I'm thinking of doing something which does not involve hiring workers at the moment. Have own office lot which is not rented out. Perhaps I can use it for my own business but I don't know what to do yet

That one was what I posted earlier...not edyek. But whatever it is, there's still no solution !

Like a lot of forumers, I sick and tired of working for others and want to start my own business one day. But I'm also not sure what business to start yet 

Hi...

I'm interested in starting a laundry business in Kuching Sarawak. Since you are in the laundry business. Which supplier do you go for purchasing your detergent and chemicals? Could you recommend me your supplier?

My friend supplies laundry machines and I supply plastic materials/hangers/detergent/softener

good thread.. looking forward for my 1st business this year. But a lot of studies i need to do.. was thinking venturing in cybercafe but it's not easy. Still thinking about options that i have, i dont have any specialize skills but i'm confident with my management skills. Good info shared by TS..

I agree with the posters that say: start small.

My other tips:-
1. Substantially reduce your personal expenses.  Before starting up, try to live on 50% of your current salary.  So if you earn 3K, learn to live with 1.5K.
2. Build a 6 months personal emergency fund and a 6 months business emergency fund (6 month's salary + 6 month's overheads for your business)
3. Do a business plan. That will give you direction when you seem to be scrambling.
4. Marketing plan is essential
5. If you have never sold a product before in your life, I suggest getting some experience first (eg. be a part time telemarketer or MLM selling).  Overcoming rejection is an important skill. 

my I ask. what is the different between if we open an enterprise company AND sdn. bhd company. 

thanks 4 the advice, yeah been reading a lot about cybercafe and like u said, just cukup makan for small player.

Regarding enterprise.. can we register at SSM?

Enterprise is just a company that you go and register yourself at the local council.
As for S/B company, you have to go to register at SSM.

A) Enterprise
Pro :
1) Easy to setup. In my town, I only buy a form with RM 1 at local council and register my business.
2) You can do the account by yourself but make sure your account tally at the end of the year for you to submit to LHDN.

Con :
1) If you owe peoples money and are unable to pay them, you will be declare bankrupt as you yourself will take the liabilities.
B) S/B company
Pro :
1) If you owe peoples money and are unable to pay them, your company will take the liabilities, as you have a sum of capital prepared before you setup.

Con :
1) You need a capital before you can setup s/b
2) You need a licensed auditor/accountant to audit your account for you yearly and submit to LHDN. Around RM 2k-RM 2.5k.

@Jamzz & @IGax2000

Yes we have to search for local worker first but we all know that locals are the real scumbags (not all but most of them) and I'm not siding on the foreigners neither. You see the situation here, a cheap foreign labour accepts a RM600 salary per month compared to a RM1000 per month for local for doing the same work. Yes all business owners are able to give that amount but you people have to take note that most businesses hire foreign worker to cut their costs. As their costs can be cut through that, they can reduce the price of their goods and services. Compared to the business owners who hire 100% locals with RM1000 payout monthly, surely they can't survive it if their price of goods and services are similar with those who hire foreign labourers. If they increase the price just to cover the salaries of the locals, nobody would come and buy goods and services at their shops/outlets. We as business owners must also imagine ourselves as a consumer, in general, we will go shop at outlets where the price is the cheapest disregarding who works either local or foreigner. We as consumers really don't care. It's the price that matters. I wish my employees are all locals but for now, it would kill me as my rivals around me only hires Indonesian/Bangla workers to run their businesses. I got no choice. They problems with locals, you know, they are smart, they know how to lie, they like to skip coming to work with millions of excuses, they want long long holiday ( dad is getting married again, mother's friend is sick, friends's birthday party, fever, cold, cough, H1N1, AIDS, HIV and so on but all are bullcrap ). I wish the government allow the business owners to increase their price just to give job opportunities to locals and prevent foreigners from getting in. But again if this rule is enforced, many bosses will take advantage to increase the prices but maintains their illegal foreign workforce instead of replacing them with locals. This problem until now I can't figure out how to solve it.

i c...so for sdn bhd we need an accountant rite? means we hire a professional to monitor our company account???

one more thing, i dnt really good at accounting. just where cud i learn simple or basic accounting? mind telling me where u learn OR how u learn the concept of accounting? thnx 

Hi all..

I have a few questions here

To start up an enterprise, do we have a location for running a business (ie shop....).
What about those open pasar malam? How they deal with this legal issue?

Using CC is one of the most dumbest tactic, and you are one lucky dude.