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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 01:52:33 +0000</pubDate>
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BELIA &#38; BISNES
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  Oleh
Abang Abu RAMAI usahawan baru beranggapan mereka tidak berupaya mendapatkan pandangan ataupun nasihat untuk memulakan perniagaan kerana mereka perlukan wang bagi membayar konsultan perniagaan.
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<span class="fineprint"><strong><span style="color: #575c62;">BELIA &amp; BISNES</span></strong></span><br />
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<!-- Display the Headline2 if exists --> <!-- Display the byline if exists --> <span class="fineprint"><strong>Oleh<br />
Abang Abu</strong></span> <span class="content">RAMAI usahawan baru beranggapan mereka tidak berupaya mendapatkan pandangan ataupun nasihat untuk memulakan perniagaan kerana mereka perlukan wang bagi membayar konsultan perniagaan.</p>
<p></span> <span class="content">Mereka juga beranggapan hanya syarikat besar sahaja yang mampu mempunyai pasukan penasihat dalam perniagaan mereka. Mereka juga malu bertanya dan inilah satu punca utama mengapa banyak perniagaan usahawan Melayu tidak dapat bertahan lama atau tidak dapat berkembang.<br />
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</span> <span class="content">Sebenarnya, dalam menjadikan perniagaan anda lebih produktif, anda harus berusaha mendapatkan maklumat serta bantuan perniagaan.</p>
<p></span> <span class="content">AbangAbu, pada awalnya, menjadi anggota Dewan Perniagaan dan Perusahaan Melayu Singapura (DPPMS) di bawah rangkaian muda iaitu YEN@SMCCI. Di sinilah AbangAbu meraih banyak pengetahuan daripada anggota Dewan yang mantap perniagaannya.</p>
<p></span> <span class="content">Pemerintah juga membentuk Pusat Pembangunan Usahawan (EDC) di semua dewan perniagaan setempat bagi membantu usahawan mendapatkan sokongan dan bantuan yang ditawarkan pemerintah.</p>
<p></span> <span class="content">Dalam menjadi masyarakat peniaga yang produktif dan inovatif, anda harus bertanya.</p>
<p></span> <span class="content">Jika perniagaan anda berbentuk &#8216;One-man-Operation (OMO)&#8217;, jadikan rakan perniagaan yang lain sebagai ahli lembaga penasihat anda.</p>
<p></span> <span class="content">Jika anda mempunyai pekerja, pilih pekerja yang pada pandangan anda bermutu untuk dijadikan salah seorang ahli lembaga penasihat anda.</p>
<p></span> <span class="content">Mulakan perbincangan mengenai arah tuju perniagaan anda dan dapatkan pandangan mereka. Anda juga boleh menjadikan seorang penasihat kewangan sebagai ahli lembaga penasihat anda. Anda boleh menjadikan orang yang anda percayai dan mungkin kenalan anda sebagai mentor. Anda harus selidik latar belakang mereka sebelum menjemput mereka menjadi ahli lembaga penasihat perniagaan anda.</p>
<p></span> <span class="content">Beritahu mereka anda hanya menghubungi mereka jika hanya ada masalah yang berkenaan dengan mereka dan dapatkan izin mereka dahulu.</p>
<p></span> <span class="content">Anda juga boleh menceritakan perkembangan terbaru perniagaan anda dan mula bertanya tindakan yang harus dilakukan dalam sesuatu keadaan.</p>
<p></span> <span class="content">Nasihat seperti ini akan menjadikan anda mengambil tindakan perniagaan yang betul. Ini akan mengurangkan kadar risiko perniagaan anda. Malahan dengan adanya lembaga penasihat perniagaan anda sendiri, anda boleh berkembang dengan cepat dan dengan cara betul.</p>
<p></span> <span class="content">Jika ada tawaran, anda juga boleh menjadi ahli lembaga penasihat sesebuah perniagaan. Dengan ini, anda juga boleh pelajari pelbagai rahsia perniagaan serta memantapkan perniagaan anda sendiri.</p>
<p></span> <span class="content">AbangAbu juga dapat pelajari sesuatu yang baru dalam perniagaan dengan adanya lembaga penasihat sendiri serta menjadi ahli lembaga penasihat pada perniagaan orang lain.</p>
<p></span> <span class="content">Percayalah, anda akan berasa sangat gembira sekali jika anda dijemput menjadi ahli lembaga penasihat sesebuah perniagaan. Ini juga akan membuka peluang bagi anda menjadi ahli lembaga pengarah sekiranya perniagaan usahawan tersebut mencapai tahap yang lebih tinggi.</p>
<p></span> <span class="content">Sebagai permulaan, memang baik untuk usahawan muda menyertai sesebuah organisasi seperti YEN@SMCCI dalam mendapatkan nasihat perniagaan yang diberikan secara percuma.</p>
<p></span> <span class="content">Jadi  bertanyalah.</p>
<p></span> <span class="content">Jika anda ada sebarang maklum balas atau ingin mendapatkan petua perniagaan yang lain, sila layari laman <a href="http://www.abangabu.com./" target="_blank">http://www.abangabu.com</a>.</p>
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		<title>Personal Freedom vs Financial Freedom</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 15:04:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Just a thought that comes to my mind after a short skype routine with my mentor in US.
