Govt pledges to listen to young entrepreneurs
Published on: Friday, September 19, 2014
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The government has pledged to listen to the young entrepreneurs and provide a platform to drive their ideas, as their participation in the country's economy is important to drive Malaysia to become a high-income nation, says Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak.He said the young entrepreneurs would succeed if they have good ideas, skill, drive and passion."We understand the young people, we listen to the young people and we are sensitive to the young people," he said at the launch of Gabungan Rakan Entrepreneur Aspirasi Terhebat (Great 2014) at the Malaysian Global Innovation and Creative Centre (MaGIC) here. Earlier, Najib said, a study showed that the desire among Malaysians to become entrepreneurs was low compared with those in other countries. "Thus, via this programme, including MaGIC, SME Corp and various government initiatives, we hope to nurture a generation of young Malaysians who possess a desire to become entrepreneurs who will take risks and be successful," he said."If we want to succeed, we must have the passion to succeed. Don't think about failure. In fact, when I went to the Silicon Valley, they all tell me that the people there are used to failure but they never give up.
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"They have tasted failure, they don't give up and at the next level they are able to find ultimate success," he said.He said this culture must be cultivated in Malaysia.
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"When I said culture, I hope the banks and financial institutions also apppreciate and not classified an individual's failure in life just because they failed while they are young."They are the ones when they are young were willing to take risk to succeed in later life and they are the ones we should support," he said. Stay up-to-date by following Daily Express’s Telegram channel.
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