Miss Wu Checks in From Taiwan

On May 20, 2009, at 1:25 AM, wu wrote:

as tittle,i have read your book "how small business trade worldwide",I am living in Taiwan,i want start my trade career,but still not know how to start, i check my contury's
export,our major export to USA is electrical device,but this kind product usually trade by big company,and i check the number one import from USA in Taiwan is wheat....this is the same not commdity for small business,in your opinion,what kind business in taiwan is posible for a beggining small business,i need your experience,I know you have trade experience in Taiwan...Thank you.
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Dear Ms. Wu,

Thank you for your kind note. The way to start your career is to decide what it is that you care about very much. Every field is wide open.

Taiwan has big electronics exports for many reasons. But taiwan exports many other things as well, as you can see from this list

http://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/statistics/product/enduse/imports/c5830.html

The way to get started is to find a problem YOU experience. then come up with a solution. Start locally, in Taiwan. Sell to Taiwanese businesses. Once you have customers and suppliers, even if you are very small, you can work with suppliers who have some USA customers they do not wish to service. then you can export.

But the beginning should be somthing you care very much about. In English we have the word "passion" which is from Greek and it means to suffer. To be passionate is to suffer. When you work on something you are apssionate about, the proof it is good for you is that working on teh problem gives you joy. Look for those two things first. If you find them, the rest of the work becomes so much easier.

Let me know what you think.

John

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