STARTBOARD IS given Cultivation Contribution Award by Taipei City Government

In 2021, we were honored to be invited to the 5th Taipei Prominent Enterprise competition and won the “Cultivation Contribution Award” among hundreds of enterprises !

The Taipei City Government is committed to building innovative start-up environments for a long time, and Taipei City is currently the Taiwan’s largest accelerator with startups.

Taipei Mayor Ko and Uniform Lin

We, STARTBOARD, have been supporting all foreign talents who plan to start a business in Taipei at first. Until now, we have accelerated more than 40 enterprises from zero to one, including a wide range of industries such as Sportstech, Edutech, influencer marketing, ecommerce, blockchain, and so on. Furthermore, nowadays, we initialized NETA programme to assist Taiwanese enterprises to expand their business into the Southeast Asian market.

Note: NETA is the abbreviation of New southbound Entrepreneur Training Alliance and also the meaning of  master or leader(नेता) in Hindi.

You never know which decision you made is correct or not. However, we feel blessed to go with our colleagues from Day 1 until today with our initial mission. We believe that our core value is beneficial to society and the whole startup ecosystem. It is unavoidable to be confronted with ups and downs in the process, but these difficulties indeed form our enterprise, STARTBOARD. said Uniform Lin, CEO of STARTBOARD.

STARTBOARD teammates

In 2021, a total of 16 companies were given awards by the Taipei City Government. We, STARTBOARD, are also honored to be given the Cultivation Contribution Award.

We will continue to support every talent who wants to start their business in Taipei and other cities of Taiwan. Thank you all, we’ll keep dedicating ourselves to the right thing.

5th Taipei Prominent Enterprise competition
Group photo of 16 companies in Taipei Prominent Enterprise competition

Start up your post-pandemic business in ASEAN from now

The Delta variant made a huge economic impact on the whole world once again, but Taiwan enterprises have never stopped developing their business into the ASEAN market. In this era of harshness, there are still tons of opportunities. To step into this market, STARTBOARD held the INTO ASEAN MARKET webinar on 20th August 2021. In this webinar, we focus on two countries of ASEAN. One is  Indonesia, which is the biggest economy of ASEAN, and the other one is Vietnam, which successfully controlled the poverty population from 70% to merely 6% within 20 years.

With many distinguished guests attending the event, including TAIRTA, IAPS, TTA, ​​Louis Group, Cross bond, and NETA, this webinar became a huge success. STARTBOARD also invited experts from ASEAN markets and CEOs from Taiwanese startups to this webinar as speakers. The first one is Edison Hsueh, business deputy director of STARTBOARD, who strives to continue helping both foreign and Taiwanese startups with their business and resources such as government resources and Southeast Asian market trends. The following two speakers are representatives of Taiwanese startup companies. The first one is Ivan Tsou, the CEO of Formosation. Their first product has raised more than NT$ 1 million within just one month on the crowdfunding platform. They are currently expanding markets in Japan and Vietnam. Another one is James Chao, the founder and CEO of Destino Skincare. He adheres to the concept of “Excellent skincare products in line with international standards”, and continues to promote high-quality products and Taiwanese beauty brands to the international market.

Moreover, there are two experts from ASEAN countries. One is Evy Chang, the investor relations director of Wiziin. She led and implemented large strategic National Image projects combined with detailed market-trend and opportunity assessments with customer insights. And the other one is Antonius Agoeng, the founder of ISheEra, who has successfully assisted many Taiwanese brands in entering the Indonesian markets through his e-commerce platform and agency. 

The overview of ASEAN Market and Opportunities  

This webinar started with a speech, given by Edison, the Business Deputy Director from STARTBOARD. As an incubator, STARTBOARD focuses on assisting entrepreneurs from ASEAN and Indian countries to start their own businesses in Taiwan. For the past three years, they have been coaching students from both ASEAN and Taiwan to start their own businesses. Also, they have assisted Taiwanese entrepreneurs to expand their brands into ASEAN and Indian markets through marketing research and international connections.

