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The draft Amendments to the Act for the Recruitment and Employment of Foreign Professionals drawn up by National Development Council ( 國發會) was approved by the Legislative Yuan today. Minister Kung, Ming-Hsin appreciated the support from legislators of each political party to make the draft Amendments pass the examination in the Legislative Yuan.

The Amendments aim to build a more complete legal framework for recruiting #talents, so more international talents can “#GetIn” and “#stay“.Let’s see what has changed:Resource: https://www.ndc.gov.tw/en/nc_8455_35069

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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 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

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
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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!!

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.

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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!

Taiwan has built a strong environment for startups over the past few decades, and devoted to strengthening the international connections in recent years. As the latest sizable international accelerator in Taiwan, Taiwan Accelerator Plus (TAcc+ ) not only provides start-up-related assistance for startup companies but creates an “advanced industry strategic implementation platform” for them. This year, TAcc+ Demo day was held on 15th July 2020 at Linkou Startup Terrace, and it mainly focuses on IoT and Healthcare. It supports those startups through 3 stages, which are open innovation, strategic entrepreneurship, and customer development edge. TAcc+ has already served more than 100 startup teams, the services include problem determination, plan to consult, and more. By doing so, it helps those startups systematically find out their own developmental, profitable business models, and make them more growth-oriented companies in the future.

Nowadays, the government has been paying more attention to the issue of innovative industries in order to create a dynamic startup ecosystem in Taiwan and built up Taiwan as a startup hub in Asia. However, the unpredictable economic damage from the COVID-19 pandemic changes people’s lifestyles and business behavior dramatically. Nevertheless, it is also an opportunity to encourage these startups to focus on medical and technology as their developmental goals. This year, there were 30 startup teams participating in this event which include Digital Transformation, Intelligent Manufacturing, Living Technology, etc. TAcc+ invited many wonderful mentors as investors that can help to solve funding bottlenecks. These talented startups displayed their products in the exhibition and pitched to investors, speaking about their products’ strength, business model, competitors, and how to build up their entry barrier to create market segmentation. Several startups have remarkable achievements, for they have already cooperated with big companies. Although some companies focus on the domestic market, some of the enterprises said that they plan on entering Southeast Asia countries as their key development goal.

This year, STARTBOARD also joined TAcc+ DEMO day. We are excited to hear those brand new ideas and meet up those clever people with brilliant thoughts in this grant event. For example, Sounds Great and Yallvend, two startups who have collaborated with STARTBOARD, also participated in TAcc+ Demo Day.

【Sounds Great- Revolution of audiphone】

Sounds Great is committed to improve the functions of traditional audiphones based on classical semiconductor technology. The technology not only can make the devices more energy efficient but also can better up the quality of audiphones. Moreover, this technology can reduce the cost of producing audiphones and lower the price, which creates a win-win situation for both producers and consumers. STARTBOARD provided Sounds Great patent consulting in Taiwan. Aside from collaborating with Sounds Great.

【Yallvend- Upgrading the vending machine only requires a simple device】

STARTBOARD also met the old friend- Yallvend in the event. Yallvend is a startup that sells an up-graded vending machines module, and this module can combine mobile payment and cloud management systems with the machine. The technology bestows the consumers who want to use the traditional vending machines with the convenience of paying without cash easily . Until now, their device has already entered Singapore, Philippines, Malaysia and Indonesia, four Southeast Asia countries.

Apart from the above two companies, we also made connection with other startups who have joined the DEMO Day, sharing new ideas and exchanging information with each other. We always devote ourselves to help Taiwanese startups expanding to ASEAN-India markets by providing legal services, talent matching, company set up strategy tutoring, and so on. We are always here to help people making their dream come true.

SO, COME AND JOIN US!

In 2020, under the influence of the epidemic, it brings an impact on many companies, especially startups. In addition to the impact of the global economic environment and changes in consumer habits, business development is not easy and operating income has shrunk. However, some startups have proposed and implemented related services or products in response to the virus outbreak. Therefore, STARTBOARD invited 5 international startup teams (Daione, Skrt, Alion, INNOVIZ, Tuteemi) and 3 venture capitals (United Daily News , CSC Venture Capital and Sky Capital) to hold an investor meetup event, In addition to letting the startup teams share the services or products developed in response to the epidemic era, venture capital can also combine the experience of connect with various startup teams in the past, sharing the perspective of consumer psychology to provide startups more Oriented recommendations.

