Introduction
I am very interested in becoming an entrepreneur because I got encouragement from my mother who has developed a small business since before I was born again. Therefore, I have selected some of the entrepreneurs who can serve as examples to guide me to become a successful entrepreneur. But why I chose them ?? This is because I was very impressed with their tenacity in developing their business.
I am very interested in becoming an entrepreneur because I got encouragement from my mother who has developed a small business since before I was born again. Therefore, I have selected some of the entrepreneurs who can serve as examples to guide me to become a successful entrepreneur. But why I chose them ?? This is because I was very impressed with their tenacity in developing their business.
Dato' Siti Nurhaliza
Siti Nurhaliza was born in Kampung Awah (Temerloh), Pahang on 11 January 1979. Siti is the fifth child in the family of eight siblings. She comes from a musically inclined family. Her grandfather was a famous violinist, and her mother was a famous local traditional singer.
From the age of 5, she followed her uncle to invitational shows like wedding ceremonies and dinner parties to give her exposure performing live, where she was well received by the local community. During her childhood she was involved in various school activities, including sports and class speeches.
Siti Nurhaliza attended pre-school at the Sekolah Tabika Perkep, Balai Polis Kampung Awah, Temerloh. Here she showed her early singing talent at the age of six when she sang “Sirih Pinang”, a Malay traditional song, at her kindergarten’s end of year event. She attended primary school at Sekolah Rendah Kebangsaan Clifford and followed up her secondary education at Sekolah Menengah Clifford, Kuala Lipis, Pahang.
She was an athlete in school and this showed when at the opening ceremony of the Fiesta Media Idola 2006 in Kuantan she was a torch bearer to light the games of the Fiesta, together with actress Fasha Sanda. Siti had also won a singing contest when she was twelve years old. She sang the patriotic song “Bahtera Merdeka” at a Kuala Lipis Carnival in conjunction with the “Nyanyian Bulan Kemerdekaan” (Independence Month Singing Contest).
Early commercial success (1995 – 1996)
Siti Nurhaliza’s family performed at many local ceremonies in their hometown, such as weddings. At the age of twelve, Siti began to learn traditional songs from her mother and went on performing that genre of music during special occasions and events.
Later, as she continued to work on her singing, she participated in numerous local singing competitions. At 16, she competed in the 1995 RTM Juara Bintang competition. While there, she met Adnan Abu Hassan, a famous Malaysian music composer. He tutored her and helped her with her vocal performance, and ultimately she won the contest. She was granted a contract with Suria Records and in 1996 released her first self-titled album, Siti Nurhaliza. Completing her first album was a challenge because she had to balance working on the album with her preparations for the SPM examination. Despite this, her first album was a great success, and paved the way for successful subsequent albums.
Career development (1996 – 2006)
After the release of her first album, Siti became a well-known figure in Malay pop culture. She continued to have numerous hits, her songs spanning a broad range of genres, such as pop, R&B, and traditional Malay. Her voice and lyrics proved to be popular among teenagers as well as adults throughout Malaysia, Singapore, Brunei and Indonesia.
Siti was the first non-Chinese artiste to be invited to perform at the 15th Golden Melody Awards, Taiwan in 2004. Apart from performing solo, she also sang a duet with Lee-Hom Wang in a song called ??????? (The Moon Represents My Heart).
Throughout her career, Siti Nurhaliza’s songs have been covered by other artistes, including the famous song Cindai which was re-recorded in Chinese version by Chien Bai Hui. Also, her first hit song, Aku Cinta Padamu was covered by North, an Australian boy band. Siti held a successful solo concert at the Royal Albert Hall in London in April 1, 2005, although the majority of the audience were Malaysians living in the United Kingdom and Malaysians who had travelled just to see the concert. British press called her ‘Asia’s Celine Dion’ due to her powerful vocal and outstanding performances. To date, she has the most number one singles than any other artiste in Malaysia.
Businesswoman
With success in her singing career, Siti then got herself involved in business. She set up her own company – Siti Nurhaliza Productions (M) Sdn. Bhd. – with activities generally in the entertainment scene. She has two subsidiary companies, Siti Nurhaliza Collections Sdn. Bhd. and Siti Nurhaliza Marketing Sdn. Bhd. Siti sells her own “Ctea”, brand of Malaysian tea, from tea cultivated on the foothills of Mount Kinabalu, Sabah. This “Ctea” brand comes in two flavours, Geranium Special and Pandan.
And now besides having her own products, she receives substantial income through commissions and royalties for her endorsements and as ambassador of products.
A prestige beauty product created by the Malaysia’s No. 1 celebrity and beauty icon, Dato’ Siti Nurhaliza, who participated in business cosmetic industry since March 2010. The cosmetics product is known as SimplySiti. The cosmetics are produced in Korea and with the help of well-known local entrepreneurship, Datuk Seri Mohammad Khalid Jiwa as she ventured into the cosmetics industry after two years of research with AC Nielsen to study the market and targeted customers. AC Nielsen is a global marketing research firm which located in New York City, United States of America. The main objective of the research of this young beautiful entrepreneur, Dato’ Siti Nurhaliza is to give the required information about the products demand and buyer perception as SimplySiti has been certified as Halal by the Department of Islamic Development Malaysia before the products being released into the market. These products received ‘The Best Halal Product” in Cosmetics category in May 2010.
The company has come out with a motto of “It Used To Be My Secret, Now It’s Your”. Siti Nurhaliza, who is the president of SimplySiti Sdn. Bhd has come out with SimplySiti Skin Care and Make-up products that scientifically-designed and clinically-proven by the international cosmeticians. The latest creation from SimplySiti Sdn. Bhd is a fragrance. The SimplySiti line of beauty products is the results of two-year research with a Korean cosmetician. Korea is one of the advance nations and using a very high-technology for cosmetics industry. The cosmetics are being produced with the incorporation of the nanotechnology. Nanotechnology may be able to create many new materials and devices with a vast range of applications such as in medicine, electronics and biomaterials as well as energy production.
