Reference materials for MYEAUSA Entrepreneurship Boot Camp, 16 Nov 2013, Washington DC.

1. Muhd Shahrulmiza Zakaria (shahrulmiza@matrade.gov.my)
Trade Commissioner, MATRADE New York
Washington, Nov 16th 2013

2. Revisit entrepreneurship
Develop business acumen
Look for business ideas
Go Local Go Global
Move forward

3. WHAT IT TAKES
FOR YOU…
TO BE AN

4. LESSON LEARNED #1
Creative, doing things differently
Work hard but with the focus
Dynamic, resilient, dare to take risks

5. Business acumen
is a concept pertaining to a person's
knowledge and ability to make profitable
business decisions. It involves linking an
insightful assessment of the external
business landscape with the keen awareness
of how money can be made.
Make good judgments
Take quick decisions
Sharp, Knowledgeable, Keen, Focus, Brave, A
gile, Overcome barriers & challenges

6. LESSON LEARNED #2
Opportunities aplenty
A good Entrepreneur knows how to
identify business opportunities

8. #1 urbanization
#2 e-mobility
#3 social trends
#4 technology
#5 innovating to zero
#6 infrastructure development
#7 healthcare

10. Malaysian
market?
Global
market?

11. GO LOCAL

12. National
Entrepreneur
Development
Office
MaGIC
Entrepreneurial
Nation
Graduate
Entrepreneur
ship Fund
1MeT

13. BUSINESS SET UP
Small Office Home Office
Company Ltd.
Trading company
F&B (authentic, fast food, fusion)
ICT (software, services & solutions)
Oil & gas (services)
Retail consumers – fashion, accessories
Franchise (products & services)
Niche : services/supplying to
expatriates, students, sub-contracting, vendor, etc
The list is non-exhaustive! Opportunities aplenty!

14. GO GLOBAL

15. Green Technology
BioTechnology
Agriculture & Food
Clean & renewable energy
ICT – software, solutions & services

16. LESSON LEARNED #3
What is your business focus?
Local or Global or BOTH

17. Be yourself
Be original
Be brave
Be bold
Be different
THE BEST
Aim high
Work hard
In everything
Develop sound
Give FULL
FOCUS
Do what you
business acumen
Don’t afraid of
failures
Explore new
LIKE/LOVE TO DO or
really good at it (expertise)
things
Dynamic &
resilient

18. Entrepreneurs are SPECIAL – doing
things differently
Business acumen is essential for identifying
business opportunities
Target market(s) for doing business
Local or Global or BOTH

19. ©2013 Muhd Shahrulmiza Zakaria (shahrulmiza@matrade.gov.my)

20. Entrepreneur Development
73. According to Hadith, out of ten parts, nine parts of one’s sustenance is in business. In this respect, we will train and
nurture more young entrepreneurs so that they will become successful businessmen. Thus, the Government is committed
to ensuring that entrepreneur development remains a key element in generating economic growth.
74. An entrepreneur development plan will be formulated to provide a conducive ecosystem which emphasises the
generation of ideas which can be commercialised, infrastructure for training and incubators, entrepreneurship
modules, financing facilities as well as marketing. To formulate the entrepreneur development plan, an entity called the
National Entrepreneur Development Office will be established under the National Strategy Unit, Ministry of Finance which
will plan and coordinate all activities related to entrepreneurship.
75. During the recent 4th Global Entrepreneurship Summit, I had announced the establishment of the Malaysian Global
Innovation and Creativity Centre (MaGIC), a one-stop centre to empower entrepreneurs. MaGIC will monitor the
performance of entrepreneurs; house an integrated database; provide incubators; registration and patenting of
intellectual property; funding facilities; business matching process; and guidance, counselling and training. For this
purpose, the Government will provide an allocation of RM50 million.
76. To make Malaysia an Entrepreneurial Nation, the 1Malaysia Entrepreneurs (1MeT) programme was implemented to
expose entrepreneurship to youth who are interested to venture into business. Through the 1MeT Programme, a database
of participants has been created.
77. The Government targets 5,000 young entrepreneurs to be trained yearly. In this regard, committed 1MeT
entrepreneurs will be given further guidance at MaGIC. In addition, Malaysia will host the 5th Global Social Business
Summit from 7 to 9 November 2013, which will provide a platform for social entrepreneur development, especially among
youth in the country.
78. To reduce graduate unemployment, the Government encourages graduates to venture into entrepreneurship upon
graduation. For this, I am pleased to announce that the Government will allocate RM50 million under the Graduate
Entrepreneurship Fund which will be managed by SME Bank. The Fund will provide soft loans of up to RM500,000 at an
interest rate of 4%.
Additional Reading Notes – PM’s Budget 2014 Speech, Oct 25th 2013

21. BAHAN RUJUKAN: TUJUAN PERNIAGAAN
SYARIKAT / USAHAWAN
PENDAPATAN
PRODUK (PRODUCTS)
PERKHIDMATAN (SERVICES)
KEPAKARAN & IDEA
(EXPERTISE & IDEAS)
KEUNTUNGAN
PULANG MODAL
KERUGIAN
Matlamat akhir setiap “business undertaking” ialah memastikan produk (barangan,
perkhidmatan,kepakaran) yang ditawarkan dapat dipasarkan secara efisien dan
MENGUNTUNGKAN.
The ultimate goal of every business undertaking is to ensure that products
offered by the company are efficiently marketed with desired profit.

22. BAHAN RUJUKAN: MENGENALPASTI PASARAN
Pasaran Orang Tengah
(Reseller Markets)
Pasaran Bisnes
(Business Markets)
Pasaran Pengguna
(Consumer Markets)
Pasaran Kerajaan
(Government Markets)
SYARIKAT/COMPANY
Pasaran Antarabangsa
(International Market
Produk (Products)
Perkhidmatan (Services)
Kepakaran (Expertise)
Pasaran Pengguna
:
Individu/isi rumah yang membeli produk dan perkhidmatan untuk memenuhi
keperluan sendiri
Pasaran Bisnes
:
Syarikat-agensi yang membeli produk untuk diproses semula atau sebagai
bahan mentah untuk mengeluarkan produk-produk lain
Pasaran Orang Tengah
:
Beli dan jual semula dengan meraih keuntungan
Pasaran Kerajaan
:
Agensi kerajaan yang membeli produk untuk menyediakan khidmat kepada orang
awam/kumpulan sasaran
Pasaran Antarabangsa
:
Merangkumi pembeli-pembeli luar negara meliputi pengguna, pemproses, penjual semula
dan kerajaan