{"id":2091,"date":"2021-09-01T08:41:34","date_gmt":"2021-09-01T08:41:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.pinkoi.com\/en\/?p=2091"},"modified":"2026-09-17T04:20:18","modified_gmt":"2026-09-17T04:20:18","slug":"next-big","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.pinkoi.com\/en\/hot-topics\/next-big\/","title":{"rendered":"Pinkoi is nominated as NEXT BIG by the Taiwan National Development Council"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"2091\" class=\"elementor elementor-2091\" data-elementor-settings=\"[]\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-section-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"penci-section penci-disSticky penci-structure-10 elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1a1c92d2 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1a1c92d2\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"penci-ercol- penci-ercol-order-1 penci-sticky-ct  elementor-column elementor-col- elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-55b26f04\" data-id=\"55b26f04\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a1c4bd0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a1c4bd0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>To strengthen Taiwan startups\u2019 international reputation, on top of the national startup brand Startup Island TAIWAN, the National Development Council (NDC) launched the NEXT BIG project. 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By providing digital transformation online, and brand experience offline, they continue to make an impact on the current and future generations of designers.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Startup Island TAIWAN is the national startup brand co-created by the NDC and the startup communities. Its primary goal is to promote Taiwan\u2019s entrepreneurial ecosystem and to assist startups in expanding to international markets. 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