Be prepared for two and a half days of intellectually-stimulating talks, forums and group sessions designed to discuss in detail selected NKRA/NKEAs and defining what the ETP/GTP mean in the eyes of the country’s most valuable stakeholders: YOU.

This will culminate in the Summit on the final day to report and announce the findings of the project so far as well as presenting the draft of the Youth Action Plan proposal. To add even further icing to the cake, said proposal will be handed to the Prime Minister himself, who will also be attending dinner.

(What the heck is the ETP? Check it out here. )

Event Overview:
Date: December 10 – 12, 2011 (Saturday – Monday)
Venue: Palace of the Golden Horses
Fee: Free of charge. Food and accommodation will be provided.
Click here to register: http://bit.ly/ydworkshopreg

Tentative agenda
(1) Saturday, 10th December
Registration, icebreakers, networking sessions and presentations by subject matter experts on our Economic and Government Transformation Programs. Hear it from the very people who are working behind the scenes at the Performance Management and Delivery Unit (PEMANDU).

Dine with Dato Seri Idris Jala, CEO of PEMANDU, at our welcoming dinner – where he will be answering your burning questions and sharing his thoughts on young people their role in our country’s development. Watch a video of Dato Seri Idris Jala talking about the ETP here http://youtu.be/VzgP1qFvDpY

(2) Sunday, 11th December
In-depth focus groups and discussions on how young Malaysians see their country moving forward and how we would like to contribute to this development.

There will also be two forums touching on the role of the Government and its agencies in this transformation program, and the role of Entry Point Projects in the economic transformation of our country.

(3) Monday, 12th December
Brainstorming for concrete ideas on how young people can move our economy forward – with the opportunity of pitching each project for the myHarapan Youth Action Grants (yes, that’s real money for YOUR ideas!).

Throughout the course of three days, there will be plenty of opportunity to network with participants from around the country and enjoy the good food and great company.

What are you waiting for? Simply click though this link to register http://bit.ly/ydworkshopreg

For further enquiries, please contact the following:
Jeff Adnan | Jeffril.adnan@gmail.com | 012-608 7945
Siti Yuhanis bt Kasiron | sitiyuhanis@myharapan.org | 017-672 7152
Khairul Azri bin Mohamad Khalid | azri@myharapan.org | 012-247 3554

Joel Neoh is the founder of Youth Malaysia, a former model(appeared in the covers of Men’s Health, winner of Malaysia business reality show the Firm and co founder of Youth Asia.

MYE:Congratulation Joel on being the new Groupon Malaysia CEO. We understand Groupsmore was a property of Youth Asia who also runs the newly rebranded Says.my, what will be difference now that Groupsmore will be Groupon Malaysia?
Joel Neoh: Basically Khailee will be running YouthAsia side of thing and I will be handling day to day of Groupon Malaysia. For Groupsmore, we’ve been operating with less than 10 people over the past 5 months. In order to spur growth, we’ll be growing our team significantly over the next few months. On a personal side this is also a great opportunities for cross learnings from other groupon companies globally.

MYE: There are many other Groupon clones in the market in Malaysia. We have tracked close to 20 with a lot of them very small. I get an email almost every week since November on people telling me they are going to set up a clone. How will this effect the other players in the market?

JL: We’ve always been focused on getting our value proposition right to our members. this does not change with the Groupon acquisition. At the end of the day, our members comes first as they make the call on whether to continue using groupsmore or other sites.

MYE: Will you work with other companies that have been purchased such as beeconomic?
JL: At this point of time I don’t have any indication of how closely we will work – but it is very likely. I look fwd to working with the rest of groupon companies, as most of them are run by young successful entrepreneurial individuals too.

MYE:What can you tell us about the deal?
JL: Sorry but because of the agreement, can’t disclose the numbers — but this deal has put Malaysia on the map of tech startups (we were in lots of global tech review sites eg. thenextweb.com, techeye.net, penn-olson.com —- and this really helps in generating interest of global companies, vcs, investors take notice of our Malaysia social technology scene. There are many very cool startups here in malaysia that needs more visibility + funding.

