Saturday Creative Corner Launch by Dato' Saifuddin Abdullah

On Sat, 7th, Dato' Saifuddin Abdullah launched the Saturday Creative Corner initiative at the Mara Building in Kuala Lumpur.

The purpose of this initiative is to promote the products of these entrepreneurs and to encourage them to network amongst themselves and various people who will visit the exhibition.

The idea is to have a full day event every 1st Saturday of the month.

From what I understand from both his speech and a discussion with him after the launch, Dato' Saifuddin expects to see an exhibition where creative designers, t-shirt makers such as the Young Guns and Pop Rina and many others are converging every 1st Saturday of every month to network and to promote their wares.

Dato' says he got this idea after seeing what the creative entrepreneurs were capable of after visiting the Young Guns' exhibition during GEW.

I am keen to see this project become a success and to see more creative entrepreneurs converging in the location.

In my view, one key success factor for this to happen is a clear value proposition. I think we need to invite all these entrepreneurs for an hour with Dato so that he can share his vision and why they should be there and how this can help them.

Once we have gotten the message across, we need to ensure the entrepreneurs are motivated to be there every week. Most of these creative entrepreneurs - be it designers, t-shirt makers, artists etc are usually not very business savvy. They are driven by passion. There has to be some hand holding and guidance and help in these area too is not difficult to come by.

Dato' has taken the first step to make these entrepreneurs come forward. This is awesome. They now need to take this opportunity and come forward. What more can the entrepreneurs ask for when they have such a mentor and a leader who is sincerely willing to help?

Thank you Dato for taking this bold step. We will support this noble initiative of yours and your Ministry.

This is one clear way where GEW has helped to plant the seed towards the promotion of entrepreneurship in an area usually overlooked by policymakers.

Cheers