It is a great honor for STARTBOARD to participate in the 2020 Yushan Forum as one of the keynote speakers. We talk about “Forging A Resilient Future Together” Geographically, ASEAN countries are adjacent to Taiwan, but most Taiwanese do not have a deep understanding of our neighboring countries.
Regional cooperation in Asia is a powerful move to forge a resilient future TOGETHER and overcome the global challenges together in the midst of the pandemic and severe international problems. One of STARTBOARD’s core values is hastening international cooperation and building an entrepreneur-friendly ecosystem for foreigners in Taiwan.
In the panel, Uniform Lin, STARTBOARD CEO, mentioned a point of view as a startup incubator contributor and how we spark innovative ideas to solve global challenges. From our experiences, we understand the gap between an idea and a global solution. At last, we are grateful to 臺灣亞洲交流基金會 Taiwan-Asia Exchange Foundation for the invitation.
Through the powerful influence of Yushan Forum, we hope our talk would inspire others to rethink about our startup ecosystem and know how we could co-nurture those startups together. We wish when the next billion-dollar and global problem-solving idea is born, we can guide them, bring that idea to the global stage, and create value to the society.
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In order to enhance female entrepreneurial participation and boost the business competitiveness of women-led startups, the Small and Medium Enterprise Administration (SMEA), Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) of Chinese Taipei and Ministry of Cooperatives and Small and Medium Enterprises (CSMEs) of Indonesia co-host the event on August 26th-27th through virtual ways. Mr. Hanung Harimba Rachman, Deputy Minister for Financing, Ministry of Cooperatives and Small and Medium Enterprise of Indonesia, and Ms. Pei-Ti Hu, Deputy Director General, Small and Medium Enterprise Administration, Ministry of Economic Affairs of Chinese Taipei have joined in the event. Apart from that, there were 9 speakers in the workshop, and STARTBOARD are also the partners in this workshop, we provide two high-quality lecturers not only guide the female entrepreneurs. but also share their experience of starting a business. The first lecturer is Romona, the founder of Share 4 Impact, whose startup project has been selected by women’s startup lab from Silicon Valley in 2016. And another one is Hans, the founder of Ontoco, who has provided consulting, training, and coaching for achievement-oriented clients worldwide.
This workshop aside from the speakers, more than 40 more participants, and they from all over the ASIA, such as Chinese Taipei, Indonesia and other APEC economies have participated in the workshop.
【The Importance of empowering women entrepreneurs】
Mr. Hanung Harimba Rachman, Deputy Minister for Financing of CSMEs and Ms. Pei-Ti Hu, Deputy Director General of SMEA opened the workshop with a speech. “CSME of Indonesia make an effort on providing services for women entrepreneurs, and we hope that all the participants in women-led start-up workshop can treasure this platform to learn and seize this opportunity to exchange information and networking” indicated Mr. Hanung Harimba Rachman.
“As women entrepreneurs’ role in economic development has become more and more important, it is clear that every government needs to ensure a gender-friendly entrepreneurial environment in their respective economies,” said Ms. Pei-Ti Hu. “We know that the potential of women entrepreneurs has not yet been fully unleashed and that by empowering women entrepreneurs in the APEC economies, we can contribute to the region’s overall inclusive growth and share prosperity,” continued Ms. Hu, as she emphasized the significance of women empowerment and the essential goal of the workshop.
Romona
We care, we share, together we Impact. This is the core value and the reason why Romonastarted her own business. Share 4 Impact encourages people to share their talents by opening face-to-face sharing sessions. At the beginning of her sharing, she talks about the digital transformation because of covid-19. Due to the Epidemic, many offline activities have been canceled, Even the world’s most iconic Consumer Electronics Show was forced to cancel. But it transformed into a dedicated exhibition mode. And there have more and more offline campaigns that have altered into online ones. It’s would be the trend in the future. As a result, outreach to media and buyers became very important. After that, Romona shared about a project event called “WiSE 24”, and how it helps women’s startups build their brands and outreach to others in the global. In the event, there has an online brand page, which is a platform for startups to outreach others when having online activities.
Moreover, the press kit on the brand page made it easier for the press, business, and buyers to reach out to the startups. And the platform having more than 80,000 medias from all over the world which could help startups team connect to the media easier. In the end, Romona encouraged all participants to use LinkedIn into their best BD partners, because there are over 650 million people on it. “why we are a startup and why we are an entrepreneur, the answer is that we want to make an impact to the world. And how to make it depends on us. All the female leaders, we are the one” said Romona.
Hans
Hans has over 30 years of corporate guidance experience. How to prepare before climbing up the mountain of being an entrepreneur and being successful? Hans indicated that stamina, work habits and team inspirations are three keys elements. Stamina includes resource’s stamina, team’s stamina, and entrepreneur’s own stamina. And about work habits, Hans stated that entrepreneurs need to pick their own working hours, so they wouldn’t over-work.
