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Forum for ASEAN-Indian startups held in Taipei

Reference link: http://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/3162586

Event for promoting ASEAN-Indian Start Ups in Taiwan was held with attendance of some high profile companies last Saturday.

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — On Saturday, May 13 an event was hosted by the Global Brands Management Association GGC club Taipei in the Cosmos Hotel to promote ASEAN-Indian startups in Taiwan.

The local incubator STARTBOARD was present with its existing batch members, including team Aimazing, Research Stash, Dong You and Think Tank, all ASEAN-Indian start up companies.

The event saw senior executives of some multinational companies such as Deloitte, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Cathay Bank, Esun Bank to name a few in attendance. Senior professors and executives also delivered motivational speeches to the international students present there.

The event boasted startup teams that were based inside and outside of Taiwan looking for support and opportunities in the Taiwan market. The startup teams were each given the chance to introduce their companies and business plans in front of the forum.

The agenda of this event attracted many young international students from ASEAN countries and India. Many were motivated to start their own business plan in Taiwan while some were interested in first getting internships or jobs. The agenda also included time for students to briefly introduce themselves to the companies and exchange business cards and CVs.

The event concluded with an opportunity for the international students to interact with members the startups to learn more about their businesses.

2017 G.G.C. Enterprise Interview

Last week, on May 13th, STARTBOARD and GGC successfully hosted 2017 G.G.C Enterprise Interview. This event is not only a chance for International Students to listen and learn from the guests’ stories but also a chance to introduce themselves and to drop the CV for job seeking.

In this event, we were so proud of our batch 1 Team Aimazing for their first product demonstration in Taipei, Taiwan. They have showed to all the guests that hard work paid off and nothing could stop us to achieve the dreams.

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STARTBOARD WITH BATCH 1TEAM AIMAZING
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Team STARTBOARD

Also, during this event, the team has officially presented each member. Our team has a diversity of background and nationalities which strengthen our motto:” Together For Better”. Each member brings to STARTBOARD their own story while they decided to work in STARTBOARD, which we hope can motivate the young to get out of the comfort zone and contribute more to the communities.

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STARTBOARD with mentors and partners from:  Louis Group, KPMG Taiwan, TRONXIN Accelerator, Taiwan Start-Up Hub, Committee of Communications, Industry Development Ministry of Economic Affairs,
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Interaction session between guests and students

We would like to send our many thanks to all the professors, CEO, GM and others honor guests for bring to the event their experiences, their observation and advices, also their own inspiring stories. Without you, the event might have not be that successful. We are deeply obliged for all the support.

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Honor Guests Group Pictures

“Each of us has a spark of life inside us, and our highest endeavor ought to be to set off that spark in one another.”
– Kenny Ausubel

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Eugene Chien, Chairman, Taiwan Institute for Sustainable Energy

Event MOX x Innoventure

SUCCESS” does not lie in “RESULTS” but in “EFFORTS”. Being the “BEST” is not so important, “DOING” the best is all that matters.

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What a night it was when Team STARTBOARD attended the event MOX x Innoventure Friday Happy Hour with Geoffrey Handley on Friday, April 28th . Tremendously inspirational to hear all the international entrepreneurs talk about their journey, the ups and downs they faced and what kept them motivated to achieve success.

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STARTBOARD visions constant motivation and plans on hosting such inspirational events in the future with the support of our TEAM and BATCH MEMBERS and help network more and more ASEAN-Indian Students who seek opportunities in Taiwan as well as for Taiwan Companies who are interested in recruiting ASEAN-Indian Talents or invest in ASEAN-Indian Market. Nothing can keep us from success if we keep working hard until we reach our goals and beyond.

” I know you’ve heard it a thousand times before. But it’s true–hard work pays off. If you want to be good, you have to practice, practice, practice. If you don’t love something, then don’t do it.”
–Ray Bradbury”

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.