Personal Freedom = Financial Freedom ?       right or wrong? 
After some thoughts AbangAbu believes that Personal Freedom &#62; Financial Freedom . Why?
Personal Freedom is being happy , feeling great and full of gratitude. And that has [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Just a thought that comes to my mind after a short skype routine with my mentor in US.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>Personal Freedom = Financial Freedom ?       right or wrong? </strong></p>
<p>After some thoughts AbangAbu believes that Personal Freedom &gt; Financial Freedom . Why?</p>
<p>Personal Freedom is being happy , feeling great and full of gratitude. And that has nothing to do with money. Even though having financial freedom will give you personal freedom ,it is not necessarily that you must get financial freedom in order to feel happy.</p>
<p>Feeling happy is a state of mind and nothing to do with money. People don&#8217;t really understand this important secret. Happiness attract wealth and money.</p>
<p>So here i would like to share some points and statements for you to feel happy.<br />
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<p>I will be sharing tips in order to get personal freedom starting with the happy feeling in you:</p>
<p>* Decide to feel happy within yourself.</p>
<p>* Don&#8217;t make your happiness dependent upon what happens during the day. Happiness is a direct choice without any dependency.</p>
<p>* Just choose happiness at any time no matter what is going on. it might be strange to think about it now but start to do it and you can feel it. You will be wired to feel happy for no absolute reason.</p>
<p>* Thinking of to be happy only after you suffered in an effort to earn greater success tomorrow is insane. Focus on doing what you have to do without feeling stress but full of happiness and joy.</p>
<p>* Start pursue all your dreams from a happy state, don&#8217;t let the assumptions that external events have to materialize in order to make you happy plays in your mind.</p>
<p>* Happiness or Misery is an option. They are both can be chosen by you to apply in the day&#8217;s event. Which option do you choose? AbangAbu choose to be happy.</p>
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		<title>Biz Tips : F A M I L Y</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 06:18:35 +0000</pubDate>
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One common question that been asked to me regards family run business is that &#8221; how to make our kids involve in our business?&#8221;
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<p>One common question that been asked to me regards family run business is that &#8221; how to make our kids involve in our business?&#8221;</p>
<p>Do you own a business? Do you have kids? Do you want them involved in your business? Do you want them to run it one day? Oh, and by the way, do you get a day older every day?</p>
<p>Hence my son Ahshik also started to run his business and also involved in my business people start asking abangabu questions.</p>
<p>The question was whether I did that on purpose, or what did I do to make that happen.<br />
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Ironically, given that I’m a planner by profession, this was not the result of long-term planning, at least not exactly.</p>
<p>And also it is this year that i started  to recognize that exit strategy or succession could be relevant. I’ve loved the business for so long that it had become second nature.  The thought of retirement was horrible, but I didn’t realize that I didn’t have to retire, just change jobs.</p>
<p>As it turned out, what did happen was the gradual recognition that I could change my job and put somebody else in charge, without retiring. I blog now, and speak and write and teach, while Ahshik learns and been marketing my company .  I have a team that work in my business. I work more hours than ever, but it’s a different job now and I love it. Nobody reports to me. What a great change. What a relief.</p>
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<dt> </dt>
<dt><strong>F: Find a Exit Way .You will exit eventually. Deal with it.</strong> </dt>
<dd>This is life, not just business. Even if you think you’ll never sell your company or go public, you’re not going to run it forever. So think about exit strategy, whether you like it or not.</p>
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<dt><strong>A</strong>:<strong> Allow your spouse be in business with you .</strong> </dt>