Moreover, they should care about their family and health as well. Third, when it comes to team inspiration, confidences and motivations are two essential requirements in a team. “As a leader, leading by inspiration is significant” said Hans. At last, he also emphasized that all the entrepreneurs should do the things that are playful and fun for them.
Conclusion
In the Q＆A section, all entrepreneurs’ questions are very diverse and enthusiastic such as how interaction and online events will change due to Covid-19? or how to reinforce core value through day by day practice. And the speakers have responded passionately to those questions. After the workshop, STARTBOARD, as an ASEAN incubator in Taiwan, we hope that it can efficiently enhance female entrepreneurial participation and help eliminate the limitations for women’s enterprisers. Moreover, we regard it as important for Southeastern countries to have cross border collaborations on assisting businesswomen.
At last, STARTBOARD is glad to have Romona and Hans, two of the excellent speakers in the event, and we hope to see more and more female entrepreneurs starting their own business in global. And STARTBOARD is always here to be the support for them.
As many international startups are looking forward to, the #沙崙新創園 in #Tainan is officially launching in June 2021!!Last week, a recruitment briefing was held. During this event, we learned that #Shalun will be the representative of the startup village in the south part of Taiwan. We are looking forward to expanding our startup energy to Tainan!!
STARTBOARD is honored to attend 2030 Global Brands Summit. This Forum was talking about the planning for Taiwan’s future prosperity. In the following 10 years, Taiwan not only focuses on upgrading Taiwan’s industry but optimizing the innovative industrial investment environment.
The summit invited distinguished guests to share their point of view, includes Chairman of GBMA #全球品牌管理協會會), Louis Chen, Legislator, Fan Yun, Head of Audit of #KPMG, Jeff Chen, Director General of Dep. Of Industrial Development of National Development Council #國家發展委員會會), Mr. Fang-Guan Jan and Deputy Director General Ms. Qiong-Hua, Chen, President of #ITRI, Mr. Edwin Liu, Chairman of #TSC, Mr. Zhi-Hui Guo, President of #TINVA, Mr. Ji-Zu Gao.
It was an insightful panel discussion to hear from the market leaders, government officers, and professors to share their point of view on capital market 2.0, portray the future, and connect the organizations with the central government. Mr. Jan highlighted that it will be more complex to handle the issue in the future.
Sincerely thanks 資策會 invited STARTBOARD to organize this event together and share the tips of Thai entrepreneurship with Taiwanese start-ups who want to develop locally.
In this webinar event, we are honored to invite the Chairman of Joint Foreign Chambers of Commerce in Thailand- Stanley Kang, Managing Partner of Louis Management Consultant (國萬泰國法律顧問公司)- Raymond Yu and STARTBOARD Thailand Office-Director- Randy Lin as a mentor to share Thailand’s entrepreneurial advantages and how foreign companies develop in Thailand.
Chairman of JFCCT- Stanley Kang analyzed from an economic perspective how the Thai market has changed under the impact of the epidemic. By explaining the current Thai policy and trend, that startups can use the “business transformation” and follow the Thai trend, let startups can find the perfect balance between health and economics.
Managing Partner of Louis Management Consultant- Raymond used law as a topic, sharing that Taiwanese companies need to know when they start business in Thailand, such as intellectual property, trademark establishment, and local partner holdings, so startups can compare information through risk assessment and compliance.
STARTBOARD Thailand Office-Director- Randy Lin focused on the industrial side. By explaining the habits of Thai consumers and the characteristics of various industries, that startups can gradually understand the Thai market, and can formulate corresponding business strategies based on the localization of business models.
Through this event, we hope we can keep bringing the latest Thailand’s entrepreneurial environment and advantages to potential Taiwanese startups.
We often visit the New Southbound Policy Task Force to discuss various topics within business. This time we invited our Brand Ambassador Sophie and Yong, who are from #Thailand and #Indonesia, to join this meeting.
They shared their experience in Taiwan as an overseas Chinese and international student. They discussed questions such as “How do you find a job in Taiwan?” and “How do you enhance the quality of life?” We were also happy to hear how Isaac Yong, who is from #Malaysia, actively builds a job database for overseas Chinese and foreign students.
We hope through this meeting, more people can be aware of the situation that overseas Chinese in Taiwan face. We wish to create a friendly environment for foreigners who want to stay in Taiwan.
We were honored to invite Joy Cheng, the Red Dot Design Award official representative of Taiwan, to share her knowledge with STARTBOARD and our startup teams on the topic of “How to use brand design to enhance your brand value.”
