What is this USD 1 Million Challange?

Well, YTL Communication calls it mYprize and it is a global content creation contest for it up coming 4G network devices. As a motivation, they are offering USD 1 Million in prizes for those who can develop creative application and solutions for the need of the consumers.

It states in the website

mYprize challenges developers from across the world to create unique applications, content or devices that highlight the benefits of YTL Communications’ 4G Mobile Internet Network in Malaysia.

Timeline: The timeline for the competition shall be as follows:

Jan 8 – May 1: Submission of entries and community voting
May 2 – June 1: Community voting only; Submissions closed
June: Judging begins
July: First round of judging complete
August: Second round of judging complete
September: Selection of winners

For more details visit www.myprize.my

Plug & Play Technology Garden (P&P) will be presenting an informational talk on 11th February 2009, Thursday, at Plug & Play Technology Garden, The Gardens South Tower, MID VALLEY CITY.

The Informational Talk, which covers Due Diligence and Corporate Governance is targeting audiences line-up from technopreneurs/start-up companies and some others who are also eyeing for the relevant details.
So come and join us! Admission is FREE, but seats are limited therefore confirm your attendance by returning to us the Registration Form attached on or before 10th February 2010 at 12.00 noon

Let us help you jumpstart your business today!

DETAILS :-
Date of Event: 11 February 2010, Thursday
Time of Event: 2.30 pm – 5.30 pm
Speaker: Mohd. Hazani Hassan (Plug & Play Technology Garden)
Yeat Soo Ching (Cheang & Arrif)
Elaine Wong (Security Services)
AGENDA :-
TIME SPEAKER TOPIC COVERED
2.30 – 3.00 pm Tea & Snacks
3.00 – 3.30 pm En. Hazani Plug & Play Technology Garden
3.30 – 4.00 pm Yeat Soo Ching Cheang & Arrif What is legal due diligence?
4.00 – 4.45 pm Elaine Wong Security Services Brief introduction to Corporate Governance
4.45 – 5.30 pm

contact hirna@modalperdana.com to RSVP

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Mdec is proud to present a free workshop that helps technopreneurs innovate their existing product to suite market demands.

Details
Date : 3 February 2010
Time : 9am – 5pm
Venue : Bunga Raya Auditorium, Multimedia Development Corporation, MSC Headquarters,Persiaran APEC, 63000 Cyberjaya, Selangor
Course Structure : Please refer to attached file
Seats Available : 50 pax
Attendance : FREE

We would like to invite your esteemed university to submit nominations of startup/ companies / subsidiaries from UiTM (or those startup/companies related to UiTM) to attend the workshop. The startup/companies need to have the followings:

1. Company is in ICT or having product/s related to ICT.
2. Incorporated – Sdn. Bhd./ Partnership / etc.
3. NOT an MSC Status Company.
4. NOT receiving MDeC Pre-Seed Fund.

Attached please find the registration form to be filled by the companies who wish to nominate a representative to attend the workshop. The registration form need to be faxed or emailed to khairulmazwan@mdec.com.my by/before 20 Jan 2010.

For any enquiries, please contact 019-655-3073.
Thank you and best regards,
Khairul Mazwan Ibrahim Pati (Juan)

TeAM and MAD Incubator are jointly organizing the CEOs Breakfast and TeAM Clinic on 27th January, 2010 (Wednesday), which will take place at Vistana Hotel Penang.

What is a TeAM Clinic?
As when you are sick, or need medical advice with your body, you will consult a doctor. TeAM has assembled a whole bunch of doctors to advice you on how to heal or improve your business.

The breakfast event consist of selected group of CEOs from different industry for an idea exchange on various topic; while the TeAM Clinic is a One-to-One FREE 15-minutes practical advice session to technopreneurs on the following topics:

- Legal Advice on Technology Contracts and Ventures

- Funding & Business Planning Strategies – Koh Lee Ching of TeAM’s current president as your doctor

- Intellectual Property & Commercialisation – Ms. Geetha K. of KASS International as your doctor

- Marketing and Branding Strategies – Stephanie Lai of Alpha Connect Plus as your doctor

There is also a briefing on ICON Grant, which is a grant worth RM 100,000 for companies in local online content creation.

Please see the flyer below for the detail on this breakfast and clinic event.

Registration

CEOs Breakfast – contact Ashley Tan at ashleytan@incubator.com.my

TeAM clinic – complete registration form below send back to Koh Wing Yew at wingyew@team.net.my

Download the form over here.

Technopreneurs Association Malaysia (TEAM) isorganizing a monthly get-together, and look forward to your participation. Other than the usual food and chit-chat, we have a speaker for story telling of his thoughts on life as an Entrepreneur. The story telling speaker for this session is Malek Ali, founder & CEO of the radio channel BFM89.9 FM, as well as a founder member of JobStreet.

A common theme for Malek is his passion for bringing new media products to market. He was a key member of the pioneer team of JobStreet Corporation Bhd, Malaysia’s most successful internet company, which brought online recruitment to Malaysia and other regional markets. His theme of bringing new products to market continued with Maxis and Yahoo! as head of mobile content and head of mobile operations for South-East Asia respectively.

Malek has also significant corporate experience as a management consultant with The Boston Consulting Group and as a corporate lawyer with Allen & Overy. He is an MBA graduate of the Harvard Business School and a law graduate of Bristol University.