Edison started his speech by introducing the strengths of all the countries in ASEAN markets. First, he pointed out the advantage of the large population. There are 650 million people in ASEAN markets. Because the birth rate in ASEAN is higher than in Taiwan, there is no need to worry about population aging. Moreover, the ethnological cultures in the Philippines, Vietnam, Malaysia, Thailand, and Indonesia are all Hedonism when it comes to purchasing. It will keep activating the economy, especially in domestic services and daily necessities. Edison also focused on the startup ecosystem, mentioning the countries in ASEAN have been generous in giving resources. The atmosphere was delightful, which successfully boosted 12 unicorns in ASEAN markets. The credits all go to the operation of the ASEAN markets and the resources they contain. Also, this is the reason why Taiwanese enterprises should seize this opportunity.

Formosation, the advocator of oral health

Ivan Tsou, the CEO of Formosation, dedicates himself to improving and strengthening people’s concept of periodontal cleaning. To lower the rate of Taiwanese suffering from periodontal disease, he has developed a safe and convenient dental floss called “Morph” with partners from different specializations. This product has raised over 100 million dollars within only one month after being launched on the crowdfunding platform. The company is arranging the paths to Japan and Vietnam now.

Aside from Morph, Formosation has been promoting AntiQ Smart Toothbrush. By using an interactive APP, brushing teeth can be a game, helping people form a habit to brush their teeth. Also, by implementing subscription mode, consumers will maintain their habits in order to reach complete and authentic oral care. This product has been awarded the Top 50 international track announcement, standing out from approximately 2,000 groups in Startup Wheel 2021. For the future plan,  because factories all over the world are moving south currently, Ivan has been considering establishing a branch in Vietnam, not only to do marketing research but also to find out more international talents to develop ASEAN markets.

DESTINO, the expert of skincare

James Chao founded DESTINO in 2011, which is exclusively for Taiwanese females. Their products aim to improve Atopic Dermatitis and other allergies Taiwanese have suffered. In addition, they contain hypoallergenic formulas the company emphasizes a lot to avoid overstimulation. James upholds the concept of becoming a top skincare brand and continues to promote Taiwanese cosmetics with excellent qualities to the world, aiming to integrate with international markets soon. The company has already sold its products to Japanese and Southeast Asia markets with success. 

DESTINO has entered the online e-commerce markets in Vietnam, Indonesia, and Thailand. Local consumers value the whitening effect a lot, as well as the anti-wrinkle and blemish. Their new product, RUBY, contains cistus abstraction, which can smooth wrinkles effectively and meet the requirement of consumers from Southeast Asia. “ In a market full of the same products from different brands, it is Word of Mouth strategy that matters,” said James. He also pointed out that a product may not appeal to Taiwanese consumers due to the high price. However, in Southeast Asia, the same product may be a hit due to conspicuous consumption, which is the marketing strategy in DESTINO. James is looking forward to finding powerful connections with local enterprises in ASEAN markets.

How to grasp your Vietnamese startup marketing opportunities?

Evy Chang, the investor relations director of Wiziin, is a Chinese Indonesian. Because of this unique identity, she is utterly familiar with the Indonesian markets. Furthermore, she understands the traits of Vietnamese markets as well due to her two-year working experience there. At that time, Evy went to two startup companies and was the general manager and the investor relations director separately. She sources and verifies opportunities through reliable networks across Greater China and ASEAN countries in both the public and various ecosystems. 

