The advantages of running a business in Taiwan The challenges of running a business in multiple time zones John’s experience as a Taiwanese American having moved to Taiwan and lived there for 10 years How PicCollage was started in Silicon Valley but has much of its operations in Taiwan How PicCollage was started 10 years ago and was initially designed primarily for the iPadġ0 years ago apps like Uber, Instagram and Snapchat were still relatively new The idea for the WOWSHI app came out of the realization that during the pandemic people were looking for ways to de-stress The WOWSHI app inspired by Japanese washi tapes designed to mimic the tactile experience of applying washi tape, which can be a form of relaxation How PicCollage as a company that creates a variety of apps related to greetings, video editing, and wellness How PicCollage is an app that allows you to create fun things with your photos and videos Here’s a little preview of what we talked about in this podcast episode: In this interview you'll learn about some of the innovative startups that have been founded in Taiwan. John also talked about how the startup scene in Taiwan has changed in the ten years that he’s lived there. It was a fascinating conversation not only about PicCollage, but about what it was like for John being in Taiwan when it was one of the few places in the world relatively unaffected by COVID at the beginning of the pandemic, and how it attracted COVID refugees that included some of Taiwan’s most talented influential diaspora. We actually spoke the day after Talking Taiwan won a Golden Crane Podcast Award. It is one of the most popular apps in the photo and video app category in the app store. PicCollage is an app that allows you to create fun things with your photos and videos. So much has happened since I interviewed John Fan, one of the co-founders of PicCollage back in December.

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