Bonny Kross, an artist from South Africa, but with roots from other African countries including Uganda, is the first from Africa to cast his vote in Taiwan, this election 2022. We spoke with him about his journey and his purpose for exercising

#213 - Why you should consider registering your business in New Taipei City

Oct 10th, 2022 11m 52s

Our guest for today is Garrick Cheung from Hong Kong, founder of WorkSpace. He came to Taiwan more than 4 years ago to help people from Hong Kong set up their companies here in Taiwan. His startup WorkSpace is a co-working space and also connec

#212 - Board game business in Taiwan

Aug 29th, 2022 17m 14s

This show is to answer your questions about starting up in Taiwan either for business, school, or just hanging around! So, leave your questions in the comments section below.Our topic for today is about a foreigner who started his own Board Gam

The problem with Taiwan's banking system

Jun 17th, 2022 4m 21s

What’s up, what’s down, what is going on around. I am Paolo Lising, founder of StartupInTaiwan.com. This show is to answer your questions about starting up in Taiwan either for business, school, or just hanging around! So, leave your questions

Can foreigners invest in Taiwan startups, how much is the minimum investment?

Jun 1st, 2022 23m 43s

Elias Ek, Founder and CEO of Enspyre, and author of How to Start a Business in Taiwan, talks about the opportunities for foreigners to invest in local startups in Taiwan as he invites them to attend at upcoming event on June 20th, 6:30pm at Fut

#209 - 7 Tips on Tax Filing in Taiwan for 2022

May 23rd, 2022 3m 40s

We’re starting a new segment, delivering some news and or insights about the hottest topics for foreigners here in Taiwan.This month of May, is tax filing season so here are some important things that you need to remember. 1. The government o

#208 - Foreigner has been living in Taiwan for almost 30 years, still without permanent residency (APRC)

May 14th, 2022 30m 53s

Jake Morrison from the US has been living in Taiwan for almost 30 years, and been running his tech company here for 19 years.His focus is converting business opportunities into new products, designing user experiences and then bringing them to

#207 - Taiwan's role in NFT, Metaverse, and Web3 Industry

May 6th, 2022 38m 29s

This event is organized by the Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI), a technology research and development institution in Taiwan. ITRI has been organizing these events to foster startup growth. Paolo Lising, founder of StartupInTaiwa

#206 - Startup Event Coverage: Big Data in the Cookieless Future

May 2nd, 2022 26m 57s

#205 - Why Taiwan is not so competitive place for foreign startups?

Apr 24th, 2022 40m 55s

Our topic for today is a little bit edgy, why is Taiwan not so a competitive place for startups. Jachim Gobien, from Belgium is a freelance management consultant with a corporate banking background. He has almost a decade of work at BNP Paribas

#204 - How can a foreigner become a teacher of other subjects than English in Taiwan?

Apr 15th, 2022 27m 6s

Our topic for today is about foreigners who are teaching in Taiwan. Now, the common knowledge of many from abroad is that foreigners are limited to teaching English in Taiwan. While most of the teaching jobs are for teaching English language, m

#203 - Leaving a tech job in Taiwan to be a web performance consultant

Mar 17th, 2022 22m 57s

Fershad Irani, from Australia, is a website performance consultant, helping companies achieve their business goals through website optimizations. His core focus is reducing the environmental impact of the web, reducing their carbon footprint.He

#202 - Taiwanese-American uses countries' strengths to build her App

Feb 13th, 2022 26m 30s

Our guest for today is Linshuan Chu (or simply Linh Chu), from the USLin is founder of Webu, a social marketing app that allows users to push their Ad contents to local and global users for a flat rate of $2 across the industry. These Ads are s

#201 - What is StartupInTaiwan.com

Jan 30th, 2022 2m 56s

One of our failures from 2021 was that we never explained what www.startupintaiwan.com is all about and this video was from a crowdfunding pitch that never gotten light simply because we're a foreign company and all of Taiwan's crowdfunding pla

#106 - Dragons' Chamber Taiwan champ solves anxiety among school children

Nov 27th, 2021 29m 14s

Our guests for today are the founders of MangaX, the grand champion at the recently concluded Dragon’s Chamber Taiwan!We have Genevieve Murphy, from the US, Joe Huang from Taiwan. In this episode, they shared their experience at the recently co

#125 - Regaining citizenship as child of Taiwanese parents | Starting freediving business in Taiwan

Nov 19th, 2021 24m 54s

Our guest for today is Raymond Ko, a returning Taiwanese from the USRaymond has 20 years of experience in cash, sales trading, Asian markets covering a strong mix of Asian-based and North American-based clients. He has built and managed a team

#124 - What is metaverse and how is Taiwan positioning for it?

Nov 12th, 2021 26m 6s

t.Hub with Taiwan Department of Economic Development sponsored an event for Taipei International Startup Week 2021, and one of the panel discussions talked about metaverse. What is it and what is Taiwan's role in this industry?The discussion wa

#123 - Taiwan talents and regulations attract top cryptocurrency startups

Nov 4th, 2021 19m 12s

Mark Pimentel is a high frequency quantitative trader & entrepreneur who moved to Taipei in 2018 after more than a decade of experience in New York and Chicago.Pimentel co-founded Kronos Research, a multi-strategy cryptocurrency trading firm wi

#122 - Is Taiwan a Haven or Hell for Digital Nomads?

Oct 29th, 2021 32m 29s

Claudia Wild, from Germany, is a cultural chameleon & seasoned copywriter, content creator & translator. She has 9 years of experience writing multilingual content, running digital marketing campaigns & developing e-learning material. Multiple

#121 - How to get Taiwan government grants and subsidies for startups

Oct 15th, 2021 24m 1s

Our guest for today is Mark Hsu, a Taiwanese-American entrepreneur & investor who has been based in Asia since 1996. Stanford graduate, Mark is currently running a portfolio of companies in education, e-commerce & internet-enabled services.Our

#120 - Taiwan Entrepreneur Visa or Gold Card, which is better?

Oct 5th, 2021 24m 17s

We invited back Joseph Prosnitz from the US to talk about his experience as Taiwan Entrepreneur Visa holder who successfully applied for Gold Card.Why did he apply for a Gold Card, are there some significant benefits vs Entrepreneur Visa?Joseph

#119 - Challenges for foreign startups in Hong Kong vs Taiwan

Sep 13th, 2021 22m 51s

Jeanie Tsui, from Hong Kong, moved to Taiwan in 2019 to offer her expertise in marketing to the Chinese-speaking countries. She is founder of Book and Pub that helps entrepreneurs promote their brands and build trust by content marketing and bo

#118 - Not just a hub of tech talents, Taiwan has a lot of world-class creators

Sep 6th, 2021 14m 42s

Most of our foreigner guests talk about leveraging Taiwan's tech talent pool, and our guest startup founder is expanding in Taiwan because of its pool of creative talents that can compete worldwide.Our guest for today is Dr. Yen Yen Woo, from S

#117 - Dragons Chamber: Startup pitch competition exclusive to foreigners in Taiwan

Aug 30th, 2021 18m 3s

Our guest is Elias Ek from Sweden to talk about one of the challenges of a foreign founder here in Taiwan, and that is raising funds. Many founders struggle to get into government funds and so Elias himself has created Dragon’s Chamber with a g

#116 - You must do these before coming to Taiwan as a foreign entrepreneur

Aug 26th, 2021 28m 30s

This episode is about the things that would make starting a business in Taiwan easier, if you prepare them even before landing here. These are based on real-life experience of our guest Joseph Proznitz from the US.Know what you hope to get by b