Currently members of Groupsmore team will be sent to UK and the Valley for trainings of operational training. Groupon is generally viewed as the fastest growing company in the world. They have been valued at close to USD4 billions and most recently walked away from an acquisition by google. They have been aggressively looking at expansion around the world by purchasing top players in the local market such as Beeconomic in Singapore, Atlastpos in Taiwan and uBuyibuy in Hong Kong. The Malaysian deal was done in record time of 5 months. Which clone will they buy next in Asia?

When I first started Youth Jam, I remembered that I was only 19 years old. When I had the idea of running this project, many told me that I was crazy. Fairly enough my age did not side me nor my financial roots. I had only a few hundred ringgit in pocket but a big dream in mind. After all the hassle and bustle gearing up youth volunteers, talking to brands, getting sponsorships and tied down government agencies and schools to work with me on this event, finally the outcome was superbly fruitful. So the lesson that I learned from organizing Youth Jam is that, despite of being young at age do not let it be an obstacle to you. Go for what ever you can think of and put that into action. After all, actions speak louder than words eh? *winks

2. KNOCK ON EVERY OPPORTUNITY

During the meetings with cooperate brands, I faced faces that goes like, “What on earth does this kid thinks she is doing?” or “Ahmm, am I in the wrong meeting room?”. Well, things like that happens frequently to me. Reality check, who would put faith on a young person with no experiences at all? But the lesson here is to never stop knocking on doors. Seek for every opportunity that is and are available. You will never know until you try ! Finally, Youth Jam’09 secured large sponsorships with Telecom Malaysia and Youth Jam’10 secured larger sponsorships with DiGi Telecommunications.

3. DON’T TRUST ANYONE BUT YOURSELF

Usually when you come to a stage from people calling you “crazy” to ” I want to work with you”, this is when you have to be careful. It is just human’s nature to seek for benefits. So, be smart and not let people use you and divert you from your objectives. Create a win-win solution instead of agreeing upon their terms. Usually when things like that kicks in, let your instinct take over.

MYE:So what happened? Are you no longer gonna focus on youth?
Khailee: It has been rebranded to says.my. The shorter catchier domain name. More importantly, we first started with the idea of doing something relevant and disruptive for this generation. we picked the word youth to help communicate it but soon realized that being young people ourselves, the word ‘youth’ seemed to suggest teens, instead of young adults. the focus is still the same, because malaysia’s population is 65% under the 35 anyway, but giving a more neutral name like SAYS.my makes it easier to accomodate and relate to more people!

MYE:What is the diff between Says and Youthsays?
Khailee: Right now, it’s just a rebranding, but a few new features are in the pipeline.
(Note: There is now session divided into Campus, Young Professional and more recently School)

MYE:Will there be a Youth11?
Khailee: As usual, each year, the festival is heavily dependent on the investment of sponsors . We can’t confirm at this point.

MYE: What will we be expecting to see in the next 6 month.
Khailee: I think malaysia will rain a bit less. There will be more internet penetration. Malaysian will continue to go to shopping malls. Justin beiber’s concert will be a big hit. from our side, I’ll let you know when we’ve got something rolled out. Right now its to really put in the work to make SAYS.my rock.

Check out a video of Khailee explaining the transition.

Photo of Khailee is from xinch.com.my

Designers today have the power to impact and change society and its people. This exclusive conference aims to reveal the new role designers across the globe are beginning to embrace. A perspective beyond what we already know about being a designer. This leading edge and sophisticated conference will leave you with a new and empowering sense of being a designer for the future.

It will be a 2 day event and it takes place on Saturday, 11th December till 12th December 2010. The venue for Day 1 will be at Black Box Gallery @ Maps KL Solaris Dutamas and Day 2 will be at ITRAIN @ Megan Avenue 1, (Accessible via Ampang Park LRT). It is a paid event with tickets priced at RM 50 for students and RM 100 for professionals (entry for both days).

