Official business information

Registered name: Netgrid Base Consulting Co., Ltd.

Established: 2016

Registered office: Office 8, 41 Example Road, Tainan 00000

Our history

Netgrid Base Consulting began when three former colleagues — a chartered accountant, a municipal planning researcher, and a retail operations manager — found themselves answering the same question from friends and relatives: “Should I actually open this shop?”

After informal advice proved insufficient for serious decisions, they formalised their methodology into structured feasibility studies. The firm incorporated in Tainan in 2016 and has since completed over 180 venture assessments across food service, health and wellness, education, and specialty retail.

We chose Tainan as our base because the city’s mix of historic districts, university corridors, and industrial zones creates distinct micro-markets that generic national data often misrepresents. Our analysts live here and conduct field research on foot.

How we work

We are not a volume consultancy. Each study is assigned to one lead analyst who visits the proposed site, counts competitors, and speaks with neighbouring shopkeepers when appropriate. Reports are written in plain language with every assumption visible — no black-box scoring.

We decline engagements where we perceive a conflict of interest, such as evaluating a property owned by a referring agent without disclosure.

Our team

Chen Wei-Lin — Lead analyst, former retail operations director at a southern Taiwan department store chain. Specialises in food and beverage feasibility.

Huang Mei-Fen — Senior analyst, CPA with twelve years in SME advisory. Handles financial modelling and franchise disclosure review.

Lin Jia-Hao — Field researcher, urban planning graduate from National Cheng Kung University. Manages site surveys and demographic mapping.

Values

  • Honesty over optimism — A defer recommendation protects you from a bad lease more than encouragement ever will.
  • Local specificity — National averages are a starting point, not an answer.
  • Readable deliverables — Your lender and your spouse should both understand the report.

Community

We sponsor the annual Tainan Young Founders roundtable and contribute market briefs to the Tainan Small Business Association newsletter.