For the Vietnamese market, Evy firstly dives into the circumstance of lacking a fundraising platform in Vietnam. “If you think that it is so hard to find the investors, the investor may have the same problem with where he or she can invest!” said Evy. She also mentioned that the investor matching platform like Wiziin is like a CC cream of a company. Before a startup team entered a crowdfunding platform, they may have been competitive but lacked some package and marketing skills. Thus, this kind of investor matching platform can help them build up these skills and make them catch the eye of the investors in the Vietnamese market. Lastly,  Evy discussed the significance of knowing their target customers. In addition, she brought out the importance of one group of customers, Generation Z. Generation Z, who are addicted to the internet and spend money like water, plays a crucial role in this generation of e-commerce. Evy said that we should take advantage of their characteristics, letting them be happy to buy your products. Making some positive and eye-catching marketing content could be your first step to try.

The vital materials Taiwanese business should get before entering Indonesia market

The expert of the Indonesian market in this webinar, Antonius Agoeng, is also a Chinese Indonesian. Since the twenty-year living experience of Taiwan, he knows the living ways and cultural differences between Taiwan and Indonesia so well.  The promotion of the new southbound policy and caring for the women issue makes him want to found ​​ISheEra, the company that helps Taiwanese brands entrance the Indonesian market by selling feminine products through an e-commerce platform and purchasing agents.

Mr. Agoeng firstly emphasized the importance of the e-commerce platform and purchasing agents by mentioning Generation Z. Further, he talked about the advantages of the Indonesian market, like the political stability, the growing numbers of Infrastructure construction, etc. “If you would like to enter the Indonesian market, please be friends with them sincerely,” said Mr. Agoeng, he reminded Taiwanese businesses to keep Hala and brand localization in mind.

The networking section

After finishing the topic lecture, the webinar went to another section, the networking section. In this part, they focused on the three topics “The steps of entering the ASEAN market”, “The strategies about dealing with covid-19 pandemic”, “The precautions of entering into ASEAN market”

In the aspect of entering the ASEAN market, they visited the pain-point of the market first. Agoeng and Evy mentioned that the crucial part of being well developed is earning the trust of the locals. Moreover, you have to be patient and have a long-term management attitude, which means that you shouldn’t think your products will be sold out easily and do not notice the thought from the customer’s mind. On the other hand, you have to get to know more about your customers like when will they buy your products? Ivan and James also share their viewpoint with the audiences afterward. They pop out the necessity of cooperating with professional teams and experts.

After the discussion about the pain-point of the market, the four speakers started further to the topics of the potential industry. Evy brought out Generation Z which she mentioned before and emphasized that the products that have a sense of freshness are the potential industry. Additionally, Agoeng said the health tech industry is also viewed as an important industry gradually. Especially for the consciousness of health getting higher than before, Agoeng recommended Taiwansese health tech-related industries to give a try on expanding their business to ASEAN.     

Although covid-19 may raise people’s consciousness toward health and bring out business opportunities, it still affected many companies. In this webinar, both Ivan and James mentioned current situations, such as supply chain disruption and cash flow. Also, consumption patterns have changed a lot, which increases the importance of online shopping. Ivan pointed out the significance of the awareness of e-commerce. Changing business strategies as time goes on is crucial. Evy supported Ivan by analyzing the pandemic period. She does not consider avoidance a long-term plan. Companies need to have plans to adopt and prevent covid-19 from going on in the next few months or years.

As startups promote their brands and products into ASEAN markets, sometimes their marketing mindset and strategy remain the same as they used in Taiwan. Antonius pointed out that companies need to think twice about customer’s buying habits when entering local markets. Adjusting products’ information on each package while complying with the regulations will be one solution to make consumers understand Taiwanese brands better. Evy added that sometimes the business strategy needs to be flexible. For example, when composing advertising or marketing copy, putting local employees or interns in control may get better results than being coached by supervisors. Having faith in local employees and believing in their perspectives could lead to spectacular outcomes.

Speaking of the potential countries to expand businesses in the future, Ivan said his mid-term goal would be entering Vietnam, Thailand, and Malaysia. Among Southeast Asia markets, consumers in these three countries value teeth whitening the most. They are willing to spend a large amount of money on this benefit. Targeting this kind of consumer psychology will lead to a promising future for Formosation. 

