This was the first time I met Tai-Ku Chen, Babson MBA'10 and Entrepreneur in Residence at Darwin Ventures in Taipei, Taiwan on March 21, 2019

Tai-Ku Chen (TK) talks about Venture Capitalism and the Entrepreneurial landscape in Taiwan including the significant role of the Taiwanese Government in both sectors (both historically and currently). He provides so many great insights via his own experience and perspective on the globalization of Taiwanese startups. A conversation you don't want to miss!

Darwin Ventures is a venture capital fund of funds that provides individual and institutional investors (primarily educational endowments and foundations) unique access to investment opportunities that are generally unavailable to most investors. The firm was founded for the purpose of providing selective investments in top-tier venture capital funds. These investments include a diverse group of venture capital partnerships with a focus on US-based early-stage venture capital funds diversified across industry sectors including technology, information technology, and healthcare.

Aldo Fuertes, General Manager at Core Capital SAFI (part of Edifica Group), an Asset Management of Public and Private Investment Funds with innovative strategies, recognizing the ESG approach for the creation of value and investment with an impact on the economic, social and environmental dimensions

He had a very fascinating conversation in this chat about Core Capital and the processes they have in place to be a successful Fund in San Isidro, Peru. 

I was interviewed by Mr. Kevin Richardson, Master of Finance Graduate 2020 and Analyst at First Republic Bank.

Jacob talks about his journey from growing in a health-oriented family in Bamenda, Cameroon. He then decides to study biology in college and later works as a research assistant at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health. Later, he decided to switch careers and applied to business school at Babson College and later found himself as a podcaster and consultant for startups in Africa and South East Asia.

If you wish to learn more about Jacob's Journey and his future aspirations, you do not want to miss this episode.

This is Part 2 of a 2 Part Series with my conversation with Kevin Richardson, Master of Finance Graduate 2020 and Analyst at First Republic Bank.

We go through a fascinating paper on the relationship between Foreign Direct Investment and Economic Growth in Emerging Economies co-authored by Kevin Richardson

More about the paper here

More about Kevin Richardson here

This is Part 1 of a 2 Part Series with my conversation with Kevin Richardson, Master of Finance Graduate 2020 and Analyst at First Republic Bank. 

We go through a fascinating paper on the relationship between Foreign Direct Investment and Economic Growth in Emerging Economies co-authored by Kevin Richardson

More about the paper here

More about Kevin Richardson here

Part 2 of 2 part series of Interviewing Tzu Hui Yang (May) and Chih-Hsuan Lu (Jason) at Garage + in Taipei, Taiwan!

Thanks to these 2 amazing individuals [Tzu Hui Yang (May) and Chih-Hsuan Lu (Jason) at Garage +] for introducing me to some outstanding entrepreneurs at Garage+ as well as providing me with some amazing background about the founding of this shared space earlier this year in Taipei. Jason also shared with me the significance of understanding the definition of "emerging markets" based on metrics such as GDP as well as the history of emerging technologies in Taiwan.

They also shared with me the emerging technologies currently in Taiwan.

A lot of exciting stuff going on in Taipei as of 21st March 2019. Thank you, Tai-Ku Chen (Babson MBA 2011 and Venture Capitalist in Taiwan) and friend for introducing me to May and Jason.

Part 1 of 2 part series of Interviewing Tzu Hui Yang (May) and Chih-Hsuan Lu (Jason) at Garage + in Taipei, Taiwan!

Thanks to these 2 amazing individuals [Tzu Hui Yang (May) and Chih-Hsuan Lu (Jason) at Garage +] for introducing me to some outstanding entrepreneurs at Garage+ as well as providing me with some amazing background about the founding of this shared space earlier this year in Taipei. Jason also shared with me the significance of understanding the definition of "emerging markets" based on metrics such as GDP as well as the history of emerging technologies in Taiwan.

They also shared with me the emerging technologies currently in Taiwan.

A lot of exciting stuff going on in Taipei as of 21st March 2019. Thank you, Tai-Ku Chen (Babson MBA 2011 and Venture Capitalist in Taiwan) and friend for introducing me to May and Jason.

Manuel is a Babson MBA'11 & CEO-CFO @Treca (back in January of 2019).

We had an amazing chat about his upbringing he got into the business, his time at Babson College, and much more.

Treca is one of the main activewear and urban footwear distributors in Peru. He was responsible for the business idea and the structure and operation to grow the business from 0 to more than 60,000 transactions per year. His specific responsibilities included: hiring the management team, negotiating terms with national and international vendors, developing the distribution network across all the channels (traditional, modern, and direct), signing store leasing contracts with shopping malls as well as independent street-view stores. During my CEO-CFO role, Treca transitioned from an SMB (PYME) to a principal tax contributor in the country, opened 15 specialty stores, and managed the relationship with the financial institutions to secure the credit lines needed to be able to grow the business at a CAGR of 30% during 7 years. He was also actively involved in defining the processes with IT management focusing on technology and automation to be able to support the operations.

Professor Liu, Day-Yang is the Vice President of the National Taiwan University of Science & Technology (NTUST) 

NTUST commonly referred to as Taiwan Tech, a public technological university located in Taipei, Taiwan. NTUST is ranked 8th

We talked about innovation and entrepreneurship in Taipei, Taiwan. This was recorded on March 21, 2019