<dd>This is a moot point of course if you’re both doing the same thing, but when it’s just one of the two parents doing the business, it’s still much better if two parents deal with children’s involvement, deciding how and when. In our case it was my business for the first decade but became our business as it grew. Even in the old days, though, when it was just my business, my wife was always in favor of the kids understanding where the money came from. And of course we recognize that you don’t always have the luxury of two parents of the same mind. It’s a luxury, not a necessity.</p>
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<dt><strong>M: Mold them</strong>:<strong> Don’t plan your children into your business. It won’t work.</strong> </dt>
<dd>They’re supposed to do what they want, remember, not what you want? Or are we still in the 19th century (and it didn’t work that well then either)?</p>
<p>Trivia contest: name a major movie in which a central character was supposed to go into his or her parents’ business but <script src="http://abangabu.com/wp-content/plugins/wp-polls/tinymce/plugins/polls/langs/en.js?ver=311" type="text/javascript"></script>didn’t. Answer: lots of right answers. It’s an archetype. It goes back to Abraham trashing his father’s store in the bible. Jesus was nicer about it, but he didn’t end up a carpenter. In <em>Godfather</em>, Don Corleone wanted Michael to be a senator, not the next don, but Michael made that decision, not his father. And for a more recent example, take Hiro in <em>Heroes</em>.</p>
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<dd>You have to hope they want to get involved, and maybe they will. Freedom to choose is essential. Working in the business has to be their choice, not yours.</p>
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<dt><strong>I: Instill and</strong><strong> Emphasize good education, and let them study what they want.</strong> </dt>
<dd>You want your children studying what interests them, not what interests you or what you think is good for the business.</p>
</dd>
<dd>I’m talking higher education here, of course, not Mrs. Azman reading class in the fourth grade. Let them study what they want and let those chips fall where they may. You don’t get good education by forcing it, and good education is way more important than the right subject. I hope you think that’s obvious.</p>
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<dd>Despite owning my own business , I encouraged my kids to major in things other than business. They should get an education first, learn business later. It’s a trade, not a discipline.</p>
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<dt><strong>L: Let them try things. Make it an attractive option.</strong> </dt>
<dd>We like these people we raised, we’re happy to have them involved. Whenever we could we tried to make the workplace a pleasant place to be. This of course means everybody, in our case of a 40-employee company that includes the 37 who aren’t our grownup children.</p>
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<dd>People don’t always find their best place right away. Don’t push them into corners, let them experiment. Let them work with who they want, on what they want, and eventually they’ll end up in a good place.</p>
</dd>
<dd>Ultimately what’s at stake here, if things work out right, is you can end up with well educated hard working people who know where the business came from, and why, and want to take it to the best place for its future. That’s really a good thing.</p>
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<dt><strong>Y: Your stories ,share what you do. Talk about it. Open up. .</strong> </dt>
<dd>My kids had to spend occasional weekend mornings follow me for talks and trainings. It didn’t hurt them to know where the money (what there was of it in the beginning) came from. My wife and I shared the work. We walked together to the post office when I was starting my business, checking for new customers. The kids came too. None of that hurt.</dd>
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<dt>It’s scary to give advice about things like this to anybody, so I do so reluctantly. I hope I’m not one of those people who gets lucky and then takes credit for it.</p>
<p>The tips here come from experience. They are not from academic study. When I was in school we weren’t talking about family businesses.</p>
<p>Looking back on this, and reviewing my tips, I can see of course that not everything here applies to everybody. Also, that I’ve probably left some key elements out, although not on purpose.</p>
