If I tell you that a fishmonger son is now one of Malaysia’s most successful entrepreneur, would you believe me? You would probably not. But you know what, this person that I interview will make you believe that anybody, yes, anybody can become a successful entrepreneur. Meet Dato Sri Dr. Vincent Tiew, one of Malaysia’s most brilliant property tycoon. I had actually met Dato Sri a year before, at a property meet-up titled, ‘Increase the Value of Your Property and Stand Out from The Rest’ and oh my god did Dato Sri stand out. He is such a great mentor. I came to the event to talked about one of the subjects, but I got to admit, I was I was taking notes from him! And I was beyond excited when I got him to agree to an interview for my programme. If you ask me, the perfect word to describe Dato Sri is perseverance. I am super awe-struck by how driven Dato Sri is. Can you imagine, at the age of 19, Dato Sri did not have the money to continue his education. But, he did not give up. He got a job, worked hard and with the bonus he received, funded his MBA education in Australia. He was only 22! Simply amazing! Most 22-year- olds are still tied to their parents’ bank account. I can actually see the passion in Dato Sri’s eyes. This passion fuels his need to always be one step ahead. Did you know he has even bought memorial plots for up to four generations in his family?! Speaking of passion and perseverance, that is the title of his book. One of the gems that I have collected from the book is that we should always create opportunities, don’t wait for it. I see this in the way Dato Sri lived his life. Only when we path our own roads to success, will we be able to move on and not get stuck in a dead end. Find out how you can pave your way to success by watching my interview with Dato Sri. Watch the video here. Happy watching! Click on Categories: Entrepreneurship to view all stories of other Young Entrepreneurs.
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This little secret may sound basic to most seasoned property agents and developers, but is not used by 97% of them in Malaysia. We believe that if you are serious about getting more value out of your property, this is the definitely the event to go to. This is an information packed session to make sure you are fully equipped to start/or escalate your journey in the property market. We manage to 3 experts in the industry show us the Secret on How To Increase The Value of Your Property and Stand Out from the Rest 1) Dato' Sri Dr Vincent Tiew
Managing Director of Andaman Group Under Dato' helm, the Company has achieved RM2billion gross value and has won coveted awards, APM was awarded `Most Valued Developer 2013’ by Malaysian Reserves (In association with International Herald Tribune) and `SME Young Entrepreneur’s Award’ by SME Association Malaysia. He was named `Upcoming Entrepreneur of The Year 2013’ by Malaysian Reserves (In association with International Herald Tribune), in recognition of his business success and entrepreneurship 2) Adrian Wee Founder and Coach of Interior Design King Academy Adrian Wee is a property entrepreneur though he has spent nearly two decades as an interior designer. Though not initially trained in the field of interior design, Adrian has learnt and perfected his design creativity through designing and renovating over 1,000 properties throughout his 17 year career. He has also coached more than 500 investors and is frequently featured in the investment platform such as I Property, Property Guru, The Star, New Straight Times, Berita Harian, China Press, Astro Awani and many more. He now lives and breathes on building Net Worth for the massive public and investor communities. 3) Nadya Salim Co-Founder & Interior Art Consultant at Artisan Malaysia. Being in this industry for the past 5 years, Nadya Salim co-founded Artisan Malaysia, the World No.1 Customized Oil Paintings company, also named as Wall Art Dresser. To date, they have provided more than 250,000 of paintings internationally with their quality oil paintings to private, public & corporate clients. This has help her clients increase their value of their property up to 30% - 40%. This private event is limited to 50 pax only. Please contact us on our page to get tickets for the event Although things are a little chaotic in my life right now, i'm glad that it turn out to be the way it is."He knew i did him a favor. He wouldnt want this. He wanted a simple life. He wanted a simple girl."Throughout the year, i've met so many amazing and highly inspiring people.
