All very well said. The last thing I would advocate is anything that looks like a "business 101" advice or course from one of those crash MBAs offered by a multitude of commercial universities or colleges.
Anyone who thinks he can offer something useful should be empathetic with those in the business he actually knows. The method of delivery should be entirely by mentoring, the mentor proactive and follow closely the development (or otherwise) of his "disciple/s".
So if you don't know about running an enterprise (hands on) plus you don't know the actual business, then you had better fcuk off, there are just too many in Bolehland with book or theoretical "expertise" who can talk a lot but has never done anything for real. Programmes and exhibitions to supposedly help budding entrepreneurs (or the marginalised) are mostly useless, they are often run by the same village idiots as the next politician or failed academic.
Workshops can be set up for those in a particular business to exchange ideas and experiences, and help each other tackle problems. Chats, talk shop between bikers waiting to pick up their food delivery are more relevant and useful than listening to any lecturer, expert, or Anwar Ibrahim. Or attending any "Congress".
I'd also suggest motivational chats to help develop the will not to give up easily, develop a fighting spirit, and maybe the will to get out of bed on a lousy morning.
The best motivation for those who need to learn how to get their next meal is to break their crutches, and kick them out of their comfort zone, hunger will improve poetry.
Yes it was. Still around. They are cleverer now.if you need grant,they ask what you want it for.if you need a coffee machine, they ask for the quotation and pay the supplier.the supplier send it to your premise and they come and check if you actually benefit from it...theres also teraju,tekun,mara,pns,punb...
Heres how randevucoffee,a bumi startup, two brothers, haridz and hijjaz is using everything available and also by the government agencies to help them in their business of selling coffee.
They graduated from taylors lakeside and covid hit them. After covid,they decided to open their own randevù coffee by the roadside in taman melawati. They were 23 and 21 then.
They form their own enterprise,open bank account, get proper license from majlis and kkm for health certificate.
They love being baristaa and made friends with suppliers,coffee roasters and observe other coffee sellers on how they do it.
They sell cofee rgt1200 per morning and their cost was low due to no rental cost. For power,they use generator costing rgt1k. For coffee machine,they use my credit card which they pay back monthly.
They save their earnings and 5 months ago manage to open their own randevù cafe in wangsa maju.
Mara was instrumental in helping them. They came and check their roadside operations, got them to comply and gave them grant to buy proper filters etc and soft soft loan to renovate in which the boys did on their own.
Today,mara is very impressed with them, they are applying for grant for their POS systems and have never lost even from the day they open their cafè.
Do visit their instagram site at randevucoffee. Thank you MARA.
The boys plan and have gotten a verbal offer to open a kiosk at foodcourt in warisan 118 tower next year on the third floor.
This is what KEB should want to achieve. Its a world of instagram, qr code and QUALITY QUALITY coffee..
All very well said. The last thing I would advocate is anything that looks like a "business 101" advice or course from one of those crash MBAs offered by a multitude of commercial universities or colleges.
Anyone who thinks he can offer something useful should be empathetic with those in the business he actually knows. The method of delivery should be entirely by mentoring, the mentor proactive and follow closely the development (or otherwise) of his "disciple/s".
So if you don't know about running an enterprise (hands on) plus you don't know the actual business, then you had better fcuk off, there are just too many in Bolehland with book or theoretical "expertise" who can talk a lot but has never done anything for real. Programmes and exhibitions to supposedly help budding entrepreneurs (or the marginalised) are mostly useless, they are often run by the same village idiots as the next politician or failed academic.
Workshops can be set up for those in a particular business to exchange ideas and experiences, and help each other tackle problems. Chats, talk shop between bikers waiting to pick up their food delivery are more relevant and useful than listening to any lecturer, expert, or Anwar Ibrahim. Or attending any "Congress".
I'd also suggest motivational chats to help develop the will not to give up easily, develop a fighting spirit, and maybe the will to get out of bed on a lousy morning.
The best motivation for those who need to learn how to get their next meal is to break their crutches, and kick them out of their comfort zone, hunger will improve poetry.
Was not MARA set up to promote small businesses for the Malay community- what happened to that??
Yes it was. Still around. They are cleverer now.if you need grant,they ask what you want it for.if you need a coffee machine, they ask for the quotation and pay the supplier.the supplier send it to your premise and they come and check if you actually benefit from it...theres also teraju,tekun,mara,pns,punb...
Heres how randevucoffee,a bumi startup, two brothers, haridz and hijjaz is using everything available and also by the government agencies to help them in their business of selling coffee.
They graduated from taylors lakeside and covid hit them. After covid,they decided to open their own randevù coffee by the roadside in taman melawati. They were 23 and 21 then.
They form their own enterprise,open bank account, get proper license from majlis and kkm for health certificate.
They love being baristaa and made friends with suppliers,coffee roasters and observe other coffee sellers on how they do it.
They sell cofee rgt1200 per morning and their cost was low due to no rental cost. For power,they use generator costing rgt1k. For coffee machine,they use my credit card which they pay back monthly.
They save their earnings and 5 months ago manage to open their own randevù cafe in wangsa maju.
Mara was instrumental in helping them. They came and check their roadside operations, got them to comply and gave them grant to buy proper filters etc and soft soft loan to renovate in which the boys did on their own.
Today,mara is very impressed with them, they are applying for grant for their POS systems and have never lost even from the day they open their cafè.
Do visit their instagram site at randevucoffee. Thank you MARA.
The boys plan and have gotten a verbal offer to open a kiosk at foodcourt in warisan 118 tower next year on the third floor.
This is what KEB should want to achieve. Its a world of instagram, qr code and QUALITY QUALITY coffee..
They plan to go public in 5 years😍
Good luck!
And I hope they put fcuking Starbucks out of business.