Building Startups in a developing/developed Country: Taiwan (Part 1) (francistan.me)

Just as a prop - Plurk is a Canadian startup! Based in Toronto!

I'm planning to write a similar post for Shenzhen, China. (see http://syskall.com/first-startup-tuesdays-in-shenzhen-a-succ... for a quick overview)

Questioning whether Taiwan is a developed country is disingenuous -- its GDP (PPP) per capita, which is the statistic that matters, is about 34,000 USD, about the same as a typical country in Western Europe, and higher than South Korea. That Taiwan is not a member of the OECD has more to do with politics than wealth.