Day 1: 11 December 2010
Speakers Line-up:
1. Mitch Gelber, Design Manager, TR Hamzah & Yeang
2. Reita Rahim, Craft researcher, writer, translator
3. Dr. Goh Chee Leong, Dean of the Faculty of Behavioral Sciences at HELP University.
4. Fahmi Fadzil, founder of POPTeeVee

More info about the speakers please click here

Day 2 Urekaweekend Design Workshop : 12 December 2010, starts from 9.00 AM till 8.00 PM. Participants to this event stand a chance to win cash prize worth RM2,500 of micro investment for winning design team to start off a real project!

Among the VIPs invited are MSID, PAM, Alliance Francaise, wREGA, Goethe Institute and many others.

This event is exclusive to only 80 participants and seats are limited.

There will be a filtration process for participants to attend. RSVP with your Full Name, Contact Number, Email, Status: Student/Professional to Ms.Foong Wai at foongwai@make-condition.com or SMS 016-371 8737 and we will confirm you registration through email.

**For member of Agents of Change, please RSVP with your agent number.

Since 1998, the GSEA program has celebrated the success of hundreds of student entrepreneurs from 33 active countries. The program encourages students to pursue their passions while building the foundation for a solid economic future through regional and global cash awards competitions. The Entrepreneurs’ Organization (EO) is the facilitator of the GSEA program. This connection allows student entrepreneurs to access a network that understands passion, struggle, drive and success.

Images from the GSEA 2009

What are the benefits of competing in the GSEA?

• Represent Malaysia! Be the face of Malaysian entrepreneurship at the Global Finals! The regional prize is a fully sponsored trip costing RM 15,000 to the Global Finals in the US!
• Competition! Enhance your ability to communicate the value proposition of your business.
• Expanded networks! Enjoy high-level networking with other student entrepreneurs from around the world!
• Media exposure! Local and national media attention for you and your business!
• Business resources! US$10,000 cash prize, plus tens of thousands in business products and services, including web services, printing, PR, and more! Over US$150,000 in total!
Who is eligible to be nominated?

• The nominee must be an undergraduate student at a university or college during 2010-2011.
• The student must be the owner, founder or controlling shareholder of their company and principally responsible for its operation.
• The student’s company must have been in business for at least the last 6 months.
• The student must have not been a former GSEA winner and/or among one of the 5 finalists for the 2010 GSEA Global Finals.

Note: The student is still eligible for GSEA if they have recently graduated and/or are about to graduate and have taken courses during 2011 before the application deadline. International students are also encouraged.

An online nomination form will be available in December 2010. Please directly contact iris.wong@gseamalaysia.org for more details or simply download this GSEA FACT SHEET (download About GSEA 2011).

With the theme ‘Leveraging Ideas, Expanding Opportunities’, APYBC 2010 is a new initiative designed to position Malaysia as a hub in developing new business ideas, unique marketing opportunities, research and development, as well as to put Malaysia on the map for future business destination.

Jointly organized with the Dewan Muda, Selangor Malay Chamber of Commerce, the APYBC 2010 will be officiated by Yang Amat Berhormat Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin, the Deputy Prime Minister of Malaysia.

Key highlights for APYBC 2010 are series of business dialogues and presentations by renowned speakers as well as a three-day trade exhibition show by 100 organizations. APYBC 2010 is expecting 500 delegates from various industries in Malaysia and the Asia Pacific region.

The speakers with various ground breaking topics to be shared and discussed throughout the event will be:

Y.A.Bhg. Tun Dr. Mahathir Mohamad, 4th Prime Minister of Malaysia

YB Tan Sri Rafidah Aziz, Malaysian Minister of International Trade & Industry from 1987 to 2008

YBhg Dato’ Madinah Mohamad, Secretary General of MOSTI

Dr Kamarulzaman Mohd Zain, MD, SilTerra Malaysia Sdn.Bhd

Datuk Chan Tien Ghee, Chairman, Cardiff City FC

Mr. Tan Sin Chong, MD, Reliance Berhad

Datuk Seri Edmund Santhara, Group CEO, Masterskill Berhad

Bapak Erdwin Aksa, President HIPMI

Bapak Taufan Rotorasiko, President, Karang Taruna, Indonesia

Datuk Lee Sang Bai, SAMSUNG, Korea

Denia A.Samad, MD, Denia Ponti Shoes, Indonesia

Hugh Mason, Director, JFDI Asia (Singapore)

