YAYASAN USAHAWAN MALAYSIA | MYPRENEURSHIP

Yayasan Usahawan Malaysia is a nongovernment organisation that thrives on the frontier of gathering, creating, and developing sustainable companies with strong entrepreneurship traits. Our organisation builds credibility on serving as a platform that supports the development of these companies because the programmes that we offer are tailored with their best interests in mind to ensure that they are able to achieve their goals while sustaining core values.

Our concentrated efforts to play the role of bridging the gap for companies, whether they are long established, highly successful or new start-ups, serve as an instrument to promote healthy competition and positive collaboration that pushes these companies forward. We believe in setting stringent standards of quality and empowerment in alignment with our mission to spur growth by nurturing the entrepreneurial spirit.

At Yayasan Usahawan Malaysia, we truly believe that we can empower entrepreneurial companies to express creativity as as change leader. We encourage business owners to follow their passions, take risks, develop, organise and manage market-driven, customer-centric business ventures that continue to thrive within a constantly evolving and competitive global marketplace.

Our vision is to help realise the dreams of the best pioneers, innovators, leaders, and inventors to make Malaysia the next Entrepreneur Hub in Asia.

We believe that entrepreneurship is a key driver towards well-being, progress and unity

We envision that as entrepreneurs, as individuals, as corporates, as industrialists – we all play an integral role to help people improve their lives, companies to enhance productivity and the nation to achieve its economic goals We drive the entrepreneurial landscape to promote creativity and knowledge assimilation, inspire confidence and link the ecosystem players to one another to create successful interactions.

We are committed to creating a great community that believes in the entrepreneurship potential

We take the initiative and lead in driving growth and nurturing concerted support towards the development of people, companies and ultimately, the nation.

In pursuit of this mission, we will abide by key principles espoused by our Board of Advisors:

Identify opportunities where application of the Foundation’s people, ideas and capital can benefit society in significant and measurable ways. Develop innovative research-based programmes leading to practical sustainable solutions that are widely accepted and implemented. Partner with others to leverage our resources and capabilities while avoiding the creation of dependency.

The SME and Entrepreneurs Business Awards aims to recognise outstanding small and medium companies (SMEs) as well as high potential startups for their competencies and best practises. This is conveyed through on integrated platform that provides industry recognition through a prestigious award recognition ceremony, on print, online, through business media and via a comprehensive ecosystem connecting the public and private sectors.

VERIFICATION

To validate the accuracy of information submitted, supported by supplementary analysis by internal reseachers

VALIDATION

Cross checking of official documentation submitted including financial statements, company profiles, reports from site audit and market analysis

AWARD

SME and Entrepreneurs

Business Awards Official recognition and publicity during event and postevent publicity and branding for winners

CONNECT

Act as a connector to Government agencies, media and other business associations for networking and branding. Provide events link-up opportunities, locally and internationally