Now, this beauty product is becoming one of the most demand products in global market especially among the Asian woman irrespective of aged. Human behaviors are influenced by many variables. They are intellectual people whose nature demands are unlimited. Consumers are searching for quality beauty products in the market as they need to be attractive and fresh during their public appearance. SimplySiti cosmetic products are using the most natural and organic ingredients in their cosmetics in order to prevent scars and cancer. These healthy beauty products are environment friendly, non animal testing as well as a mineral make up. The choices of ingredients in the beauty products are very important. The products come with special formulation that contains Plant Endorphin which gives exhilarating effect and promote stress-free skin conditions. The combination of Korean Plant Stem Cells Technology and Advanced Hydra Collagen will not only can delay pre-mature aging but also gives the flawless and youthful complexion skin.
SimplySiti has also come out with a creative and innovative idea with the information of a new fragrance known as SimplySiti Eau de Parfum. The fragrance is designed in cooperation with French perfumer, Joelle Lerioux-Patris of Mane. The famous perfumer has been creating the fragrances and is the leading creator of the fragrances ingredients for a few decades. The innovation of perfume by SimplySiti that combines science and art from France is specially formulated with Betaphroline that will help in keeping human figure in shape and enhance mood. The fragrance motto is “Smell Good, Look Good & Feel Good”.
Puan Hajah Faiza Bawumi binti Sayed Ahmad
Managing Director
Syarikat Faiza Sdn Bhd
Address: PLO442, Jalan Wawasan 16,
Kawasan Perindustrian Sri Gading II, 83300, Batu Pahat, Johor.
Tel: 07-455 6900
Fax: 07-4557900
Email: norhafizah_sfsb@yahoo.com
Website: http://www.faizarice.com/
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Syarikat FAIZA was established in 1982, doing retail activities as its core business. In 1992, Syarikat FAIZA officially being incorporated under Syarikat FAIZA Sdn. Bhd. (SFSB), and went into venture capital with Padiberas Nasional (BERNAS) in 1997.
In the late 90s shoppers began assessing more closely the processing and other properties of edible products. It was at this time that the company was introduce to a unique category of herbal quality rice from the state of Kartanaka, South India. It was the Herbal "Ponni" rice.
Looking to blow a million, SFSB immediately recognized the intrinsic benefits rice consumers would derive with "Ponni" rice in their diet. Today under the brand name Taj Mahal, Ponni rice has been distributed throughout Malaysia.
As a passage of benefit, Taj Mahal has created a tremendous impact in consumer demand of other SFSB rice products, such as Basmathi, Fragrant rice, Thai Super Special and Local rice.
The strength of SFSB, lies within our energetic and professional driving force with extensive knowledge and experience in respective fields, which will make us more than ready to compete in rice business scenario. This is because at SFSB, we never ever compromised on quality. We always look ahead for better techniques, better way to produce, to deliver, to communicate, to promote, to service, to sell. We firmly believe that excellent is achieved from what we do passionately.
Irfan Khairi
Hello readers! Alright, last time I talked about his book but this time I want to talk about him. Him? Haha..he is the Malaysia born young millionaire. He is Irfan Khairi. Now he active more in motivating people. Ok, let me tell you a little bit about his biography. His real name is Noor Irfan Khairi Noor Azmi. Was born on 17 December 1976. After graduated from a university in UK, he worked with Netmedia (UK) Ltd. Birmingham as a multimedia system designer and internet consultant. He started to do part time business through internet in 1999. After one year, he gave full focus on his internet business and no more part time. He worked at his house with his laptop and internet.
In 3 years period, after he has worked so hard, finally he gained net profit RM1,000,000.00 with capital only RM500.00 and during that time he was only 25 years old. He is the author of "Rahsia Internet.com: Rahsia Jutawan-jutawan internet terbongkar" or "Secrets of internet millionanires revealed". His book was the first Malaysian book to be established in Oxford, UK.
In 2006, he was awarded the Young Innovation Award from Oxford Association of Management, UK. Nowdays, he conducts a lot of seminar and always features on TV and radio.
Rozita Ibrahim of Sendayu Tinggi is a classic example of rag-to-riches story in Malaysia. No one would have expected a widow, a single mother and a rubber taper can change her life around and built a multi-million Sendayu Tinggi empire and provide jobs and opportunities for many others.
Many had underestimated how the power of desperation can change the outcome of one's life.
For Rozita, reaching her current status as a millionaire did not come easy. She had to pay heavy price before being successful in her Sendayu Tinggi business and her life. She was married at a tender age of 18 and had to undergone painful divorce while raising her children. Worse, one of her very own kids was paralyzed and sick and passed away without her being able to afford a proper treatment to her child.
She tried, without fail to work in different fields in order to support her life. Finally, out of desperation, she started some herbal formulation using a few hundred ringgits as her initial capital. In order to test her own formula, she put more weight and tried to bring it down using her formulation.
Today, her very own health formula based on traditional herbs and plants, Sendayu Tinggi is one of the most talked and an envied cosmetic brand in Malaysia with its distributorship covering Malaysia, Brunei and Singapore and expanding. As for 2005 it is said that Sendayu Tinggi has more than 2000 authorized distributors. It is also said that some of Sendayu Tinggi distributors in Klang Valley make over RM1 millions in monthly revenue.
Rozita admitted the life she is currently enjoying is as a result of sheer determination, hardworking and never say die spirit. Her weeping moments are over and now is time for her to reap the profits of her past effort.
"20 years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream.
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