
✔ Make the announcement with your contact info
✔ Connect with investors who are interested in your startup

If you are interested in joining the platform, please contact STARTBOARD to earn the value-added services. You will be granted:
📌 Professional instruction and advice from investment managers
📌 Customized assistant service for your pitch deck
This is definitely an ideal chance to obtain more attention from investors and explore more investment opportunities for your business.

Explore and join STARTUP 101 to seek more opportunities:
https://startup101.biz/

Contact us with your business plan/ ideas or when you have a problem:
contact@startboard.co
@華陽創投
https://www.facebook.com/sunsinogroup/
Startup 101
https://startup101.biz/

2020 New Taipei City Startups exchange event

✈Many companies face the dilemma of not being able to expand their business scale after the growth period. In order to solve this kind of problem. Yesterday, It’s our honored to organize the event with New Taipei City government (來趣新北金發局) and Startup Terrace. Let startups understand the prerequisite knowledge of entrepreneurship, and arrange for startups (Acxport 動動無限運動職人專業媒合, Alion 日本 生活 資訊 趨勢, etc) to display products on the spot to get each other opportunities for cross-industry exchanges.

🧑‍💼Also,Sincerely invited Assistant Vice President of SAGA China Mangement Company (#國聯創投)- Ms. Susie Hong, Accountant of ChengJiun CAPs & Associates (#城鈞聯合會計師事務所) – Mr. Jim and Our CEO- Mr. Uniform sharing three themes that the startup team cares about (How to edit an investment briefing, How do startups plan their finances, and Patent layout of startups).
Hope through this event and networking, the startups can absorb relevant knowledge and create cooperation opportunities.

INDIAN STARTUP NIGHT- Development and risk assessment of Indian startups in Taiwan

Last Friday, we are glad to organized this event with WORKSPOT Taipei and 海華文教基金會 (Overseas Compatriot Culture and Education Foundation ), and it’s honored to invited The founder of Three Idiots Restaurant】- Andy Singh Arya and【Legal consultant of Louis International Patent Office】-Arpita Dutta, served as guest speakers.

👨‍🍳Andy sharing how he become an entrepreneur, and encourage the audiences “believe what you are doing”. This is the key for the entrepreneur who will be success.

👩‍💼Arpita used risk assessement as topic, analyzing what kind of barriers or issues will the foreign entrepreneur faced, when they starting business in Taiwan (EX: Funding, Laws & Visa, etc). Let the audience know the risks of starting a business in Taiwan, In order to develop a more comprehensive business strategy.

🏣Sincerely thanks WORKSPOT Taipei organized this event together, and provided the wonderful space, if you are startups seeking an office, WORKSPOT Taipei location in the middle of Taipei city, you can easily get there by #MRT. WORKSPOT Taipei might be your best solution.

How to use digital tools to expand Singapore market

Last Wednesday, we sincerely invited the founder of QSearch(Instant Search)– Mr. Shih-En Chou. QSearch uses social big data to help customer comprehensively analyze the behavior of global Facebook users, the most simple and intuitive system operation can be done at one time from finding audiences, understanding audiences, choosing community leaders, and promoting brand influence. In this event, Mr. Shih-En Chou sharing how did they expand the Singapore market and advantage (EX: Tax incentives & Startup subsidy, etc). Meanwhile, they use digital tools as a topic, analyzing the digital tools of each business model, (#B2B➡️ Google Trends, #B2C➡️Community trend analysis). You can use these digital tools to understand local wording, analyze the relationship between competing products and local market needs. Also, understanding what local KOL are focusing on. In the end, you can use this information to draw up the most suitable local business marketing plan.

【 2020.10.19 WINWIN to the Future 贏地創新育成基地開幕式與成果展示 (下午場 國際新創交流活動) 】

The digital business is booming in recent years since a lot of people are looking to enter the ASEAN market. And the Thai market is one of the most desirable countries for Taiwanese startups and SMEs。
We STARTBOARD and the founder of Daione were glad to visits Tainan with the 臺南創業育成在贏地 Tainan WinWin incubator . During this event, they shared how they expand their business internationally.

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the economic recession is happening around the world. These startups came up with different solutions to pivot their business. Daione transformed their global marketing strategy to domestic marketing from the tourism industry to cross-border e-commerce sales.

Also, the event have invited three VCs to start a one-on-one meeting with the local startup team. The professional 15-minute consultation sessions provided by 創夢市集 DIT Startup, 識富天使新創加速計畫 and 聯合報 . And they guide the startups from business model, customer analysis, marketing techniques, technology integration, market competitor analysis to fundraising suggestions, etc. They unreservedly impart their accumulated experience over the years to every startups , so make every entrepreneur has earn a lot.

This is the event for the International workshop series from 臺南創業育成在贏地 (WINWIN Incubator) . They not only provides several entrepreneurial assistance, but also local and central entrepreneurial resources. They plan to become the cradle of innovation and technology in Tainan in near future.