# Vincent Li

> Vincent Li is a Taiwanese entrepreneur and co-founder of Term Structure Labs, where he works on fixed-rate decentralized-finance infrastructure.

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**Vincent W. Li** is the a co-founder and CTO of Term Structure Labs, a [decentralized-finance](https://iq.wiki/wiki/defi) infrastructure company responsible for creating [TermMax](https://iq.wiki/wiki/termmax).[\[1\]](#cite-id-9zntx61264)​[\[2\]](#cite-id-wafrjf9ed6)​

## Education and Writing

Li was a Fulbright scholar at the University of Kansas from September 2008 to June 2010, where he earned a master’s degree in political science. He also earned a master’s degree in political science at National Taiwan University from 2000 to 2003 and a bachelor’s degree in the same field there from 1997 to 2000.[\[1\]](#cite-id-9zntx61264)​

Li wrote How to Create a Winning Pitch Deck, which he says became a bestseller on Taiwan’s books.com.tw online bookstore, and Building Innovative Products from Zero to One, published in 2020. He also lists NovaPoints, a blog about startups, marketing, and Internet development, as a project beginning in May 2016.

Li has described his experience as spanning entrepreneurship, technology, consulting, journalism, politics, and research. His stated technical skills include programming, software design, lean startup methodology, Ruby on [Rails](https://iq.wiki/wiki/rails), [Node](https://iq.wiki/wiki/node).js, Python, JavaScript, and Amazon Web Services tools. He has also provided consulting services and taught courses at incubators, universities, and government organizations.[\[1\]](#cite-id-9zntx61264)​

## Career

#### Research and Public Service

From August 2001 to February 2003, Vincent W. Li worked as an Assistant Research Fellow at the Foundation on Asia-Pacific Peace Studies, a Taiwanese think tank, which served as the basis for his later work with [cryptocurrencies](https://iq.wiki/wiki/cryptocurrency).

Between February 2005 and February 2008, he served as a Director at Taiwan’s Legislative Yuan. His work included managing a team, researching and drafting legislative amendments, examining budget policies, planning electoral strategies, and handling constituent services.

From September 2008 to June 2010, Li was a Fulbright Scholar at the University of Kansas in Lawrence, Kansas, United States.

#### Journalism

From August 2010 to August 2011, Li worked as a reporter and editor at China Times Inc. His responsibilities included writing English-language reports on Chinese politics, economics, and society, conducting interviews, and contributing to online marketing activities.

#### Technology and Entrepreneurship

In April 2012, Li co-founded Enlightouch Inc., an e-learning company, where he worked until April 2016. His responsibilities included business model development, investor presentations, business development, project coordination, team management, marketing, public relations, and product design. He also conducted interviews with users and prospective customers and developed web and application prototypes. During his tenure, he presented the company to more than 60 investors and participated in over seven events. He also established business relationships with K–12 and certificate-examination publishers and universities. According to Li, the company's product reached more than 120,000 users, and he recruited 10 employees.

In June 2016, Li co-founded Termsoup and served as its Chief Technology Officer until March 2022. The company developed a collaborative cloud service and computer-assisted translation (CAT) software for translators, translation agencies, publishers, and educational institutions. Its platform provided translation resources, including translation memory, for managing translation projects and related workflows. Li described the company as a self-funded software-as-a-service business.

In April 2022, Li co-founded TKSpring, a software development and consulting company headquartered in Taipei, Taiwan. Its activities include web application development, deployment services, and market research. The company works on projects involving decentralization, privacy, and security.

#### Decentralized Finance

In October 2022, Li co-founded Term Structure, where he serves as Chief Technology Officer, company responsible for creating [TermMax.](https://iq.wiki/wiki/termmax) The company develops financial infrastructure for fixed-rate lending, borrowing, and leverage trading across multiple [blockchains](https://iq.wiki/wiki/blockchain). Its protocol allows participants to arrange lending and borrowing transactions with predetermined interest rates and maturity periods, using a [peer-to-peer](https://iq.wiki/wiki/peer-to-peer-trading-p2p) model for fixed-income markets.

Li has worked on the development and operational implementation of the protocol, including its deployment on [Ethereum](https://iq.wiki/wiki/ethereum). In March 2023, he announced the protocol's launch. [\[1\]](#cite-id-9zntx61264)  [\[2\]](#cite-id-wafrjf9ed6)