September 18, 2024: The Wow! Taiwan Project kicked off an exciting three-day journey in Jakarta, Indonesia, bringing together leading Taiwanese tech providers and key stakeholders in the safety and security sector. This event paved the way for future collaboration, innovation, and investment between Taiwan and Indonesia. From stakeholder meetings and business forums to exploring groundbreaking...Read More
Entrepreneurship is no less than art. The idea behind entrepreneurship is to establish a business organisation with certain objectives. There are no limits on entrepreneurship. You do not necessarily need a university degree, a load of money in the bank or even business experience to start something that could become the next major success. However,...Read More
Introduction Traditionally, corporations have been built on a successful idea or product, and subsequently expanding their enterprise based on that. However, with the influx of startups and competition, corporations now must think of means to innovate in order to maintain and thrive within today’s competitive landscape. To do so, corporations have to embrace the opportunity...Read More
As the global startup ecosystems continue to develop, an increasing number of entrepreneurs are trying to build the next unicorn company. Consequentially, the demand for business expertise has grown such that investors are no longer sought for just funding, but mentorship as well. Accelerators play an important role in this ecosystem. Accelerators have come up...Read More
The Republic of China (R.O.C, Taiwan) is one of the Four Asian Tigers that has developed economy rapidly. Its GDP (PPP) ranks 19th for GDP (PPP) per capita in 2018. Taiwan achieved this success by specialising in the manufacturing of information technology products, becoming a global leader for exports of such products. With a strong...Read More
The lack of complete information has plagued the market since its inception, resulting in price discrepancies and unreached customers. The best product would not be sold without first educating consumers about it. Marketing is a bridge with which companies can attempt to provide more information about themselves and their products to reach uninformed customers. Marketing...Read More
(From left to right) Paddy Tan (BlackStorm Consulting), Dr. Kuo-Chung Huang (ITRI), Don Baey (Pollinate), Jeslin Bay and Lionel Chia (BlackStorm Consulting) ITRI representative from Taiwan visited Singapore last week and looked forward to learning more about Singapore’s IoT (Internet of Things) startup ecosystems. Blackstorm Consulting assisted in arranging and coordinating various meetings and site...Read More
Entrepreneurs are born from a wide spectrum of backgrounds, from engineers to designers to even homemakers. Naturally, many of them are not technically equipped to perform financial analysis on their businesses. Many sceptics claim that financial ratios do not represent the truth about their businesses, especially at an early stage, since ratios use historical figures...Read More
This webinar provided insights when entering Singapore market It covered the demographics, culture and landscapes when doing business in Singapore Setting up an entity, fundraising and innovation landscapes were also addressed August 8, 2019: Singapore is well-known for many items, from multicultural society to one of the largest financial centres in the world. With...Read More
The event kicked off with a seminar on how to level up one’s fundraising strategy by Paddy Tan and Jeslin Bay, Co-Founders of BlackStorm Consulting Together with Edgar Chiu, Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Sparklabs Taipei, Paddy Tan and Harvey Ma, Co-Founders of BlackStorm Consulting discussed about getting into the right “marriage” in the context...Read More