Startup Island TAIWAN Podcast

Taiwan is on the path to becoming a new startup hub in Asia. Despite facing numerous challenges in the past, the startup ecosystem in Taiwan has been on the rise. Taiwan is an ideal place to locate for Hardware & IoT, Social & Leisure and Energy & Environment startups. Israel-based Startup Blink has Taiwan ranked 25th globally and 4th in East Asia in global startup rankings in 2021. With favourable market conditions, government support, and proximity to key Asian markets draws foreigners to start thinking about how to do business in Taiwan. Founded in the US and Established in HongKong by ex-Googlers Ken Law and Hauman Chow, PowerArena focuses on monitoring and analysing production sites in real time by making use of deep learning artificial intelligence technology. PowerArena first participated in Garage+ Startup Global Program in 2017, further developed the network of firms and potential customers. Later discussed cooperation project with big firms like Wistron, Advantech Co., Ltd. and AUO Corporation. In this episode, we talk about: ☛ Why Ken choose Taiwan to expand the business ☛ How Taiwan Industries and ecosystem help the business of PowerArena ☛ What Garage+ did when Ken join the Startup Global Program Join us to find out more!  Host: Uly Su  Guest: Ken Law, Co-Founder & CEO of PowerArena & May Yang, Director of Garage+ Powered by Startup Island TAIWAN Directed by National Development Council Producer: Meet Global by Business Next Media Apple Podcast: https://apple.co/3JXzDIO  Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3YDdtPV Portally: https://bit.ly/3xeFBNU #startup #podcast #taiwan #global #technology Powered by Firstory Hosting

Over the last decade, investment in SaaS startups has been showing continuous growth. Report of Silicon Valley Bank’s State of SaaS shows that the total investment in SaaS startups was $6 billion in 2010. In the past few years, the SaaS industry managed to benefit from the pandemic period while the vast majority of other businesses experienced tough times. In 2021, this number reached an incredible $90 billion.  Kdan Mobile seized the trend of remote work and has over 10 millions customers globally. Its DottedSign has been adopted by over 20 enterprises from industries across financial services, insurances, and securities. With more than half of their customers from the US market and 40 percent of the company's employees are based in the US and Europe, they have had great success in the global market. Kdan continues to support worldwide businesses in the new age of tech. They hope to build a “better normal” for today’s digital climate through flexible, technical solutions. In this episode, we talk about: ☛ App Store give opportunities to software developers  ☛ How Kdan manage to benefit from the pandemic ☛ What helps Kdan to be chosen over other alternatives ☛ Advantages and disadvantages of startup being located in Southern Taiwan Join us to find out more!  Host: Asianometry, Deep tech channel with 430k followers, still growing  Guest: Wei-Chung Wang, Co-founder of Kdan Mobile Powered by Startup Island TAIWAN Directed by National Development Council Producer: Meet Global by Business Next Media Apple Podcast: https://apple.co/3DAjBQY Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3jyJrhl Portally: https://bit.ly/3Y1MNbT #startup #podcast #saas #global Powered by Firstory Hosting

Mark Birch, AWS Global Startup Advocate, brought his knowledge and delivered a keynote that touched upon how startups can get started on their journey with AWS. As a former founder, Mark also shared his stories of early experiences to depict what that journey might look like and how the ecosystem matters. ‘’You could be an incredibly talented individual, or you could have an incredibly talented team but oftentimes you also need the ecosystem and support mechanism to give you a boost along the way’’ said Mark, to deliver the importance of the ecosystem for startups. Through events and activities, the ecosystem not only enhances the chance of meeting potential investors and partners but also the opportunities to meet other like-minded entrepreneurs to share thoughts and defeat entrepreneurial loneliness.  In this episode of Startup Island Taiwan Podcast, you will find out: ☛ Things individuals can do to improve the startup community ☛ How Mark has been supporting the startup communities globally  ☛ Better to catch lots of small fish than one big fish? ☛ Mark’s 3 ways to defeat entrepreneurial loneliness Host: Asianometry, deep tech channel with 430k followers, still growing Guest: Mark Birch, AWS Global Startup Advocate Powered by Startup Island TAIWAN Directed by National Development Council 👉More news of Taiwan startups: https://meetstartup.pse.is/4jhd5u 👉Follow us on LinkedIn: https://meetstartup.pse.is/4hhbhg 📪 Email us: global@bnext.com.tw Leave a comment and share your thoughts: https://open.firstory.me/user/cl8jubp5t01v601sl4vys57dj/comments AWS Activate Program: https://bit.ly/3YbPZBr Powered by Firstory Hosting

