Xiamen Cafe launched crowdfunding for Taiwan youth

Zhang Xianwen

Zhang posted a photo of the cafe on the Internet.

Taiwan Strait Network, May 6 (Straits Guide reporter Yang Siping / Wen Photo courtesy of interviewees) recently, a cafe called Sharon in Haicang, Xiamen, plans to transfer its operation because the hostess is going to study in another place. Under the planning of Youth Entrepreneurship Angel investors on both sides of the strait, the cafe is now seeking crowdfunding from netizens on both sides of the strait, especially hoping to attract young people from Taiwan to join it, so that the cafe can become a platform for youth innovation on both sides of the strait. combine Taiwan's good creative ideas with Xiamen's excellent cultural environment.

Cross-sea crowdfunding for money and entrepreneurial friendship

Zhang Yuwen, director of the Taiwan Angel Investment Association, who sponsored the crowdfunding project, posted a photo of the cafe online, along with detailed information. Friends interested in investing contributed 30,000 yuan each, with the goal of crowdfunding of 600000 yuan, with an estimated annual return of 20 percent, 30 percent, until the end of May.

Nowadays, everyone is no stranger to crowdfunding, and the model of equity crowdfunding has also developed rapidly in Taiwan in recent years. Zhang Shiwen told the newspaper that as an angel investor, he had a lot of relevant experience in equity crowdfunding for Taiwan's small and medium-sized enterprises in the past. it's just that this kind of crowdfunding between the two sides of the strait is still relatively rare, and it's also a new attempt.

What is the most attractive thing about this crowdfunding project? Zhang Yowen said, "the most beautiful scenery in Taiwan is people. I think this sentence is also applicable to Xiamen." In his plan, after crowdfunding, the cafe will become a link between the two sides of the strait. "Taiwan has good ideas and needs a good platform to let these ideas shine. We want to turn the cafe into such a platform. Let Taiwan's good ideas be combined with Xiamen's excellent cultural environment. If the public planning of this cafe is successful, I believe it will be a banner of cross-strait youth innovation."

Talking about the way to start a business, he praised Xiamen as Seattle.

Coffee culture prevails in Taiwan, and many young people are keen to open a cafe and live a life of "Xiao Quexing". Will they be willing to come to Xiamen to start a business? "I often tell my friends in Taiwan that Xiamen is like Seattle. I have been in Seattle for many years. Seattle is a place with a strong entrepreneurial atmosphere in the United States," Zhang said. Boeing, Microsoft, Starbucks and Amazon are all headquartered in Seattle. I saw a lot of Seattle in Xiamen.

He believes that for young people in Taiwan, Xiamen not only has a strong entrepreneurial atmosphere, "excellent incubators can be found everywhere in Xiamen." there is also an environment very close to Taiwan. "every time I go to Xiamen, I feel like I am on the streets of Taipei. Xiamen can even be said to be seamlessly integrated with Taiwan."

In the entrepreneurial environment, Zhang Yowen said that the Xiamen government has also provided a relatively loose policy. "of course, starting a business is not a simple thing, and young Taiwanese who leave their hometown to start a business in Xiamen may face many difficulties." this requires everyone to work together. In the past, because of the estrangement between the two sides of the strait, young people in Taiwan did not know much about the mainland. "as a bridge for communication between the two sides of the strait, especially in the field of exchanges between youth and youth, we need to create a platform and integrate resources for young people on both sides of the strait to help them start a business smoothly."