Women Power in Startup

In recent years, startups are popular in Taiwan society. In order to encourage people to start their own business, both Taiwan Government and civil community provide plenty of incentives. The press also reports at great length in Taiwan. However, at the time of startups booming, the problem of gender imbalance has been presented in the circle of startups. Not only the representatives of startups are almost male, but also women who start their own business are low-percentage. According to this situation, female entrepreneurs will be the core-content in this in-depth reporting. Through interviewing many of female entrepreneurs to understand their different motive, experience, encountered difficulties and perception of startups. Besides, the factors that effect women are usually come from society and cultural conditions that we called “glass ceiling”. Therefore, this in-depth reporting also discusses women startups’ social environment and structural factor in Taiwan. At least, this report trying to find out what difficulties Taiwan women faced in startups, how these difficulties occurred and how to provide women a more friendly environment of startups in the future.