
The Seed · 2021-09-04 · 22 min
Did you know that the person who founded the “Y Combinator” of Taiwan is also the youngest telecom President? Today we’ll be chatting with Jamie Lin, a serial entrepreneur, investor, and father. Jamie is the founder of AppWorks - an accelerator, VC, and school, built By Founders, For Founders. AppWorks has currently helped over 400 startups valued in total at over $17.4B!! Oh, and did I mention Jamie is also the President of Taiwan Mobile? This is a startup journey you don't want to miss! If you'd like our weekly episodes summarized in one-minute startup droplets, subscribe at Magic Portal: (00:00) - Intro (00:49) - Becoming an Entrepreneur (02:10) - Leaving the US for Taiwan? (04:24) - What is AppWorks? (06:44) - Mastermind since 2009? (08:45) - Failures & Challenges (11:31) - It's not the clock that wakes me up, it's my dream (13:05) - Traits for successful entrepreneurs? 3H & Delta (14:37) - What would you be doing if you didn't start AppWorks? (16:11) - Time travel - what would you say to the young Jamie? (16:35) - Managing Stress (18:48) - Recommendation to 100x your learning (20:16) - This or That! (21:19) - Takeaways