Technology, as we all know, moves at a rapid pace. With the advance of science and technology, only the companies that embrace the tools and solutions to get ahead are more likely to survive. It gave the opportunity for Fash Chang to initiate his entrepreneurship with Gosky. Helping businesses to grow loyalty and drive revenue by connecting marketing, sales, and CRM from the first social interaction to lifetime purchases. As an AI-powered data analytics communication tool for businesses, Gosky AI was part of the first batch of 500 Global Accelerator Taiwan with TTA. During the program, it became the project that investors are most interested in. ‘’After the program our investment team realised that Gosky has much bigger potential compared to the statute they were at the time" said Shawn Chu, Principal at 500 Global.    In this episode of Startup Island Taiwan Podcast, you will find out: ☛ The problem GoSky is trying to solve ☛ Early CRM experience with noodle stand inspired the founding of Gosky ☛ Examples of how GoSky helps their clients to grow business in Taiwan ☛ 3 differences between Asia and US for Martech company Host: Uly Su, Entrepreneur In Residence @Business Next Media Corp. Guest: Fash Chang, CEO of Gosky AI & Shawn Chu, Principal of 500 Global Powered by Startup Island TAIWAN Directed by National Development Council   👉More news of Taiwan startups: https://meetstartup.pse.is/4jhd5u 👉Follow us on LinkedIn: https://meetstartup.pse.is/4hhbhg 📪 Email us: global@bnext.com.tw   Leave a comment and share your thoughts: https://open.firstory.me/user/cl8jubp5t01v601sl4vys57dj/comments Powered by Firstory Hosting

Guest William Hsu, VC and co-founder of Mucker Capital, discusses the potential of Taiwan's startup scene, the importance of storytelling in startup pitches, and the need for Taiwanese entrepreneurs to think globally. They also explore the 'blue-collar VC' concept and share insights from Thomas Edison's muckers.

Will you use navigation when you are driving? Although we use navigation, we still get lost occasionally, since the map and the actual road conditions differ. This is also the opportunity for Cheng Ping Yu, the founder of AR navigation startup Phiar, to initiate his entrepreneurship. By combining deep learning with AI and AR technology, AR navigation provides the actual road conditions for drivers and guides the direction at the same time. Phiar was selected as YC's 2018 Summer Batch (YC S18), and has also received major venture capital’s investment in the following years. Google even announced the acquisition of Phiar in September 2022, hoping to create a new generation of navigation systems through computer vision, AI and AR. Highlights: Augmented reality for navigation The inspiration of Phiar’s product came from Yu’s own experience Transformation from academia to business Key point that makes technology business applicable Yu’s experience in YC Big trends for self-driving, automotive and AR Incredible innovation speed for AI and AR In terms of making AI accessible to everyone, edge processing is very important AR glass will become the next smartphone Host: Asianometry, Deep tech channel with 350k followers, still growing Guest: Chen-Ping Yu, founder of Phiar 👉More news of Taiwan startups: https://meetstartup.pse.is/4jhd5u 👉Follow us on LinkedIn: https://meetstartup.pse.is/4hhbhg 📪 Email us: global@bnext.com.tw   Leave a comment and share your thoughts: https://open.firstory.me/user/cl8jubp5t01v601sl4vys57dj/comments Powered by Firstory Hosting

Pinkoi aims to create an Asian designer ecosystem. By promoting Asian design brands to the international market, Pinkoi connects and empowers both brands and consumers, creating a high-quality design ecosystem. Acquiring Japanese company iichi in 2015, Pinkoi became a well-known role model of cross-border acquisition in Taiwan. Despite the influence of the epidemic, Pinkoi's cross-border orders have doubled, and their products have been sold to 93 countries around the world, becoming one of the leading e-commerce companies in Asia.    If you want to know more about: - Pinkoi's business secrets during the pandemic - Experience in acquiring Japanese company - Challenges brought about by different company culture  - Resource integration after acquisition Join us to get more information ! Host: Uly Su, Entrepreneur In Residence @Business Next Media Corp. Guest: Peter Yen, Co-Founder and CEO of Pinkoi   👉More news of Taiwan startups: https://meetstartup.pse.is/4jhd5u 👉Follow us on LinkedIn: https://meetstartup.pse.is/4hhbhg 📪 Email us: global@bnext.com.tw   Leave a comment and share your thoughts: https://open.firstory.me/user/cl8jubp5t01v601sl4vys57dj/comments Powered by Firstory Hosting

