S1E11: How Does LA's Top VC William Hsu Look at Entrepreneurs and Taiwan's Startup Environment

S1E11: How Does LA's Top VC William Hsu Look at Entrepreneurs and Taiwan's Startup Environment

Author: Meet Global @Business Next Media December 30, 2022 Duration: 37:26

William Hsu of Mucker Capital opened up to us about his story before funding Mucker Capital and shared his insights as a venture capitalist who witnessed Los Angeles turn into one of the most vital tech geographies in a decade from a no man's land for startups. 
 
"Taiwan, as we see it today, is already better than what LA was in 2011 when Mucker Capital first started" William Hsu talked to us about his confidence in seeing Taiwan builds up a competitive startup ecosystem. William pointed out Taiwan's advantages and what Taiwanese startups should pay attention to. More than that, he revealed how he usually encourages and coaches entrepreneurs for every startup that wants to succeed in pitching to investors. Check out his insights and tips now!
 
Highlights:
⭐The "Mucker" concept from Thomas Edison's muckers
⭐If LA can do it, so does Taiwan.
⭐Taiwan has those tech talents.
⭐Experience in Stanford inspires William's career as an entrepreneur.
⭐It values failure as much as success: William's learning from failure and what he encourages his entrepreneurs to do every quarter.
⭐How to tell a compelling story to VCs: 3 takeaways from William
⭐An actual example of how William coaches a Taiwanese entrepreneur
⭐The most important thing Taiwanese entrepreneurs need to do.
 
Host: Jeremy Olivier, senior editor of AmCham Taiwan
Guest: Wiliam Hsu, Co-founder and Partner of Mucker Capital, a Los Angeles-based venture capital firm that focuses on Seed and Series A startups outside Silicon Valley. Mucker Capital is one of the best-performing VCs outside the bay area in the last 10 years.
 
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