Build Taiwan's densest hub for talent
So people who wouldn't normally meet can meet by Taipei Main Station.
Why we built this
I built this building for myself and people like me first: founders, engineers, remote workers, digital nomads. We need a place to work, eat, and keep the conversation going. If I wouldn't want to spend every day here, it has already failed.
Taiwan doesn't lack talent. It lacks a place where different circles can see each other, help each other, and build together. I've moved through tech, product, community, and policy. I know what the right meeting can change. I want to be the one who builds that place.
Ideals need a business that feeds them. A business becomes irreplaceable because of its ideals.
The demand already exists around the station: food, coworking, community. Wouldn't it be exciting to bring it all under one roof?
Talent density is the soul of this. When high-paying use that doesn't belong here crowds out the people we built for, I'd rather earn less for a while and keep the space for the right people. Lose the density, and it's just another shop.
Who I am
I'm KK Hsu. I started as an engineer, graduated from NTU CSIE, moved from systems architecture to VP of Engineering at a startup, founded my own company in 2018, and began living as a digital nomad the same year, working across twenty-plus countries.
What I'm best at is turning a concept into an event, an event into a community, a community into an international network, and that network into projects governments and companies will join. emoji — Taiwan Talent Hub is the next step: folding years of community, brand, and partnerships into one place that can run for the long term.
- ChairpersonTaiwan Digital Nomad Association (TDNA)
- Executive DirectorNomad Taiwan Office (National Development Council)
- Responsible personEmoji Co., Ltd.
For the full story and projects, see 〈About KK〉 on the founding member page.
History
- 2018
- KK founds his first company and begins working remotely, carrying his work through more than twenty countries. He goes on to build talent communities and matchmaking through the Taiwan Digital Nomad Association and the Nomad Taiwan Office.
- 2023
- emoji Co., Ltd. (言文字股份有限公司) is incorporated in Taipei.
- 2026
- The company leases No. 11, Sec. 1, Chongqing S. Rd. by Taipei Main Station and converts the whole building into a three-floor hub. The brand identity is finalised, with emoji as the English name.
Come see the space first, or start with us from the beginning.