Taiwan start-ups: Leaving the factory
Taiwan’s industrials-focused venture capital and start-up ecosystem has tilted noticeably toward consumer software in the past year. Nevertheless, the traditional heavyweights are indispensable
Jamie Lin set up his first start-up, a Taiwanese e-commerce company called Hotcool, in 1999 when he was 21. Unfortunately, funding prospects dried up in the wake of the dotcom bust. Lin knew he was on...
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