YAYASAN USAHAWAN MALAYSIA A PERSONAL NOTE FROM THE FOUNDER
Nitesh Malani PPN Founder, Yayasan Usahawan Malaysia It gives me great pleasure to extend my deepest gratitude to our partners, past awardees, sponsors and the SEBA team who continues to work tirelessly behind the scenes to ensure its success. Being the founder SME and Entrepreneurs Business Award has given me the unique opportunity to not only dream but create a vision for what I think is needed amongst SMEs and Entrepreneurs. I was able to establish the values that have personal meaning to me and set upon that course. The initial years of SEBA got me questioning if that dream and vision would come to fruition. Alas, we are proud to announce, SEBA’s 6th Edition in 2021. We are honoured to be that catalyst in promoting entrepreneurship and business through Yayasan Usahawan Malaysia. With companies these days getting too caught up in a fast-paced world, and at times neglecting self-development, we at SEBA aim to add that semblance and assist in creating that balance. By staying constantly stable, a company is doomed to weakness or perhaps face the threat of vanishing. The wise man who described science that stops for a reason or another was right when he said: “stable science is like stable ignorance”. This fact goes beyond the boundaries of science. partaking in SEBA does break this cycle, as recognition drives the influencing leverage of a businesses. What makes SEBA unique is that while everyone is putting their best foot forward to provide quality material, the human aspect is never overlooked. At SEBA we believe that in harbouring and nurturing the enticing combination of an ambitious “raise-the-bar” mindset and incredibly warm culture. what fuels all of us to go the extra mile.
SME AND ENTREPRENEURS BUSINESS AWARDS | SEBA 2021
YAYASAN USAHAWAN MALAYSIA
Yayasan Usahawan Malaysia is a non-government 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, serves 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 a change leader. We encourage business owners to follow their passions, take risks, develop, organise and manage market-driven, customercentric business ventures that continue to thrive within a constantly evolving and competitive global marketplace. Our vision is to help realise dreams of the best pioneers, innovators, leaders and inventors to make Malaysia the next Entrepreneur Hub in Asia.
BOARD OF ADVISORS
Nitesh Malani PPN
Founder, Yayasan Usahawan Malaysia
Dato’ David Gurupatham
DGK Advocates & Solicitors Advisor Yayasan Usahawan Malaysia
Lyndia Wong
Dato’ Suriani Dato’ Ahmad
Tom Wong
Dato’ Lee Chung Han
Organising Chairperson SEBA 2020
Chief Executive Officer Cheng & Co.
Farhash Wafa Salvador Chief Executive Officer SWAG Technologies
Secretary General Ministry of Entrepreneur Development & Cooperatives
Chairman Guardian Group
Zhariff Afandi
Malaysian Youth Icon & International Motivator
Because Success Matters - Now in its 6th edition, the SME and Entrepreneurs Business Awards 2020 was set up as an initiative to not only recognize Malaysia’s outstanding entrepreneurs and enterprises, it seeks to uncover growing talents and upcoming companies that are transforming the face of industries. “If you do build a great experience, customer tell each other about that. Word of mouth is powerful” - Jeff Bezos CEO, Amazon.com
SME AND ENTREPRENEURS BUSINESS AWARDS | SEBA 2021
THE BENEFITS OF JOINING SEBA 2021
INTERNAL BENEFITS TACTICAL GROWTH STAFF MOTIVATION BRANDING STRATEGY INTRINSIC VERIFICATION LEADERSHIP ENDORSEMENT
EXTERNAL BENEFITS COMMUNITY VISIBILITY CUSTOMER CONFIDENCE BRAND DIFFERENTIATION INDUSTRY RECOGNITION NETWORKING OPPORTUNITIES
AWARDS PROCESS Submit nominations with complete supporting materials and financial documents need to be vetted by Preliminary Vetting Committee across various qualitative and quantitative criteria to validate eligibility, financial strength, individual and corporate achievements, depending on award category. Financial Assessment Rating by appointed financial auditors which may include further interviews with nominees’ administrative and financial teams.
On-Site Audit Inspection and Interview with entrepreneur / company management to uncover leadership caliber and validate long term sustainability rating, a proprietary benchmark created by MyPreneurship and SME and Entrepreneurs Business Awards.
Questions will be prepared by internal team for nominee. The arrangement of the Interview will be set and determined by the internal team to the nominee.
An appointed board of advisory will vet through finalised entries and submit their recommendations for the selection of winning recipients and recommended award categories. Final Verification Round by Award Committee and Jury. Confirmation letters are sent out to awardees.
SME AND ENTREPRENEURS BUSINESS AWARDS | SEBA 2021
AWARD SEGMENTS
ENTREPRENUER
ENTERPRISES
SME
INDUSTRY CATEGORIES
MEDIA & CREATIVE
IT & TECHNOLOGY
AGRICULTURE & FARMING
FASHION
AUTOMOTIVE & TRANSPORTATION
BANKING & FINANCE
BUSINESS SERVICES
EDUCATION
ENERGY, OIL & GAS
FOOD & BEVERAGES
HOSPITALITY
PROPERTY & CONSTRUCTION
PUBLIC & PRIVATE SERVICES
MEDICAL SERVICES
GREEN INDUSTRY
CONSUMER PRODUCTS
HEALTH & BEAUTY
INDUSTRIAL & MANUFACTURING
RETAIL & WHOLESALE
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
SEBA TOP AWARDEES 2017 - 2020 ENTREPRENEUR OF THE YEAR
WINNING ENTREPRENEURS 2020
WINNING ENTREPRENEURS 2019
WINNING ENTREPRENEURS 2018
WINNING ENTREPRENEURS PREMIER EDITION 2017/2018
WINNING ENTREPRENEURS MALAYSIA EDITION 2017
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PAST AWARDS EDITION
SEBA Go Grand Airways Awards Gala Dinner 25th March 2020 @ Grand Hyatt Kuala Lumpur
Amazon Edition 2019 Award Ceremony & Gala Dinner 8th November 2019 @ Palace of The Golden Horses
2018 Award Ceremony & Gala Dinner 13th November 2018 @ Palace of The Golden Horses
Premier Edition 2017/2018 Award Ceremony & Gala Dinner 17th October 2017 @ The Majestic Hotel Kuala Lumpur
Malaysia Edition 2017 Award Ceremony & Gala Dinner 19th January 2017 @ JW Marriot Hotel Kuala Lumpur
WINNING COMPANIES 2020
2019
2018
2017 / 2018
2017
SME AND ENTREPRENEURS BUSINESS AWARDS | SEBA 2021
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