I get involved in people and social circle group. And i discovered that people are just people. They can't intimidate you. Its knowledge and experience that sets you apart. I created good friendship with all this people. And they have help me in so many ways that i truly appreciate. And i've learned that the main thing about friendship and relationship is really about accepting. You just can't change the way you are. Even if it means breaking apart. I bumped into someone the other day and surprisingly, she asked me, "How was business?" She must have an extraordinary memory or something because she then asked, "Aren't you the TOP 5 for CLEO Young Achiever Award 2008..?". Wow. i thought. That was sometime 2 years ago. So what had happened along the way? After the heartbreaking no-news results,I knew that my life would never be the same again.. I hated myself. I hated myself for not trying hard enough. Not winning means i have to work hard long enough to be able to gather funds to discover my potential and capabilities to run my own business. And so, I quickly make my way to a private school and make a full payment cash for a Diploma in Business Admin and sent my almost non-existing resume to companies. That experience made me realized, that you need education to fallback on. I landed a job in an insurance company as an Admin Executive. Considering that i have no experience and no qualifications (yet, during that time, i still have not finished it, but thats not the point.) i would consider myself quite lucky. Soon, i discovered that desk-bound job is definitely not for me. Working there has affect my well-being tremendously. I started hallucinating, my short attention span has decreased to 10 seconds and my behaviour starts to get really unusual. I mean, really, I love going outdoors, i love meeting people, i love getting myself busy, i love food and ultimately i love running a business-no matter how small. So sitting in an air-conditioning room with the same superficial people staring at your every move really gets to me. One year later, i quit my comfortable day job. I was left being depressed and felt uncertain about my life.Having enough savings to last me for quite awhile, i went on a 2 weeks vacations to different islands in Thailand and soon grew a passion for this food craze. Coming back, i felt well and recuperate after been kept in a box for so long. And so i start preparing on a business plan, i was running here and there, gathering enough information to start my new little project. Getting this plan put together, i found out that i'm going to need to hire a vehicle every time there's an event. And then i thought, why not own one? And soon before i knew it, i registered my own company and bought a second hand van.. And then, the question that comes along with it is.. Ok,now what? I almost died laughing, cos i knew i'm going to be in trouble. On a serious note, it was bad planning from the start, i'm stuck with a company and a van with no job. Savings are drying up, and i realized that i need to pull my sock up and do something. The next 7 months was history, i worked hard in a male -dominated territory, i went through obstacles you can never imagined. But i manage to stand tall. What do i do? I provide delivery services to company. I was the girl who sent flowers from your boyfriends for Valentines, I was the girl who deliver hampers for Christmas. I was the girl who deliver food, when your company holds a huge lunch or dinner party. It was a crazy business to get into, but it pays well. At the end of the day, i cried. I had bruises. I had migraines. It was painful. I've changed the way i looked at drivers, uncles and pakciks. They went through hardship. We had to rush to meet time line. We have to go through challenges, to park our vehicle illegally-sometimes risk getting fine- just to reach customers on time, we had to climb stairs, carry tables and heavy catering equipments-set up tables in the quickest time and of all, we have to face the customers when something goes wrong. Meanwhile, aware that i was into delivery services,my sister began designing a catering website. She soon explore her capabilities in setting up one. She invested a tremendous amount of time and effort and soon our company was first Google. She is the most talented person i've met. Like a puzzle, it fits perfectly. Mum has been in the food business for 20 years,we proposed to her to cater for us and prepared at the food stall. Due to lack of resource and manpower, we have to turn down many customers. I also manage the administrative work, getting phone calls, taking orders and emailing them while delivering-stopping by the road-when i have to. Aware that it is unlicensed and overwhelmed by the response, we continue doing catering for the entire 8 months, while i juggle doing other delivery jobs. And soon the law caught up with us, and we were brought to court and had to pay a fine for unlicensed vendor. They told us, we were unlucky as there's countless companies out there that is unlicensed and can get away with it. But i consider myself lucky. I'm glad that it happened. It create awareness.Its like a wake-up call that just screams at your face. Lawful mistake is definitely not tolerable by the court of law in Singapore. In retrospect, it was the best 8 months of my life, i have become wiser and matured and experience. I appreciate people, money and time more than ever before. Refusing to give up- still passionate about food business, i signed up for my first food event at Singapore Expo this mid July. This time, independently. Right back where i left off. CLEO has provide a platform for me to pursue my dreams. The reason why i got to where i am. And i'm glad.So if you were to ask me what my dream career is, i want to be an entrepreneur. A well-established entrepreneur. A F&B Mogul. Just like how you've said it. "Nancy, is it ok, if i go for lunch at 12.30pm today? i asked my collegue. "I'm expecting an important phone call" Interviewed on Air on Radio Ria, 89.7 FM!! Introducing Grab & Go, Craving for Crepes for the next event held at Singapore Expo from 5-8 August 2010. Setting up after work later!!
