Profile of a Malaysian entrepreneur: what are the success factors?

a little research on local entrepreneurial personalities after my own list of criteria for the making of a successful entrepreneur. will look up more and produce a more in depth study later on. too busy now to come up with a better one. update you guys again next time! =P

here are the 20 factors i compiled:

Adaptive leadership

Listen, observe, reflect and apply upon own skills and networks

Genuine networking and connections

Hard work, hard work and hard work!

Integrity and ethical values

Continuous improvement and learning

Environmental factor, brought up in a culturally-diversified environment

Language abilities, articulate in both written and spoken languages

Cultural openness and understanding

Luck and opportunity

Personality and charisma

Humility, compassion and ambitions

Capabilities and qualifications

Competitive, achievers, results-oriented

Risk-taker

Analytical and smart

Big thinker, critical and forward thinker who delivers, dream achievers

Detail-conscious and meticulous but not obsessed with details

Team player, people’s people

Creative and innovative

Some famous Malaysian personalities in the entrepreneurship arena I compiled:

Lim Goh Tong

Tan Sri S.M. Nasimuddin S.M. Amin

Edmund Santhara

Harsukhlal Maganlal Kamdar

Datuk Bernard Chandran

Datuk Jimmy Choo

Tun Daim Zainuddin

Joel Neoh Eu-Jin
Project Director, YouthMalaysia.com

Raj Ridvan Singh
Co-founder and International Director of Science of Life 24/7

Nor Akmar Hanif
CEO of Platinum I
Platinum Wealth Advisors

Oh Joo Nee
Founder of Let’s Dance Malaysia & Winner of Nescafe Kickstart

Mia Germain Palencia
Singer/Songwriter

Kenny Sia Tze Foo
Blog owner of KennySia.com

Kevin Zahri
Founder of Maxtrition.com.my & Maxhosting.com.my

Kid Chan
Founder of Kid Chan Studios

Timothy Tiah Ewe Tiam
Co-founder of Nuffnang.com

Ng Khai Lee
Founder of theCICAK.com, Project Bazooka & BunchOut.com

Kenny Goh Chee Ken
CEO of MACROKIOSK Bhd.

Ganesh Kumar Bangah
CEO of MOL Access Bhd

Legal Entrepreneur
Chris Tan

10 world renowned entrepreneurs

1. Bill Gates – the inventor of Microsoft, he holds the title of being the richest man in the world for many years. Bill Gates dropped out from his studies at Harvard to pursue his dreams. As we can see from the heights of success he has gained, his decision has been a great one.

2. Michael Dell – the founder of Dell computers. Michael Dell is a person ahead of his time and this proved to be to his greatest advantage.

3. Henry Ford – who doesn’t know about Henry Ford? He was the entrepreneur responsible for promoting what is known as cars and automobiles today.

4. Richard Branson – he is the founder of the Virgin brand which is a very powerful brand in the United Kingdom. He owns a variety of businesses including record studios, publishing houses, airlines, telecommunications, and even a space tourism company. He started out as an entrepreneur at the age of 16 and he has never looked back since then.

5. Pierre Omidyar – he is the founder of Ebay.com which revolutionized the way people buy and sell through the internet. There are millions of transactions being conducted through the Ebay site everyday. Right now, Ebay is also the owner of several high-profile internet companies.

6. Larry Page and Sergey Brin – they are the founders of Google.com. The Google company is currently the market leader when it comes to generating income revenues from the internet. Google.com started out as a search engine which revolutionized the way people look for information.

7. Li Ka Shing – the world’s ninth richest man, Li Ka Shing started with humble beginnings in Hong Kong. He is known as “Asia’s Most Powerful Man” because his business that started out as a small plastic company is now a global empire that employs thousands if not millions of people.

8. Donald Trump – one of the most successful real estate entrepreneur in history, Donald Trump is regarded as a genius.

9. Kerry Packer – he is Australia’s richest man but he has a very difficult childhood and has a troubled relationship with his father. His success lies in knowing when to buy and when to sell.

10. Jeffrey Bezos – his current worth is estimated to be between $2 billion to $9 billion. He founded Amazon.com when he saw the potential of setting up this kind of business over the internet.

Sources:

http://www.imagine123.com/entrepreneurship.html

http://www.youthmalaysia.com/nyec/thespeakers.html

http://www.careersuccesstraining.com/28/100-famous-entrepreneur.html

http://www.easyreprintprofits.com/entrepreneurship/list-of-famous-entrepreneur.php

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sudirman_Arshad

http://219.94.73.253/e_20hall_fame/e202_3_01.htm