Jeff Paine, Executive Director, Battle Ventures Singapore

Thomas Fernandez, CEO Pest Busters Singapore

(More details can be found at http://www.aybiz.org)

Schedule of the event can be viewed here: APYBC Schedule

This time round, MYFREN2010 brings you the following speakers: The inaugural Malaysia Young Female Entrepreneur Forum (MYFREN) will be held this coming October 26th and 27th, 2010 at the Grand Ballroom, Berjaya Times Square Hotel, Kuala Lumpur.

Entrepreneurs.my is proud to sponsor part of the fees to this amazing forum to celebrate the achievements that Women Entrepreneurs have brought to Malaysia. We are only offering this tickets at a special rate and encourage participants with true entrepreneurial spirits to join & network with other successful participants & speakers. The ticket prices can be purchased at the following prices:
FOR FEMALE: RM 35.00
FOR MALE: RM 45.00
Please register at : http://apps.socialwalk.com/events/455-malaysia-young-female-entrepreneur-forum-myfren
MYFREN is designed to be a premier platform to gather thoughts and ideas of entrepreneurs to encourage more Malaysians especially the young females to venture into entrepreneurism and businesses. It will be a comprehensive and innovative platform to encourage young female (age ranging from 20 to 40 years old) to participate in entrepreneurship and business. MYFREN will create a strong and wide networking platform for young female to contribute in the economy development of Malaysia especially in making Malaysia Economy Transformation Plan and Vision 2020 a success. MYFREN will be conducted in a TV Talk Show Format Forum and will bring more than 20 young and successful female entrepreneurs to share their experiences, ups and downs and their entrepreneurial journeys. Among those who have confirmed their participations are:

1. Mi Ki Choong (CEO, Centurise Group)
2. Adelaine Foo (CEO, The Otomotif College)
3. Nor Akmar Hanif & Aida Nurlin Hanif ( The Millionaire Sisters)
4. Sherena Razaly (Founder of Enak KL)
5. Oh Joo Nee (Winner of Nescafe Kickstart Season 2)
6. Alyssa Mazlan (Owner of Island & Republik)
7. Candice Lee (Managing Director of True North Asia Sdn Bhd)
8. Dr Khoo Kien Ling (Founder & CEO of ADAMAS Wedding Sdn Bhd)
9. Ung Yiu Lin (Founder & Owner of Shoes Shoes Shoes)z
10. Ms Ho Teh Eng (Founder & CEO of Fun Science Sdn Bhd)

Besides featuring young and successful female entrepreneurs, MYFREN will also feature perspectives from successful young male entrepreneurs, women entrepreneurs and also government leaders from relevant agencies.

Among those that will participate in MYFREN are:
1. YBhg Dato’ Hashim Abdullah, TKSU Kementerian Pertanian dan Industri Asas Tani
2. YBhg Dato’ Hafsah Hashim, CEO SME Corp
3. YBhg Dato’ Maznah Hamid, Executive Chairman of Securiforce Group
4. YBhg Dto’ Beatrice Nirmala, Editor In Chief and Executive Director of AMG International
5. Norman Halim, Executive President of KRU Group of Companies
6. Afzal Abd Rahim (CEO of TIME dot Com Berhad)

Participants and panellists will interact in a bilingual forum; they will be sharing their thoughts in Bahasa Malaysia as well as English.

Startupweekend is where people come together to start companies over the weekend and StartupDigest is a curated email based on countries on what cool events you should attend.

This 2 minutes video, recorded exclusively during the Press Conference by Entrepreneurs.my, would highlight the advices, lessons and experiences of the billionaire investor himself, together with his apprentice – Best-selling author and investor herself – Mary Buffett sharing with us success tips for People to succeed in Entrepreneurship, Business, Career and Life.

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