This suggests that if you want to make it big, get out of Taiwan – the market is too small. My friend in Taiwan (who is from America) made some interesting observations about the Taiwanese start-up market and its trends. Often large technology companies in Taiwan have small divisions dedicated to start-up like projects, where employees can test their ideas. People can be entrepreneurial within a big company and still earn a steady pay check from a secure job in a big company. So despite the obvious challenges Taiwan faces in the start-up environment, namely the small market, it is developing.