<The reborn of tourism industry>

For the tourism industry facing the greatest challenge, it is necessary to adjust strategies in a timely manner to cope with the current situation. In Taiwan where the epidemic situation is relatively well controlled, there are three international start-ups that have launched related services for tourism:

Daione is a cross-border marketing company, with the cross-border and word-of-mouth marketing system as the core, through the matchmaking network celebrity (KOL) to promote client’s resort or store, with the influence of the celebrity’s image, and the cross-border marketing software “Daione cross-border word-of-mouth marketing tool” to provide a marketing exposure solution that best fits the country’s online ecology, allowing merchants to improve the visibility of the international market and become a must-visit place for tourists, while allowing free-travel visitors to grow multiples of shops.

SKRT is a motorcycle and scooter rental platform. Taiwan as the country with the highest density of scooters, has spawned many scooters and electric vehicle rental platforms (WeMo, iRent, Goshare). These platforms usually target urban commuters, while SKRT is particularly Taiwan’s domestic tourist attractions are the target market, focusing on matching owners of scooters and customers or tourism who need to rent one.

Alion is a smart multinational shopping platform system. Through the combination of e-commerce and multinational local merchants, it provides tourisms with fast online purchase and pickup, they only need to go to the store to pick up the goods in person. The multi-channel shopping method of “easy online shopping and fast delivery” of multiple multinational stores can not only increase the efficiency of travelers’ shopping, but also increase the exposure of local stores and create online revenue.

<New weapon for enterprises to against the epidemic- Virtual Reality >

Innoviz is a multinational VR/AR company with a partnership between Taiwan and Vietnam. It takes corporate education and training as the core. In order to make the company’s operation more efficient and commit to employee’s safety, many companies spent a lot of time and cost of training employees. Ex: factory production line operation and logistics management, due to the impact of the epidemic, which made it impossible to be onsite and actual operation in person, Innoviz took advantage of the immersive learning features of VR/AR, so that enterprise employees did not need to visit the actual site in person. Through augmented reality, they can also achieve the training effect.

<New part-time job solution for foreigners in Taiwan>

Because of the outbreak of COVID-19, most countries currently have set a restriction of arrival and departure. As a result, many foreigners in Taiwan are automatically extended their visas, but in fact, the most common problem encountered by foreigners and exchange students coming to Taiwan is the difficulty of working. Most foreigners in Taiwan are bound by stereotypes, they can only become an English teacher in Taiwan. Tuteemi, a multinational team from Guatemala and Taiwan, using matchmaking tutor as the core, providing a full tutor matchmaking platform for foreigners in Taiwan and Taiwanese students, so that foreigners in Taiwan can earn income through tutoring.

<The biggest key- platform economics>

Although the above five start-up teams have different types of industries involved, but they must connect service providers and consumers through platforms. This also shows that “the platform economics under digital transformation is accelerating.” Driven by the epidemic, it is accelerating the transformation of the consumption patterns of enterprises and consumers. The change in life patterns in the post-epidemic era is already an irreversible chemical effect. According to the report of CTCI Foundation in 2019 pointed out that the platform economy is characterized by a network effect, so that the industry development is no longer a single-point or single-chain growth, but the improvement of the overall network, making the platform industry grow in the process, Also synchronously activated other economic entities in the network. This is exactly the key niche point for the development of traditional Taiwanese enterprises, startups, and even international startups in Taiwan.

<Southeast Asian Trends in Post-epidemic era>

According to the ” PwC’s COVID-19 CFO Pulse ” released by PwC in April 2020, this report operating strategies of various large chain enterprises or SMEs have set “priority to accelerate the digital transformation of enterprises” as the first development goal, and According to the market survey conducted by STARTBOARD, it is affirmed that in recent years, many Taiwanese businessmen have actively deployed in the Southeast Asian market and adopted more merger and acquisition strategies. Vietnam, Singapore, and Thailand are the three most obvious investment strategy countries.