Under the impact of COVID-19, remote work has become an irreversible trend. International talent acquisition and management has become an emerging tide. What kind of role does Taiwan play in this new trend?  The competence of Taiwanese top talents is undoubted and recognized around the world. However, the domestic job market lacks suitable opportunities which meet their expectations. Good news is : Silicon Valley startups have begun to seek talents abroad actively since August, 2021. Moreover, they offer generous treatment to international top talents. So, how to successfully connect Taiwanese top talents with Silicon Valley? We invited two veterans in talent acquisition: Gene Chuang, mentor at Mucker Capital and also the founder of CTO slackers who has experience in management of the U.S. CTO network and Tiwen Lin, the founder of Silicon Valley talent acquisition startup Worca, to share their experience about international talent acquisition and the prospect and development of these talents in the U.S. Highlight: 🧑‍🤝‍🧑How Gene comes to his position now? 🧑‍🤝‍🧑What is CTO “slacker”? 🧑‍🤝‍🧑What kind of contribution that CTO slackers makes for talent acquisition? 🧑‍🤝‍🧑What are the advantages and challenges for hiring remote teams? 🧑‍🤝‍🧑What do they do to facilitate the recruit process?  🧑‍🤝‍🧑Advice for startups who want to minimize challenges? Host: Jeremy Olivier, senior editor of AmCham Taiwan Guest: Gene Chuang, founder of CTO slackers and mentor @Mucker Capital Tiwen Lin, founder of Worca   👉More news of Taiwan startups: https://meetstartup.pse.is/4jhd5u 👉Follow us on LinkedIn: https://meetstartup.pse.is/4hhbhg 📪 Email us: global@bnext.com.tw   Leave a comment and share your thoughts: https://open.firstory.me/user/cl8jubp5t01v601sl4vys57dj/comments Powered by Firstory Hosting

Warren Buffett announced last week that he bought TSMC Stock - American Depositary Receipts (ADR), which is worth more than 4.1 billion dollars. This is a rare major investment in the technology sector by Buffett's conglomerate. How is TSMC favored by international investors? Be Everyone's Foundry, that is the main strategy of TSMC. In the 1980s, Taiwanese government planned to cultivate the semiconductor industry for Taiwan's economic development. Then, TSMC was founded. TSMC's achievement lies in changing the global semiconductor division of labor. Before Morris Chang, wafer foundry was considered an impossible task since customers were afraid of leaking or plagiarizing chip designs, so they were reluctant to hand over chips to foundries for manufacturing. However, TSMC has persuaded a huge number of companies with its high-standard integrity management. TSMC has now become the largest semiconductor fabrication plant in the world. Outline : 📀 Beginning: reasons behind TSMC’s foundation 📀 Development: significant players in TSMC’s history 📀 Competition: ITRI, UMC and TSMC 📀 Summit: No.1 semiconductor manufacturer in the world 📀 Reflection: the inspiration of TSMC’s huge success Host:Asianometry, Deep tech channel with 350k followers, still growing Guest: Tim Koay, Historian on Taiwan Early Stage Semiconductor Initiative 👉More news of Taiwan startups: https://meetstartup.pse.is/4jhd5u 👉Follow us on LinkedIn: https://meetstartup.pse.is/4hhbhg 📪 Email us: global@bnext.com.tw   Leave a comment and share your thoughts: https://open.firstory.me/user/cl8jubp5t01v601sl4vys57dj/comments Powered by Firstory Hosting

With the advent of the global space age, countries are competing with each other for a foothold in outer space. What role does Taiwan play in this space competition? Among the 105 low earth orbit satellites launched by Space X in January 2022, one of them is a " spherical-motor-based " microsatellite developed by Taiwanese space startup Tensor Technology. The 22-year-old founder of Tensor Technology, Thomas Yen and his entrepreneurial partners have built the world's one and only spherical motor for commercial use. Through their satellite attitude control system, it saves 2/3 of the space and volume of the satellite, and nearly save one hundred thousand dollars cost in one launch. Yen also mentions that the advantages of developing the space industry in Taiwan are that the electronics industry is well-founded, the OEM supply chain is complete and intensive, and components can be produced quickly. For example, after a product is designed in Taipei, it can be produced in the Hsinchu Science Industrial Park. The two places are close to each other so that they can often communicate and coordinate with manufacturers in person to ensure the quality of product. Outline : 🚀What is Tensor’s main mission and idea? 🚀What kind of product does Tensor provide? 🚀Why satellite minimization matters? 🚀What are the advantages of Taiwan’s supply chain? 🚀The future of space industry Host: Uly Su, Entrepreneur In Residence @Business Next Media Corp. Guest: Thomas Yen, Founder of Tensor Tech   👉More news of Taiwan startups: https://meetstartup.pse.is/4jhd5u 👉Follow us on LinkedIn: https://meetstartup.pse.is/4hhbhg 📪 Email us: global@bnext.com.tw   Leave a comment and share your thoughts: https://open.firstory.me/user/cl8jubp5t01v601sl4vys57dj/comment Powered by Firstory Hosting