Unlike art, #design needs to be more #understandable, #feasible, and #practicable. When it comes to a company brand, it consists of both. Every successful brand image is built on the foundation of art and design works.
Joy Cheng pointed out that most successful marketing campaigns have fluent design thinking structures throughout their design processes. Two important components of user experience-oriented design are “#Attract, #Engage, #Extend” and “#Icon, #Function, #Story.” The core purpose is ultimately to solve the problem of “How do we attract our customers so they engage with our products?”
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When you travel to the east of Taiwan and being amazed by the beautiful nature, have you ever thought about what if I could stay in this wonderful place for a longer time? Here is an option for you to answer your inner desire and find a new career in Yilan.Yilan Entrepreneur’s Studio at Yilan Science Park is a cluster of innovation and technology under the management of well-known Hsinchu Science Park Bureau, MOST (SIPA).STATBOARD is pleased to co-host an event with Yilan Entrepreneur’s Studio and SIPA to unveil the series of international entrepreneur workshops.
It is such an honor to have 竹科大小事 許增如, Deputy Director-general of SIPA, 蘭青庭（宜蘭園區青創基地） , 國立宜蘭大學．夢想起飛的地方 to present in our first workshop and strengthen the international talent community in Yilan.Last Friday, we had TUTEEMI and CliquEnglish 小眾英文 to share their precious experience as a foreign startup in Taiwan.
The upcoming workshop will be held on 9/11 and touch the topic of Taiwanese startup in the Thai market. Are you ready for an exotic workshop? RSVPhttps://startboard.pse.is/foreignstartups
We want to continue to create a two-way channel for foreign students and domestic enterprises. Today we passed the torch to the 2nd batch of Brand Ambassadors. This time we recruited 8 international talents from #India, #Indonesia, and #Vietnam to join this big family.We hope to work together and create a better startup ecosystem to enhance the networking experience for international talents.Let’s welcome all of them!
The TMU x BE Demo Day demonstrated the startups’ industry breakthrough after 6 months of the acceleration program, this program is hosted by two organizations. Taipei Medical University, as a world-class university, it established “TMU BioMed Accelerator” to construct a strong innovative startup ecosystem and build up global network in biomedical industry. TMU BioMed Accelerator has collaborated with several domestic and oversea accelerators in order to make resource integration with schools and hospitals. The accelerator provides assistance of clinical trial for these startup teams and business model planning as well.
BE Capital, which is a boutique advisory and investment company in Taiwan, as a venture builder, it focuses on technologies, financials and healthcare industries. BE Capital supports local and international startups by organizing a series of networking especially in digital health, artificial intelligence, and medical device areas. It built up relationships with various industry stakeholders and academic institute, for example, Taipei Medical University and other hospital partners. In addition, it set up two different programs to suit different kinds of companies.
<The gateway to Asia>
This year, Taipei Medical University and BE Capital have co-launched the new Venture Program for health tech and Medtech, the program spent six months not only helping startups to achieve clinical and market validation but gaining academic resources. By the end of the program, there are three brilliant startups received the funding. TMU x BE Demo Day was held on July 23th, 2020, there are ten graduate teams and three investment portfolio teams participated this event, includes Aiphas Co, Longgood, and AESOP TECHNOLOGY, these product-ready startups are looking for traction in Asia. Moreover, there was a special panel discussion that invited world-renowned key Medtech leaders to share their incredible thoughts of medical innovations.
As a startup incubator for Taiwanese entrepreneurial teams, we are excited to attend this important event, not only established relationships with these brilliant entrepreneurs but we are pleased to help them to expand the Southeast Asia market in the future. In the meantime, we are welcome any startup company that would like to expand ASEAN-India markets or those ASEAN-India startups expand to Taiwan that we are able to provide a series of assistance to make your dream happen.
In this webinar event, we are honored to invite the Chairman of Joint Foreign Chambers of Commerce in Thailand- Stanley Kang, Managing Partner of Louis Management Consultant (
Chairman of JFCCT- Stanley Kang analyzed from an economic perspective how the Thai market has changed under the impact of the epidemic. By explaining the current Thai policy and trend, that startups can use the “business transformation” and follow the Thai trend, let startups can find the perfect balance between health and economics.
Managing Partner of Louis Management Consultant- Raymond used law as a topic, sharing that Taiwanese companies need to know when they start business in Thailand, such as intellectual property, trademark establishment, and local partner holdings, so startups can compare information through risk assessment and compliance.
STARTBOARD Thailand Office-Director- Randy Lin focused on the industrial side. By explaining the habits of Thai consumers and the characteristics of various industries, that startups can gradually understand the Thai market, and can formulate corresponding business strategies based on the localization of business models.
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Let’s welcome all of them!
