I would be in Kuala Lumpur this Friday to Sunday (22 - 24 May 2009) and would like to have an open two-way discussion over coffee over the topic:

Why 90% of wannabe/actual Malaysian entrepreneurs WILL fail within a year

My points of discussion would be:

1. Is the immaturity of Malaysian entrepreneurs in the area of business caused by the education system?
2. Is the selfishness of Malaysian entrepreneurs the result of wrong perceptions observed in the market?
3. Is the naiveness of Malaysian entrepreneurs the result of seeing business as a plaything?

My objectives are:

1. To confirm my observations of Malaysian entrepreneurs shortcomings.
2. To determine the way of which these shortcomings can be properly addressed.
3. To learn more about the Malaysian entrepreneurial culture.

I would like to meet up with Malaysians that:

1. Have something to share and talk about this topic; no silent lurkers and MLMers please.
2. Are also fellow entrepreneurs, soon-to-be entrepreneurs, young entrepreneurs and investors; good to hear from what's happening on the ground.
3. Want to do something constructive on a Friday evening.

Tentatively, these are the details:

Date/Time: 22 May 2009, 7 - 10pm
Location: Pavilion Starbucks, Kuala Lumpur
Contact details: Nicholas, 018388 5695 (Handphone will be on from 22 May morning onwards only)

For those that don't expect to turn up, FFK or whatever, PLEASE don't waste my time by posting you will turn up in this thread. Thank you.

There's always another time, I look forward to catching up with you then.

It would be improper to ask everyone to accomodate one person's schedule only to affect everyone else.

Latest update (as at 21 May 2009) is 15 people attending, including Michael Teoh of YouthMalaysia.

This post has been edited by Nicholas Chan: May 21 2009, 09:14 AM

I will be in KL by Friday afternoon 2pm or so. However I will be having meetings so if anyone wants to meet at 4 or 5pm, I would need them to be 100% confirmed that they WILL be there; I don't fancy rushing over from Cyberjaya to KL only to see nobody there and FFK; I have many such cases in the last few meetups and I have no wish to waste my time and money to accomodate people who don't value my time.