This layout premise is not only the country’s huge demographic dividend and fast-growing consumption potential, but also a contingency strategy due to rapid geopolitical changes and the impact of the epidemic, in order to strengthen the resilience to strengthen corporate resilience and unpredictable risks In addition to manufacturing, people’s livelihood consumer products, and retail channel industry is a key. This is also a suggestion that international startup companies in Taiwan should think about and actively develop.

Daione: https://www.daione.one/
Skrt: https://skrt.com.tw/zh/

Alion: https://alion.jp/tw/top/
Innoviz:http://www.innoviz.com.tw/

Tuteemi: https://www.tuteemi.com/

[Startup Spotlight – Ann Chen]

Entrepreneurship does often lend itself to the question of ‘what if’ leaning a business away from its initially steered direction toward the ideal. It’s compelling to imagine what the world would look like today if either W. Colgate had not produced the ‘Cashmere Bouquet’ soap in 1866, nor without the existence of Procter & Gamble’s ‘Ivory’ in 1879. And, we all have our own practices of personal hygiene complied or avoided in fighting the coronavirus pandemic, for better or worse.

Ann Chen the entrepreneur is merely one of four Ann Chens. She is one of the Olympic gold medalists in history, TV host, and by all accounts, hardly less remarkable as an author. When Chen joined the STARTBOARD incubation program, she already knew what she wanted.  Sitting around the meeting table one late Friday evening, Chen and Mason Lin (STARTBOARD’s Project Manager) were discussing the details and direction to transform her vision into reality- The Sustainable Soap.

Ann Chen was sharing the vision of her ideal startup with Mason Lin during the mentoring session.

For in an eerie way, the soap ideas each entrepreneur left us seems complete, as though nothing more left to be said. It is difficult to imagine soap going beyond cleanliness or skin-nourishing, difficult to imagine soap going beyond the chemical reaction between lye and oil ingredients. Ask yourself: What more could we have expected from a bar of soap?

[The Social Entrepreneurship]

Peter Drucker defined the social enterprise as any business creation that does not only pursue financial objectives and profitability but mainly a certain social change. According to Digital Minister Audrey Tang, diverse forms of social innovation have been developed in Taiwan in the past 20+ years, tackling a wide range of social issues. This leads to a culture shift in redefining success: The success of a social enterprise is the success of ALL involved.

The nearly-expired cooking oil can do a lot of good- Ann Chen (24^th April 2020)

In 2017 alone, 12,000 tons of waste cooking oil (WCO) are discarded in Taiwan. The nearly-expired oil is under the umbrella of the WCO- to this, Chen asks, “Are we really discarding that much of WCO at the expense of other people who do not have anything?” Due to its chemical composition, recycling WCO seems the most cost-effective option as it contributes to a growing negative environmental impact such as greenhouse gas emissions, water pollution, vapor explosion, to name a few.

[The Sustainable Soap Project]

With all these considerations in mind, Chen initiated The Sustainable Soap Project. The objective of this project is to maximize the utility and value of the nearly-expired cooking oils across Taiwan. Instead of ending up in landfills, Chen desires to reuse the nearly-expired oils and transform them into scrumptious-smelling soaps. Meanwhile, all soaps are free of packaging to embrace the spirit of zero-waste. Chen’s first company has been so successful. It inspired her to start a series of handmade soap workshop events for the disabled group, availing them to become business leaders of their community.

Ann Chen is always trying her very best to help people around her. The fragrance of home-made soaps is not only because of aroma of flowers but also with the positive impact of social innovation and SDGs.  Ann Chen sets an amazing example for female entrepreneurs, athletes and social innovation advocates. The Olympic gold medalists does not stop her becoming the best herself, neither does the title of business owner. Now, Ann Chen is ready for the next match which is fighting against pollution and waste. No matter who is going to win this match, Ann deserves our respect and applause because she is fighting for each of us and our mother nature.