Matthias Gelber is a successful green entrepreneur himself. He founded a company with a partner in 1999 armed with just a notebook and some pocket money. In 2001, he sold his first green multi-million dollar business to a listed engineering company. There is definitely Money in Green.

PENANG, Malaysia (11/11/10) - To kickstart Global Entrepreneurship Week (GEW) campaign in northern region, Penang ICT Entrepreneurs Society (ICT Penang) and Penang Young Entrepreneurs Co-operative (KUMUDA) teamed up to host a Women & Young Entrepreneurship Dialogue.

In line with one of GEW's main objectives which is to connect, attendees of the participants came from all four quadrands of societal support and development groups: government, private companies, not-for-profit organisations and educational sectors.

Dato' Faudzi Naim Noh, when wrapping up the dialogue meeting, highlighted the importance of cooperation between different government and non-government entities, to ensure better economic growth for northern region of Malaysia, especially. Faudzi Naim who is also Malaysia Chairman for Indonesia-Malaysia-Thailand Growth Triangle's Joint Business Council and an Advisor to Penang Malay Chamber of Commerce Malaysia (PMCCM) and ICT Penang earlier today welcomed delegates from Thailand at the same venue.

Faudzi Naim who is a businessman cum entrepreneur himself in several industries including construction and trading mentioned abundance of opportunities in ICT sector particularly to support traditional process of business trading and import-export activities.

Earlier, Nasir Sobri, Honorary Secretary of ICT Penang, catalyst host of GEW Malaysia in northern region presented the attendees the past, present and future plans for GEW.

Nasir, who is also present Chairman of KUMUDA unveiled a not so inspiring finding off Google Insight's report, "Entrepreneurial scenario in Malaysia is still lagging behind other countries including many African nations and the Philippines where many in the those regions look for entrepreneurship as a mean to counter poverty issues.  Most of the searches via Google indicates that Malaysians are still figuring out what 'entrepreneurship' or 'keusahawanan' in Malay language is all about, perhaps, in order to complete a college or university paper on the topic."

Nasir however remarked several positive development with regards to "most inquiries on entrepreneurship arising from Alor Setar, Kedah, a northern corridor city; setting up of cooperative bank by ANGKASA; and encouraging budget and plan via Malaysia Budget 2011 and New Economic Model, particularly on funds allocated for creative industries and other key sectors, especially for Northern Corridor Economic Region."

Other attendees that shared thoughts on promoting entrepreneurship and collaboration among the local players include from Northern Region Rural Internet Centres from Kuala Nerang, Tasek Gelugor and Balik Pulau, Community Broadband Centre of Mata Ayer, UUM-ITU, MyPath Sdn Bhd, Malaysian Communication & Multimedia Commission (MCMC), PERDA, USM, Politeknik Seberang Perai, Koperasi Tanjung Bhd, SKC and Sekolah Menengah Teluk Kumbar.

The event was hosted by Penang Malay Chamber of Commerce Malaysia, and its committee member, and Chairwoman of its Dewanita arm, Farehan Faudzi Naim remarked on PMCCM's third year in supporting ICT Penang's initiative on GEW, and how Dewanita will also embark on some initiatives particularly on women entrepreneurs and offering inspirations to younger participants from primary and secondary schools too.

ICT Penang will next host Global Entrepreneurship Seminar that is to be officiated by GEW Malaysia Patron, Dato' Saifuddin Abdullah, Deputy Minister of Higher Education, at Politeknik Seberang Perai, on the morning of Sunday, 14 NOV 2010.

In addition to just inspire and connect, this year according to Nasir, "is to engage, and KUMUDA will oversee creation of at least five new startup companies out of a full-day workshop, to be held next weekend, in collaboration with Universiti Sains Malaysia, Politeknik Seberang Perai and MSC Malaysia among others."

During the GEW Activities Presentation, KUMUDA also unveiled plan to host a Start Your Business (with ICT) workshop for 100 participants, that is to be held at USM School of Computer Science, on Saturday, 20 NOV 2010, with Award session the following morning on Sunday, 21 NOV 2010.  Four level of workshops are being offered: Basic Multimedia & Social Media, Intermediate/Professional E-Biz, Advance Multimedia - Animation & Movie and Advance Technopreneurship Business Planning. These ICT-centric workshops are expected to partially sponsored by MDeC (MSC Malaysia) and NCIA (Koridor Utara), among others.  Best presentation out of these workshops are entitled to cash and other prizes worth over RM10,000.

Information on ICT Penang and KUMUDA can be obtained from their respective websites: http://ictpenang.com and http://kumuda.org or by calling secretariats at 04-250-3015 and 04-866-2706.

Both Sherena & Sharifah Raudhah are at the helms of their own businesses...

Enak KL is KL's premier Malay fine dining restaurant and has the honour of being the first ever Malay restaurant to have been invited to take part in the Malaysian International Gourmet Festival (MIGF). And despite all the other Malay fine dining restaurants that have opened in the past few years, Enak KL is still the ONLY Malay fine dining restaurant that stays true to the traditions and authentic Malay cuisine.

Face2Face Technology is the 1st and only Women Network and Communication Educator in Malaysia, and perhaps Asia. Face2Face provides solid, practical & easily applicable skills in marketing oneself, both online and offline, and most importantly, when in person. In an age where personal contact has been reduced drastically, the focus here is how to convert mere contact into solid relationships.