At the end of the webinar, we have arranged a Q&A section for the audience online. All the startup talents can leave their questions and doubts about starting a business or ASEAN markets in the live stream chat room. These questions from discussing the industry categories to talent management were all answered by four speakers, such as the feasibility of the online fitness industry and the difference among local customs, cultures, and use of languages when managing talents from different countries. The speakers have shared their personal experiences and problem-solving techniques with the audience without reservation. This Q&A section not only made online talents, who are interested in Southeast Asia markets, get loads out of it but also brought a successful conclusion to this webinar. STARTBOARD understands that ASEAN markets may be promising but unfamiliar areas for Taiwanese enterprises. Therefore, we are looking forward to helping startup teams, and small and medium enterprises enter the Southeast Asia markets. We are also willing to help them find talent to support their journey in expanding their businesses.

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[Taipei Entrepreneur Exchange Conference ] All the way to the south and the key to success

Mason Lin, Project Manager at STARTBOARD

To enable  entrepreneurs in Taipei to explore the Southeast Asian market, “Subsidies and Incentives for Taipei Industry Project” organized the “ Taipei Entrepreneur Exchange Conference – All the way to the south and the key to success,” where they had gathered entrepreneurs from all walks of life to share their first-hand experiences and insights into the Southeast Asian market. The event had a good start through the coordination between Subsidies and Incentives for Taipei Industry Project and Social Innovation Lab, where current entrepreneurial resources integrated by the government and the private sector are highlighted. The grand opening was followed by” The Introduction of The Southeast Asian Market,” launched by Uniform Lin, the COO at STARTBOARD, “Market Development In Singaporean Market,” launched by Xu Bozhen, the CEO at Rooit and “ Must-know Resources for Cross-border E-commerce Industry,” launched by Tsai Songda, the deputy secretary general at Importers and Exporters Association of Taipei. Lastly, the event would be wrapped up by Taiwan  Tech Arena (TTA) with international match-making and funding as well as network resources provided.

【Entrepreneurial Resources from The Government and Private Sectors】

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(Jiang Yijun , PM at Subsidies and Incentives for Taipei Industry Project)

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(Chen Yiwen, Assistant Manager at Taiwan Startup Hub)

Taiwan Startup Hub also made an introduction about their services with an eye to assisting entrepreneurs to utilize startup resources in an efficient manner. Sticking to the notion of “a hub,” they have been compiling resources from the central and local governments as well as private accelerators. Aside from that, with the use of virtual integration, “ International Entrepreneur Initiative Taiwan” was established so as to play as a liaison between entrepreneurs and both government and private sectors. In this manner, the construction of a holistic startup ecosystem can be facilitated.

【Advice for Expanding Your Businesses to ASEAN Countries】

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(Uniform Lin, COO at STARTBOARD)

Lin Zhifu, the COO at STARTBOARD, shared the practical experience of the ASEAN market especially for those ambitious souls who aspire to set foot in the ASEAN market. His advice are as follows — First thing first, the Southeast Asian market should be considered separately. Many of us may deem ASEAN as a whole market while the culture, environment, religion, and market are diverse to do so. Secondly, without wholehearted preparation, you wouldn’t want to bounge into a new market. Given that the equity agreements often require partners of local nationality to hold up to 49 to 51% of the shares, each enterprise shall think twice. The point is to find a local partner, especially a trustworthy one to cooperate. Last but not least, we need to verify information ruthlessly. Due to its environment and languages, startup information in those countries is not as transparent as Tawian’s. Before any cooperation plan comes into play, due diligence is strongly recommended to manage potential risks.

Ever since its establishment, STARTBOARD has kept in contact with international talents from ASEAN countries, so as to accumulate the human resources from international talents. In this way, when global talents join in a Taiwan company or startup, they showcase the bonus to connect with ASEAN market and partners and also provide accurate information as well as experiences to live up to the demand of “southbound.”

