Still on Day 5 ...Cocktail & a talk by an entrepreneur !

Friday, like the other days of the Week, was long and exciting !

After Nur Salam, I attended a talk organized by another partner, Skali. The title of the talk was - Entrepreneurial Evolution. 3 Entrepreneurs from various organizations, including Skali were there to share their journey. Target audience : students and grads. I had to leave early as I had an urgent matter to attend to. I later heard the talks went well and was well received .

On Friday night we also organized the Unleashing Cocktail Party @ Modestos, Desa Sri Hartamas.

It was for the young, by the young. We were entertained by Mia Palencia (pic) - fabulous voice.

We also had Ganesh Kumar Bangah share his entrepreneurship wisdom. Ganesh is quite a guy. According to the EY site, Ganesh ventured into the IT industry at the age of 15, providing IT training, software and web development, and PC sales and services.

Soon after, he co-founded a company which operated commercial internet-hosting infrastructure and cybercafes. In 2000, he co-developed an innovative first-mover business model for the global affiliation of cybercafes, the rapid success of which led to the listing of MOL Access on the MESDAQ and made Ganesh the youngest CEO of a listed company in Malaysia.

Today MOL Access’ cybercafe affiliation programme engages more than 14,000 cybercafes in 180 countries. MOL Access also operates numerous innovative e-commerce and internet programmes, including online game portal, and the MOLePoints payment system which enables non-credit cardholders to purchase products and services online. The Company has received prestigious awards for its products and is set to achieve greater success with the international expansion of its business model.

Always generous with his time for social community projects, Mr Ganesh served as the project promoter of an initiative through which 1,200 rural students were successfully trained in IT modules. @ Sept 04

We were fortunate to have Ganesh share his wisdom with us.

But the next guy was the highlight of the evening ....