On August 5th (2014), “Taiwan Startup and Venture Capital Policy forum (2014台灣創業與創投政策論壇)” took place in Taipei, aiming to boost new ventures and revive the venture capital environment in Taiwan. The event was held by ITRI TechVenture Club (工研院科技新創俱樂部,...
Up until a few years ago an entrepreneur in Taiwan who were lacking in their Chinese language abilities had quite a challenge. Information was hard to get and even harder to understand. And if you were a foreigner, many programs that were open to local entrepreneurs...
A couple of years ago Enspyre had a sales person who told us he wanted quit. He said that his health was deteriorating and he needed rest. Looking at him I could believe him. Later we found out that he had started a competitor to Enspyre. Our lawyers told us we had...
GlobalTiC (國際創新創業發展協會, https://www.facebook.com/GlobalTiC.Association?fref=nf) is a non-profit organization that every year organizes an International business plan competition called the Talentrepreneur Award. This year (August 18-21) they had teams from twelve...
Just a quick note, we will follow up with a proper article later. I had a great meeting with Commissioner Chi-jui Huang of the Department of Economic Development. We talked about Taipei City as a great place to invest and build a business, how foreigners coming to...
If you ever feel that business talks can’t be honest and open, or that profound thoughts on literature can’t be close to life or remotely interesting, you are mistaken. Remarks made by the foreign writers in Taiwan during the July 19 book discussion and...
