January 2015, TEDxMMU Malaysia is a high potential launchpad for technology startups and small businesses in Southeast Asia due to several aspects: from seasoned companies, market potential, geography and local government support. This presentation explains why Malaysia is a good launchpad for anyone who's willing to start a business in Southeast Asia.

1. WHY
MALAYSIA
WHY IT IS WORTH GIVING YOUR TIME TO IT
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2. Who am I:
Community Architect
Building communities of abundance-minded people
who want to create a better reality.
Helping entrepreneurs find and be found by amazing
growth opportunities.

3. MY CONTRY TOWN BUENOS AIRES KUALA LUMPUR
WHY
MALAYSIA
WHY
MALAYSIA
WHY IT'S WORTH GIVING YOUR TIME TO IT

4. 01CREATE
CONTEXT
"Monte Carmelo is a
Brazilian municipality
located in the northwest
of the state of Minas
Gerais. Its population as
of 2007 was 44,367..."
Source: Wikipedia

5. Find The Right Context: Challenging yourself
Finding Yourself
Next: Overcoming (Creating) Your Context
01
Keep leveling up
Leverage on smarter people every day

6. 02
"Buenos Aires is the
capital (...) of Argentina,
and the second-largest
metropolitan area in
South America, after
Greater São Paulo."
Source: Wikipedia
ARGENTINA:
"WIRE IT"

7. THE MULTIPLIER EFFECT
"One of the toughest business
climates on earth" (according to INC.
A Crisis every 10 years: Devaluation,
Long-term Inflation
Corruption Ranking: 4th in South
America
Largest eCommerce in LatAm:
MercadoLibre (NASDAQ: MELI) and
other giants (Globant, OLX)
Kazsek Ventures, the most active
Venture Capital in LatAm
Ruled 99.6% of Top Investments in
LatAm from 2009-2014*
*source: TechCrunch, Startups Surge in LatAm

8. THE MULTIPLIER EFFECT
DATA COURTESY BY
ARGENTINA'S TECH SECTOR IN 1996

9. THE MULTIPLIER EFFECT
DATA COURTESY BY
ARGENTINA'S TECH SECTOR IN 2011

10. THE MULTIPLIER EFFECT
DATA COURTESY BY
WHAT THE TECH SCENE WOULD HAVE BEEN
WITHOUT ENDEAVOR

11. Overcoming (Creating) Your Context
The Power of High-Value Networks
Next: The Right Attitude
2
"Atalo con Alambre"
Make it worth with what you have

12. 03
"Kuala Lumpur, is the
federal capital and most
populous city in
Malaysia."
Source: Wikipedia
MALAYSIA
BOLEH

13. 5 Reasons: the pieces in the ecosystem
The story of a Mountain Hike
Final thought: Boleh
3
We got it all.
The right mindset to piece it together

14. WHY MALAYSIA
IS HOT
REASONS
AND ONE CHALLENGE
5

15. 1
SEASONED FOUNDERS
They already started giving back.
Mentoring, Funding, Acquisitions, Inspiration.

17. 2
HIGH POTENTIAL
STARTUPS
Generating Jobs, Attracting Investment.

19. 3
RAPID GROWTH MARKET
A perfect launchpad for any startup willing to
land in Asia.

20. Growiing
percentage of
banking penetration
AS A LAUNCHPAD
MALAYSIA
1 2 3 4
50%
BOLEH!
145%
High percentage of
internet and mobile
users
The Economist: "the
best English-
performer in Asia"
Customer is more
likely to try new
stuff. iProperty
example.
Online Banking Internet and
Mobile
English Consumer Culture

21. 4
MOMENTUM
Everyone is excited.
And it's the result of a long term effort.

23. 5
ATTITUDE
Boleh vs. Skepticism

24. Credit: Skeptical man image via Shutterstock
The Skeptical Phrasebook
Skeptikish
1. Ah but (the government /
the weather / the royal family
/ or the oil crisis)
2. In Malaysia there are no
(talent / good startups /
investors / anything good)
3. I know Malaysia better
than you.
English
1. I really don't have anything
to add, but I want to speak
2. I'm bored. Haven't really
taken the time to check.
3. I totally lost my point and
have nothing more to say.

25. "Of course it's hard. It's supposed
to be hard. If it were easy,
everybody would do it.
Hard is what makes it great"
TOM HANKS IN "A LEAGUE OF THEIR OWN"

26. What Abundance Mindset is about:
Genuinely willing to level up, each day.
Embracing failure, learning from it.
Helping each other, not just yourself

27. It is not the critic who counts; not the man who
points out how the strong man stumbles, or
where the doer of deeds could have done
them better.
The credit belongs to the man who is actually
in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and
sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who
errs, who comes short again and again,
because there is no effort without error and
shortcoming;
T H E O D O R E R O O S E V E L T