Richard Branson interviewed by Chris Anderson on TEDtalk

    Here’s a video of Richard Branson being interviewed by Chris Anderson on TEDtalks is good example of someone who didn’t do academically well in school becoming an entrepreneur. He may not be articulate in here, but his business empire – Virgin, speaks for itself.

VSAPAC Dialogue at EDC

25th June 2010, Friday – A few selected entrepreneurs and incubatees under the incubator program of the Entrerpreneurial Development Centre (EDC) were invited for a followup of discussions on how SME Development could be improved. The facilitators were consultants from Vector Scorecard Asia Pacific (VSAPAC). They basically asked 3 main questions where the SME’s shared [...]

Training Kids to be Entrepreneurs

What do you do with students who suck in academics? Teach them to be entrepreneurs!

VSAPAC Incubation Technical Assistance Programme

8th March 2010, Monday – An Incuabation Technical Assistance programme was held at Entrepreneurial Development Centre, Sinaut, Tutong. The programme was organized by Vector Scorecard (Asia Pacific) Pte Ltd. Among the participant were incubatees, selected SME’s and officers from EDC. The objectives of the program was to help incubatees and SME’s understand more

SME Halal Workshop 2010

3rd March 2010 – MIPR held another SME Halal Workshop. The event was held at MIPR building in Berakas. The opening remarks were given by the guest of honor – the new MIPR permanent secretary, and the head of entrepreneurial development centre (EDC). The first talk was “Preparing SMEs for the Global Halal Market” by Abdalhamid [...]

Certificate Presentation for BINA Course Participants

24th December 2009, BINA Auditorium – It was the first time the auditorium had been used since renovation. On this day, The auditorium was used for a certificate presentation ceremony for the participants that attended the courses that were facilitated by the Brunei Industrial development Association (BINA) and Entrepreneurial Development Centre(EDC). The courses that the [...]

LiveWIRE Business Plan Awards 2008/2009

LiveWIRE’s flagship event – the Business Plan Awards Prize Presentation Ceremony was Held on 10th December 2009 at the Hua Ho Manggis Ballroom. Usually I would be a participant in this event, but I have been too busy this year to complete my business plan. But since I was a LiveWIRE Business Network Committee Member, [...]

Leadership Camp 09/09

The final LiveWIRE Leadership Camp of the year was held from 4 to 6 December 2009. The number of participants were very small compared to the previous batch. After leaving Bandar Seri Begawan, the participants were brought to Pekan Bangar. Due to the camp’s schedule overlapping with cuti-cuti temburong, the first session was held at [...]

Introduction to Writing a Business Plan

I have been writing a business plan since 2003 to participate in the LiveWIRE business plan awards. I won the grand prize for the livewire participant category in 2006/2007. I have also participated in the think big business plan competition. Considering I am going to submit another business plan, I thought it would be appropriate [...]

Agriculture & Agrifood Expo 2009

19 November 2009 – The Agriculture & Agrifood Expo was launcded at the Agro-technology park. His majesty gave an opening speech on how agriculture and entrepreneurship is important and is even an obligation in terms of social, economic and religion. His majesty later presented 3 selected entrepreneurs for their achievements. Namely Soon Lee Farms and [...]