Viet’s Startups in Taiwan: Braveheart Challenge

Here comes the first Viet night in 2017!!!
This theme night had diverse discussing topics related to startup field such as the passion, the challenges and how Taiwan is a great destination for startups over the world generally and ASEAN-INDIA specifically. Specifically, in the Vietnamese night, not only having Vietnamese Experts Association in Taiwan (VNEAT), but also we invited the founder of Vnimation, a very experienced company in Vietnam about VR Techonology in building and construction, to shared their story while attending the IDEA’s Show @APEC and their plan to expand market to Taiwan!

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STARTBOARD MEETING WITH DPP’S NEW IMMIGRANT COMMITTEE.

On July, STARTBOARD team had a chance to visit  Tran Thi Hoang Phuon, a lecturer of Vietnamese at National Chengchi University, who serves as chief of DPP New Immigrants’ committee. This committee is under the DPP and launched as a part of the New Southbound Policy of President Tsai Ing Wen. The 12-member committee is composed of new immigrants, scholars and experts, according to the party.  

Teacher Tran has lived in Taiwan with her family for many years, so she experienced both pros and cons of being an immigrant in Taiwan. She supported STARTBOARD in the aspect of helping the ASEAN students and startup. We hope in the future, we can work with her and her team in more inspiring projects.

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It’s warm-hearting conversation with Teacher Tran and her husband about how to contribute the society.
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STARTBOARD team with one of 10 iconic people in Taipei
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Sharing more information about our STARTBOARD

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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 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.

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

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 visited tokuyo at TaiSPO.

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STARTBOARD visited tokuyo 快速變走你的壓力at TaiSPO (Taipei International Sporting Goods Show) 臺北世貿中心展覽大樓(世貿一館) Tokuyo is a Taiwanese company that has established a formidable presence in the massage chair markets of ASEAN, with over 50% of the market share worldwide. They have already established their hold in Vietnam, Thailand, and Indonesia, and is looking to develop the Indian market. Tokuyo is a role model for Taiwanese corporations looking to develop the ASEAN market and can serve as an inspiration to us all.