Abstract
Silicon Valley is the world's dominant center of startup. Israel is one of the hottest places for technology entrepreneurship. The Israel government spends a large amount of money and resources into the defense-related technology research and development to drive technology startup and to build the environment of startup. Taiwan's strengths are OEM and ODM manufacturing over the past few decades. But Taiwan industry has to build competitive strengths and to transform. Value-added innovation technology startup is one of the ways to drive the industrial transformation. Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) founded in 1973 is a nonprofit R&D organization engaging in applied research and technical services. ITRI has been dedicated to helping industries stay competitive and sustainable. ITRI has nurtured more than 240 companies over the years. Many technology companies transferred from ITRI have had a significant impact to Taiwan industry. The innovation and entrepreneurial platform are emphasized in ITRI. Therefore, through interview, archives review, documents review and field observation, this thesis includes a case study research in the entrepreneurial history, entrepreneurial ecosystem and start-up platform of ITRI and the case study of the startup experience of ITRI spin-off company - Taiwan Biomaterial Company.