Alvin Woon is shifting his trajectory from entrepreneur to venture capitalist 雲惟彬轉換跑道 創業者變創投家
While attending the cocktail party held to mark the opening of TMI Labs, Alvin Woon (one of the founders of the social networking and micro-blogging service Plurk) stated that, while his decision to join TMI Labs was partly influenced by the urging of TMI Labs CEO Alex Wang, a close friend of his, a more important reason was the fact that Taiwan accounts for the single largest share of Plurk’s traffic; Woon hopes that Plurk’s experience with new business start-up can help to clarify the way young entrepreneurs think and the difficulties they encounter, and that through this venture capital vehicle he will be able to help young entrepreneurs in a meaningful way. Woon, who is 30, urges young people to become entrepreneurs as early as possible; the younger you are when you start up a new business, the less worried you will be about failing, and the more benefit you will get from the expertise that you accumulate.
噗浪共同創辦人雲惟彬（Alvin）出席台灣創新工場開幕茶會，他表示，加入創新工場除了好朋友—台灣創新工場執行長王仁中的推薦外，重要的是台灣是噗浪全球流量最高的地區，他希望藉由噗浪的創業經驗，有助於了解年輕創業家的想法與困難，再透過創投給予實質的協助。今年30歲的雲惟彬也勸年輕人，創業要趁早，愈早愈不怕失敗，才能累積成功的果實。
“I believe that youth is an advantage for an entrepreneur. If you are over 30, with a family, then your responsibilities may make you reluctant to take risks.” Alvin Woon was 26 when he became one of the founders of Plurk. He says that, at the time, he didn’t think too much about it; he took the attitude that since he was young and single, even if he failed he would not be hurting anyone else.
「我認為年輕是創業的一種優勢，如果超過30歲，有了家庭，可能就會有所顧慮，不敢冒這個險。」雲惟彬26歲創業，他說，當初創業時沒想太多，就覺得年輕、單身，就算失敗，也不會影響到其他人。
Plurk’s rivals are Facebook and Twitter. All of them got off the ground at around the same time, and there is little to choose between them in terms of the quality of their technology. However, if you have venture capital funding, you can make your technology better, and expand the scope of your service provision. “You can compare it to opening a coffee shop; your competitors will probably be the other coffee shops in the area, and all of you will have roughly the same costs.” If your costs are about the same, then having access to more abundant funding than your rivals enjoy can help you to expand your business.
噗浪的競爭對手是Facebook、Twitter，起步都差不多，技術也不分軒輊，但是，有創投資金的投入，技術可以做得更好、服務可以做得更大，「就像是如果你開咖啡廳，那你的對手可能就是附近的咖啡廳，成本大概都是一樣」，在成本一致的情況下，有了充裕的資金，就可以做更大的生意。
噗浪共同創辦人雲惟彬（Alvin）出席台灣創新工場開幕茶會，他表示，加入創新工場除了好朋友—台灣創新工場執行長王仁中的推薦外，重要的是台灣是噗浪全球流量最高的地區，他希望藉由噗浪的創業經驗，有助於了解年輕創業家的想法與困難，再透過創投給予實質的協助。今年30歲的雲惟彬也勸年輕人，創業要趁早，愈早愈不怕失敗，才能累積成功的果實。
“I believe that youth is an advantage for an entrepreneur. If you are over 30, with a family, then your responsibilities may make you reluctant to take risks.” Alvin Woon was 26 when he became one of the founders of Plurk. He says that, at the time, he didn’t think too much about it; he took the attitude that since he was young and single, even if he failed he would not be hurting anyone else.
「我認為年輕是創業的一種優勢，如果超過30歲，有了家庭，可能就會有所顧慮，不敢冒這個險。」雲惟彬26歲創業，他說，當初創業時沒想太多，就覺得年輕、單身，就算失敗，也不會影響到其他人。
Plurk’s rivals are Facebook and Twitter. All of them got off the ground at around the same time, and there is little to choose between them in terms of the quality of their technology. However, if you have venture capital funding, you can make your technology better, and expand the scope of your service provision. “You can compare it to opening a coffee shop; your competitors will probably be the other coffee shops in the area, and all of you will have roughly the same costs.” If your costs are about the same, then having access to more abundant funding than your rivals enjoy can help you to expand your business.
噗浪的競爭對手是Facebook、Twitter，起步都差不多，技術也不分軒輊，但是，有創投資金的投入，技術可以做得更好、服務可以做得更大，「就像是如果你開咖啡廳，那你的對手可能就是附近的咖啡廳，成本大概都是一樣」，在成本一致的情況下，有了充裕的資金，就可以做更大的生意。
