Taiwan -- a growing market for startup companies

At a coffee shop in Taipei on a Friday evening, the air was buzzing with excitement as conversation flowed freely among some 40 people mostly in their 20s and 30s. Others kept streaming in.

Before long, people were invited to speak.

"I am looking for someone who knows how to build iOS applications, and is interested in developing educational apps for children," said Wang Feng-cheng, founder of an Internet startup focusing on children's education. "My partner and I will be sitting over there, come talk to us", according to a report in Focus Taiwan.

Hardly a conversation you would expect at a social gathering, but this is not a usual get-together. It's a monthly event aimed at encouraging young people to take risks and start their own Internet or technology companies.  >>More here

SOURCE:  focustaiwan.tw