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.

A Day in COMPUTEX TAIPEI 2017

Started from 1981, COMPUTEX TAIPEI has been the world’s leading B2B ICT/IoT (Internet of Things) trade show and developing into a global startup platform. COMPUTEX 2017 positions itself as Building Global Technology Ecosystems, focusing on 5 main themes: AI & Robotics, IoT Applications, Innovations & Startups, Business Solutions, and Gaming & VR, with 4 featured exhibiting areas: SmarTEX, InnoVEX, and iStyle, and gaming & VR.

STARTBOARD visited COMPUTEX and had some discussions with the exhibitors from different fields in order to learn more about the demanding and to broaden our horizons about the future trend in IT, especially in Taiwan. Trying newest technology and equipments, discussing with the top experienced managers in field is the gift we got from COMPUTEX. Also this time, we had a conversation with Taiwan Association for Virtual and Augmented Reality (TAVAR), and their Secretary General, Cori Shieh had introduced to us the latest trend in VR industry, such a lovely experience.

WISTRON ITS IS STARTBOARD’S FUTURE GOAL

Starting a productive week after the Dragon Boat Festival, STARTBOARD visited WISTRON ITS Taiwan.

The meeting was approximately 3 hours which contains the presentations sections and Q&A part.

We were so proud of Research Stash, H2U, Think Tank, Dong Yo, and Aimazing for such a great performance. Little by little, they noted all the advices from the mentors and improved the business plans. Although, there were still a lot of things need to be done, we believe hard work paid off.

Wistron Information Technology & Services (Wistron ITS), ranked as one of the largest language services providers (LSPs) in the translation and interpreting industry. Wistron ITS was named as the 26th largest globalization vendor in all of Asia.

“Being ranked as one of the leading brands in language services is a recognition to Wistron ITS globalization team.” said Wistron ITS CEO, Dr. Ching Hsiao. “We have achieved a distinguished performance and success with some of the most reputable companies globally in the IT industry.” he further added, “Asia has a promising globalization service market. Customers seeking globalization and localization services can count on our comprehensive staged services – from software design, development and translation, to post-production activities such as testing and desktop publishing.”

Meet STARTBOARD’s Inspirer

Today STARTBOARD would like to make a post on our blog for Professor. Louis Chen (陳春山), our beloved teacher and one of the biggest supporters for the team.

First time meeting with Professor, people are tend to be impressed by how humble and friendly he is. With smiles, Professor creates a cozy environment and he always knows how to lead the conversation.

Professor Louis Chen graduated his LL.M. in School of Law of University of Washington, USA and LL.D. in Faculty of Law of University of Ottawa, Canada.

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With the interdisciplinary expertise background and enthusiasm to the young, Dr. Chen served as various roles in private, governmental and public sectors such as the Chairman of Public Television Service Foundation; the Chairman of Chinese Television System Corp.; the Professor in Faculty of Law, National Taipei University and the visiting Scholar, UC Berkeley (Institute of East Asian Studies) & National University of Singapore (Faculty of Law).

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Not just that, He was the Commissioner of Broadcasting Affairs Commission, Government Information Office; the Commissioner of Financial Reforms Commission, Executive Yuan; the Director of Securities & Futures Investors Protection Center; Taipei and Commissioner, Legal Affairs Commission, Taipei City Government and Partner, Chen & Associates Law Firm and the Associate, Baker & McKenzie. He was the Consultant for Central Depository Insurance Company as well.

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Currently, Dr. Chen serves as the professor of Institute of IP, National Taipei University of Technology and the Professor in Faculty of Law of National Taipei University. He also serves as the Vice Chairman in Corporate Governance Association, the Chairman of the Association of Developing Corporate Organization and of course,

With the major concern in brand and leadership developments for enterprises and NGOs’ management systems, Professor Louis Chen is still working on different projects for international students. His huge support for STARTBOARD is a great example.

STARTBOARD ON TAIWAN NEWS

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

Meeting up with Political Deputy Minister,Ministry of Education

Following up the meetings with different representatives from Taiwan government, last week, on 20th April, STARTBOARD visited Ministry of Education and discussed with the minister about New Southbound Policy and related programs.

Understanding the potential impact of international students toward Taiwan, Ministry of Education is one of the very first firms, which starts running the programs for New Southbound Policy. Minister also shared to us his support for STARTBOARD’s upcoming events as STARTBOARD is the first incubator for ASEAN-INDIA students in Taipei, Taiwan. Despite of many challenges ahead, he believed the team could make some performances contributing to the growth of Taiwan.

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” Live the Life of Your Dreams
When you start living the life of your dreams, there will always be obstacles, doubters, mistakes and setbacks along the way. But with hard work, perseverance and self-belief there is no limit to what you can achieve.” ― Roy T. Bennett, The Light in the Heart” 

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A visit to Director General of Small and Medium Enterprise Administration, Ministry of Economic Affairs (中小企業處吳明基機處長 )

Our team had visited Dr. Wu Ming- Ji on 19th April. It seems April is a good start for the STARTBOARD’s team when having so many opportunities to meet up and present about the project to government’s representatives.

Dr. Wu is representative for Small and Medium Enterprise Administration. He showed an exact concern to the development of small and medium business from ASEAN and INDIA as a part of New Southbound Policy. IMG_2796

The team did present the purpose of STARTBOARD, and how the project could contribute for a better future between communities. Fortunately, Dr. Wu are fully interested in the presentation and expects to support for the team in upcoming events and projects.

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Happiness is not in the mere possession of money; it lies in the joy of achievement, in the thrill of creative effort.” Franklin D. Roosevelt

STARTBOARD’s Meeting with Commissioner of Department of Economic development, Taipei City Government on 17th April

On 17th April 2017, STARTBOARD had an oppotunity meet up with Dr. Lin Chung- Chieh, Commissioner of Department of Economic Development. IMG_5877

The department of Economic Development is known as being in charge of Taipei city start-up financial source. It’s an honor for STARTBOARD team to have a chance presenting the idea of supporting ASEAN- INDIA talents in Taiwan. Dr. Lin has discussed with the team about potential influence of ASEAN talents to Taiwan’s development and in the way around. He also showed his support to STARTBOARD and strongly believed that “together  we can do better”. IMG_5880IMG_5881.JPG

” Don’t aim for success if you want it; just do what you love and believe in, and it will come naturally. – David Frost”

One of our Batch 1 entrepreneurial teams Aimazing presented a demo.

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One of our Batch 1 entrepreneurial teams Aimazing (represented by CTO Yi Kai Kong) presented a demo to Professor Chen, Chairman of 全球品牌管理協會 (Global Brands Management Association). Aimazing is a Fintech company founded by Singaporean and Malaysians studying their Bachelors in Taiwan. They have decided to return to Taiwan to start their business due to the friendly entrepreneurial environment and resources. Their outstanding product has already brought about collaboration with Singtel.