【New Southbound Policy – Plan ahead and don’t make it complicated】

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(Xu Bozhen, CEO at Rooit)

Rooit is committed to developing mobile applications and dating systems and was selected to play a part in TechStars. Their mission is to find everyone a partner who can confide to. Owing to this totally different core value, Rooit provides anonymous chatroom and interactive game for users to cultivate tacit understanding and communication. Mr. Xu also shared his insights into the Singaporean market based on their experiences. The following are some focal points that determine whether your expanding would go smoothly into ASEAN market.

To begin with, the pivot is market research and estimation. The strategies should either depend on population, geographical location or on the questionnaire. Secondly, when the targeted market has limited resources, then we shall narrow down the range.

Lastly, Mr. Xu mentioned the significance of “speed.” More often then not, startups struggle to maintain daily operation so adaptability to the latest trends and the development with efficiency count. Members of a startup need to adapt their attitudes so as to get along well with different markets and politics as well as culture.

【Resources for Cross-border E-commerce】

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(Tsai Songda, Deputy Secretary General at Importers and Exporters Association of Taipei)

Tsai Songda, Deputy Secretary General at Importers and Exporters Association of Taipei, led the key point to the cross-border e-commerce industry. He mentioned that many entrepreneurs started to do e-commerce things more than a decade ago, setting up company websites, and activating shopping carts and so on. Nonetheless, “e-commerce is not just about putting goods on the website. Search engine optimization, diversion, and freight services are all full of learning points.” Importers and Exporters Association of Taipei is in charge of assisting entrepreneurs to commercialize the e-commerce process and expand business overseas. Currently, the guild is promoting the 17cross e-commerce and TCEI Taiwan incubation so as to provide information and communication platform for entrepreneurs in Taipei.

【International Capital Match】

Taiwan Tech Arena (TTA) and Taiwan Innovation and Entrepreneur Center (TIEC) shared several resources with entrepreneurs, including investment, mentor, accelerator, and technology, etc and they also nurture startup teams to go on to the stage of the U.S. Capital will be introduced through the International Capital Matching Association. It is expected to open in mid-September and till the end of October. They will also conduct training on presentation and business plan drafting with a capital match launched in the middle of November, where 20 investors from ten different fields will provide opportunities for entrepreneurs to enter into the international arena.

The event had come to a perfect ending. Aside from providing subsidies, Subsidies, and Incentives for Taipei Industry Project also offers entrepreneurs a chance to exchange insights, accelerating the development of the startup ecosystem. Startup@Taipei also invited enterprise that gained the funding to participate in the event – hopefully via the event, urgent needs for localizing in overseas markets can be met.

 

 

 

Recent events of STARTBOARD

Recently, STARTBOARD attended different events and meetings with Government representatives, also Taiwanese start ups. Here is some of the photos summarizing our last week.

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Meeting with Taiwanese start up Follia

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Meeting with Taiwanese start up Follia

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Attending with Aimazing on Microsoft BizSpark Event

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visit to Department of Industrial Development, National Development Council.

“When we least expect it, life sets us a challenge to test our courage and willingness to change; at such a moment, there is no point in pretending that nothing has happened or in saying that we are not yet ready. The challenge will not wait. Life does not look back. A week is more than enough time for us to decide whether or not to accept our destiny.”

STARTBOARD In NTU Garage Annual Meeting

On 7th June, STARTBOARD attended NTU Garage Annual Meeting.

NTU Garage, which has been started in 2013,  is a accelator program to nurture young entrepreneurs with hope of providing students and faculty with a friendly space to realize their innovative ideas. Start-ups that qualify for programs at the garage would enjoy various kinds of training and assistance for six months, with the overlapping period between applications and the program’s course designed to promote exchanges between the last group of participants and newcomers.