Date: 21st January 2010 (Thursday)

Time: 6:30pm – 8:00pm

Venue: Old Town White Coffee

(Right across Bangsar LRT Station)

Menara UOA Bangsar

Jalan Bangsar, 59100 Kuala Lumpur

Cost: RM30.00 per person (food and coffee included)

Who should attend?
Entrepreneurs, Angel Investors, Venture Capitalists, Service Provider, Consultants

Colour code for attendees:
Entrepreneurs – Orange sticker
VCs & Investors – Green sticker
Service providers/consultants – Red sticker

Please RSVP at the link below:

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T3, a signature GEW event and the first GEW event in Malaysia, is supported by Warisan Global

Hosted and organized by Joi Ito, Sean Bonner, James Chan and Tara Brown, the Neoteny Singapore Camp 1 or NSC1 is a conference and unconference that bring together people to discuss about investment, start-ups and incubations.

This event is happening on the 12th and 13th Dec 2009

The first half of the event is scheduled and it will be followed by an unconference adhoc session. For more info of the schedule please visit here.

Besides that, Excutive Director of Mozilla, Mark Surman is having the Mozilla Drumbeat Challenge

According to the wiki:


What is it?
You, delivering 5 minutes of pure passion in which you (1) outline a concrete project idea that will make the web better or simply (2) explain the open web and why it matters.

What's in it for you?
We'll videotape, upload and feature your presentation on the Mozilla Drumbeat website.
'Ideas' presentations will be included in the Drumbeat project idea stream, offering an opportunity to attract attention, volunteers and supporters.
'Ultimate' talks will be entered into a global competition for best presentation.
If your idea or presentations is amongst the best globally, you'll also have a chance to participate in the Drumbeat Festival, tentatively scheduled for June 2010 in Amsterdam.


Register yourself at the wiki.

update: Join us for a recording of This Week in Asia at Neoteny Singapore

Venue
NSC1 will be held at the SMU Institute of Innovation & Entrepreneurship campus in Singapore. Exact room location will be added shortly.

Photos by Joi Ito

Have a business and want to pitch to investors? This is the 6th time MSC Malaysia is organizing the ultimate pitching platform for technology entrepreneurs in Malaysia.

What is Innotech? Listen to the man of Technopreneur Development of MSC (TED)

Date : 17 & 18 November 2009
Time : 8.30 am – 6.00 pm on Day 1
8.30 am – 8.00 pm on Day 2
Venue : Berjaya Times Square hotel & Convention Centre
Jalan Imbi, Kuala Lumpur
Fee : RM50.00 only
Dress Code : Smart Casual

Program details Day 1 and Day 2

For further enquiries you may e-mail to clic@mdec.com.my or contact toll free no. 1-800-88-8338

What’s happening?

Yahoo is kicking off the two-day event starting Saturday 21 of November with a series of Tech Talks covering a wide range of topics led by some of the Web’s most respected developers. It will be followed by a 24 hour hackaton where developers will be able to develop on Yahoo!’s Open Platforms, APIs and newest releases such as Blueprint, YAP, YQL , YUI3, and many more Yahoo! or open development platform. Winner of the hackaton that showcase their product will win some wicked gizmos.

For more information and to sign up visit here.

A rare chance for Malaysian youths, universities, colleges, entrepreneurs and government representatives to meet GEW Global Host ‘Entrepreneur-In-Residence’ – Michael Lewin.

Date: 17th November, Tuesday, 2009
Time: 1.30 p.m. – 4.00 p.m.
Venue: Suite 7.01, Level 7, The Gardens South Tower,
Mid Valley City, Kuala Lumpur

Agenda for the Day:
- Unveiling a Study of 550 Youths about Entrepreneurship in Malaysia
- Panel Session: Ideas to Empower Youths In Entrepreneurship

Michael Lewin, Fellow from the Global GEW Host – The Kauffman Foundation & Steel Industry Entrepreneur in the USA
Dash – GEW Malaysia Country Host & CEO of Warisan Global
Roshan Thiran – CEO of Leaderonomics & Writer on Leadership and Entrepreneurship for The Star

Keynote Speech by GEW Global Host & Partners

UNVEILING THE 550 YOUTHS STUDY ON ENTREPRENEURSHIP

YEM spearheaded a preliminary research on Youths’ Engagement with Entrepreneurship in Malaysia, with a group of 550 youths. Research results will address questions like ‘What do Malaysian Youths Want Out of Entrepreneurship?’ ‘What Trends are Youths Involved with Entrepreneurship?’ & many others.

PANEL SESSION: IDEAS TO EMPOWER YOUTHS INTO ENTREPRENEURSHIP

YEM in collaboration with Warisan Global and Leaderonomics, present the Panel Session about Youths’ Empowerment in Entrepreneurship in Malaysia. Meet leading GEW figures, youth experts and entrepreneurs, all promoting entrepreneurship among youths. Learn from Best Practices, Networks and Resources used by the Kauffman Foundation, globally to promote Entrepreneurship and its growth among youths.

About GEW

GEW or the Global Entrepreneurship Week is a global movement of entrepreneurial people, spread across 80 countries around the world. The initiative was founded by the Kauffman Foundation and Make Your Mark, two leading organisations, in entrepreneurship development and research, in the USA and UK respectively.

GEW brings together top industry speakers, entrepreneurs, youth leaders and NGOs to network and spearhead the WEEK (16th to the 22nd of November) with entrepreneurial events.

For more information, please visit – www.gewmalaysia.com or www.unleashingideas.org

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Limited Seats are Available and Only Invited Individuals and Organisations are entitled to attend the event.

Please RSVP Your Attendance to Michael Teoh, GEW Youth Catalyst, at Michael@entrepreneurs.my to confirm your attendance by Wednesday, 11th November 2009. You will receive a confirmation email from us, confirming your attendance.

NOTE: Only individuals with their names registered through the RSVP are allowed into the event.

Thank You for Your Time, and Looking Forward to Your Soonest Response.