I made my way to EDC@SMCCI last monday after feeling disheartened leaving NTUC Income for the renewal of my vehicle insurance and road tax. I entered the office, and told the receptionist.. " Hi, i'm not sure what i'm doing here, but i need help." I sat in for the Business Consultation for the next 2 hours. I told the consultant a short description about myself and he explicated that i was bitten by an "entrepreneurial bug." Is it medical condition? Some people refused to let this bug go through their system- but to a handful of people like myself- they allowed this bug to take over their body. Pieces by pieces. Slowly and painfully. It affects the social,emotional, mental and financial well-being of the "host". This bug happen to be disorganized and probability of having ADD, it will never leave you alone, they will either drag you down or will help you grow. Because at this point of time, its really about the question of sustainability. Are you sure you are cut out for this? "Excuse me sir, if i wanted to received a psychological evaluation i would have consult a counselor." At the end of the session, he asked me to look him right in the eye, and asked me in bossly manner, "WHY DO YOU NEED A BUSINESS PLAN?". "Don't look away now! Look at me. Why do you need it??" I swear to god that scare the S*** out of me. "Its because it define who i want to be. Its the future me. The bigger picture. The end result. " So i asked myself after leaving the office, what is the definition of an entrepreneur? Its a person who organizes and manages any enterprise, esp. a business, usually with considerable initiative and risk. I do manage my own little business. I have initiative when i need to. And yes, business is all about taking risk. If i were to analyze my source credibility, the outcome is definitely a negative. I don't have enough financial support let alone the capital to start of. I don't have enough time. I'm not sure if i'm capable of running my own business.I am not prepared for it. Bull shit. You are not prepared for it. And you will never be ready for it. In that case, you will never do it. Execute it. Do it. Yes, you will fail. But its a journey that brings you to where you want to be. There will always be tomorrow. There will always be later. Why not today? Today is the day. REFLECT. What have you done today? Get up on your arse and do something worth living for. "Why do you want work here?" he asked. "Because i want to work for the best".As this well-known celebrity chef sat across the table with his arm placed firmly on the arm of the chair, he stood up abruptly, and said, " Welcome to my team."
I walked out feeling rather satisfied and uncertain all at the same time. I looked around for a brief moment, it almost felt like a holiday, the view was simply magnificent. I questioned myself, tried to come up with all the possible reasoning on why i'm standing on the highest and most reputable restaurant here in Singapore. Imagine what a month can do to your life, a life changing trip, a canvas of oil painting, participation in an event (which is still running) and a hand shake that will determine my future.20 days ago, i found myself laying on the floor, staring at the ceilings most time and wondered if its strong enough to hold the concrete, i start showing signs of disturbing behavior and i knew it was about time for an intervention. I managed to composed myself and regain my once lost strength to press the send button. And now, i am torn between a direction towards a possible career path and a risky business - because a good friend said, "Nadya, i just need you to say, yes, and i will pack my bags and leave," as we sat at he's quite but full of potential restaurant. "So where does my passion really lie?" they were discussing about me the other day. Is it business or cooking? |
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