Participants receive legal and accounting consulting about setting up firms, as well as learn from experienced instructors. Participants also receive opportunities to demonstrate their products. As the young entrepreneurs might not have the money to set up an office, they can go to the NTU Garage to work .

STARTBOARD felt very honor to meet up with Minister Liang-Gee Chen, Ministry of technology and George Huang, Chairman of Acer.

We are looking forward to having more support and chances in the future, in order to provide our ASEAN-INDIA the best sources nurturing their innovative ideas.

YUNUS CENTRE AND STARTBOARD

Before the Dragon Festival, STARTBOARD had a chance to meet up Professor Shen from National Central University. He’s also the Director of YUNUS Centre in Taiwan.

The Yunus Centre, is a think tank for issues related to social business, working in the field of poverty alleviation and sustainability. It is ‘aimed primarily at promoting and disseminating Professor Yunus’ philosophy, with a special focus on social business and currently chaired by Prof. Muhammad Yunus. Its Executive Director is Ms. Lamiya Morshed.

After Prof. Muhammad Yunus and the Grameen Bank received the Nobel Peace Prize in October 2006, a personal office for Prof. Yunus under the name of ‘Yunus Secretariat’ was formed. From the very beginning on, the Yunus Secretariat was mainly aiming at promoting Prof. Yunus’ philosophy of social business and served as a one-stop resource centre for anyone interested in social business.
In July 2008, it was renamed the Yunus Centre and continues to develop new social businesses, provide technical help to social business start-ups and liaise with anybody interested in the topic. They also publish a quarterly newsletter on new developments in the field of social business.

We started sharing the ideas of STARTBOARD with Professor and introduced to him our Batch 1 project’s Research Stash. Not only coming with a lot of questions for the team, Professor was also very passionate in giving us advices and comments to improve our ongoing progress.

We discussed more about the Southbound Policy and its potential for both Taiwan and other parties and extended to the challenges that we all have to deal with now about the talents, the funds and etc.

Gladly, STARTBOARD has Professor. Shen and YUNUS Taiwan’s support for further programs. We are looking forward to collaborating with Yunus soon.

STARTBOARD visited HCMC Taipei Economic and Cultural Office

STARTBOARD visited HCMC Taipei Economic and Cultural Office
Thank you Economic Secretary and Director General have shared with us a lot of interesting stories.
Also thank you Mr.Nguyễn Tiến Thành, Project Manager of Taiwan Desk Vietnam for helping us arrange the meeting.
STARTBOARD is looking forward to collaborating with more Vietnam entrepreneurs.

The Vietnam Economic and Cultural Office in Taipei established its presence in Taiwan in 1992 and since then there has been a significant development in Vietnam-Taiwan relations especially in trade, economic, art and cultural and tourism fields. In the area of trade, we have witnessed a substantial growth. Last year, Vietnam-Taiwan trade exceeded US$2.6 billion. There are over 30,000 Taiwanese investors including 900 small and medium enterprises in Vietnam.

An increase of 50 percent in investments from Taiwan was recorded for the period Jan to June this year compared to the same period of last year. Vietnam exports to Taiwan are agricultural and daily commodity products while Taiwan exports to Vietnam are raw materials and machinery . Vietnam offers numerous investment incentives and will continue to be one of Taiwan’s most favorite investment destinations over the years. Vietnam is one of the most attractive places for investors in Asia. Simple processing make it easy for investors to invest.

With a population of 78 million people, an area nine times that of Taiwan, Vietnam offers an abundant labor force and low monthly wages. Vietnamese are hard working people and able to adopt flexibly. Since 1993, Vietnam and Taiwan has signed four agreements namely: protection of Taiwan investors in Vietnam, prevention of double taxation, agricultural and fishing cooperation, research and development, and labor. The two countries have signed an economic accord to further strengthen bilateral trade and economic cooperation.

Taiwanese investors ranked the second biggest investor in Vietnam and include light and medium industry, in manufacturing as well as in the service industry such as hotel, resorts and entertainment field.

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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