SAY Lead – Entrepreneurship Selangor

SAY LEAD is Selangor Youth Community’s project under Entrepreneurship Selangor that aims at bridging the gap within the entrepreneurship ecosystem for differently-abled entrepreneurs. The first of its kind, SAY LEAD is an entrepreneurship league for differently abled entrepreneurs to obtain sustainable incomes through businesses

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Each year, Department of Social Welfare gives grants worth RM2,700 for OKU entrepreneurs to start up their businesses plus RM400 per month for Disability Worker Allowance. However, we identified several challenges among the them:

Mentality of the participants who are too dependent on the handouts

Lack of business compliance to the authorities by the entrepreneurs

Lack of commercialization opportunities due to low confidence on the products by consumers

REQUIREMENTS

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Citizenship & Age

Was born in Selangor, or currently living in Selangor for at least 5 years, from age 18 to 40 years old.

Eligible Entrepreneurs

Registered with Department of Social Welfare (JKM) as differently abled and currently receiving Disability Worker Allowance (EPC).

Type of Businesses

Any businesses either properly registered or not, and unable to scale up or financially sustain the businesses.

MODULES

Stage 1: 20 Entrepreneurs

3 months

Module 1

Entrepreneurs Profiling

Get to know with each entrepreneurs and brainstorming ideas about their businesses.

Module 1

Module 2

Setting Up Business

As entrepreneurs, we need to know all the rules and regulations to run a business.

Module 2

Module 3

Financial & Operational Management

When running a business, the owner must have particular knowledge like food preparation, customer service, cleaning, purchasing raw materials, accounting and reporting

Module 3

Module 4

Sales & Marketing

Planning and strategising on ways to increase their business revenues either online or offline.

Module 4

Module 5

Business Innovation

Understanding challenges and opportunities for each entrepreneur through SWOT analysis and TOWS matrix, enhanced business model exercise and action plan.

Module 5

Stage 2: 10 Entrepreneurs

3 months

Module 6

Business Preparation

Preparing each entrepreneur with their own business presentation and polish their communication skills.

Module 6

Module 7

Stakeholders Management

Meeting with local authorities such as PKNS (business facilities), MBSA (licensing), Hijrah Selangor (financial) and Senang PKS (insurance).

Module 7

Module 3

Pitch@Istana

Exclusive pitching session for the Top 10 entrepreneurs in front of DYTM Raja Muda Selangor and key stakeholders. Top 3 will stand a chance to proceed to a 2-year SAY LEAD+ programme.

Module 3

SAY LEAD+

A one-year bridging programme focusing on empowering SAY LEAD winners to become financially sustainable and eligible for SAY ASPIRE export-ready programme.

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