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<dt>Furthermore, I’m embarrassed to seem to be recommending against planning. But in this very special case, planning is too much in danger of becoming pushing, as in pushing your children, forcing your dreams down their throats. So you can’t really plan on this, you have to just work on making the conditions right, and make it happen.</p>
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		<title>YEN@DPPMS News: E book Workshop all seats filled up</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2010 23:55:56 +0000</pubDate>
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NIAGA DALAM TALIAN: (Dari kanan) Encik Shaheed, Master Arshad dan Abang Abu akan menjayakan bengkel mengajar peserta cara berniaga menerusi e-book dan pemasaran Internet. &#8212; Foto DPPMS
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4 Mac 2010

EKONIAGA

Bengkel maraton tingkat niaga Internet

 Oleh
Rosebi Mohd Sah MENGGUNAKAN Internet sebagai alat pemasaran baru untuk terus meningkatkan penjualan dan pendapatan bagi perniagaan baru mahupun perniagaan [...]]]></description>
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<div class="caption">NIAGA DALAM TALIAN: (Dari kanan) Encik Shaheed, Master Arshad dan Abang Abu akan menjayakan bengkel mengajar peserta cara berniaga menerusi e-book dan pemasaran Internet. &#8212; Foto DPPMS</div>
<p><img src="http://cyberita.asia1.com.sg/mnt/static/image/ax1/spacer.gif" alt="" width="9" height="10" /> <a class="fineprint" href="http://cyberita.asia1.com.sg/mprintfriendly/0,6876,StoryPage--30000-160126-1267739940,00.html?"><strong><span style="color: #575c62;">Mudah cetak</span></strong></a><br />
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<span class="big_headline_red">Bengkel maraton tingkat niaga Internet</span><br />
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<p><!-- Display the Headline2 if exists --> <!-- Display the byline if exists --><span class="fineprint"><strong>Oleh<br />
Rosebi Mohd Sah</strong></span> <span class="content">MENGGUNAKAN Internet sebagai alat pemasaran baru untuk terus meningkatkan penjualan dan pendapatan bagi perniagaan baru mahupun perniagaan yang ada.</p>
<p></span> <span class="content">Bagi memanfaatkan sepenuh tujuan itu, Rangkaian Usahawan Muda Dewan Perniagaan dan Perusahaan Melayu Singapura (DPPMS) atau Yen@SMCCI akan mengadakan bengkel maraton tentang penggunaan e-book (buku elektronik) dan menggunakan Internet bagi tujuan meningkatkan penjualan perniagaan.</p>
<p></span> <span class="content">Bengkel sehari pada Ahad ini yang akan diadakan di bangunan Dewan, Jalan Pinang, disokong oleh syarikat perunding cara Internet, Ed Borhan Pte Ltd, dan Now Asia (Chicago Style LLP).</p>
<p></span> <span class="content">Bengkel itu akan menampilkan dua penceramah yang mahir dalam bidang Internet dan e-book - pemilik syarikat Ed Borhan Pte Ltd, Encik Nur Shaheed Borhan; dan pakar FaceBook dari Kedah, Encik Arshad atau lebih dikenali sebagai Master Arshad.</p>
<p></span> <span class="content">Berkerusi roda dan sebagai usahawan berusia 23 tahun, Encik Arshad belajar sendiri kursus-kursus Internet secara dalam talian selama setahun lebih untuk meningkatkan kemahirannya dalam pelbagai bidang Internet.</p>
<p></span> <span class="content">Dengan kemahiran teknologi maklumat (IT) itu, beliau, yang suka mengarang buku dalam bahasa Melayu di Malaysia, kini dapat menjual hasil karyanya menerusi Internet dan menjana sekitar RM13,000 ($5,400) sebulan.</p>
<p></span> <span class="content">&#8216;Para peserta bengkel ini akan diajar bagaimana mencari pelbagai idea dan inspirasi untuk menulis e-book peribadi mereka sendiri dengan menggunakan sofwe e-book yang akan disediakan secara percuma semasa bengkel itu.</p>
<p></span> <span class="content">&#8216;Satu lagi ilmu yang akan diajar kepada para peserta dalam bengkel itu ialah bagaimana memaksimumkan keuntungan perniagaan menerusi penggunaan pasaran Internet,&#8217; kata Encik Abuayubul Ansari, Pengerusi Yen@SMCCI.</p>
<p></span> <span class="content">E-book peribadi dapat mengasingkan seseorang daripada pesaingnya. Ia boleh menggalakkan masyarakat awam supaya menjalankan perniagaan secara langsung dengan pemilik e-book peribadi itu.</p>
<p></span> <span class="content">Pelbagai maklumat dan tip seperti bagaimana untuk menentukan harga dan memasarkan e-book juga akan dikongsi dalam bengkel tersebut.</p>
<p></span> <span class="content">Bagi mereka yang tidak mempunyai komputer riba peribadi, bengkel itu telah mendapatkan syarikat penyewa komputer, Buttersnapz, untuk menyediakan komputer riba bagi para peserta semasa bengkel tersebut.</p>
<p></span> <span class="content">Seminar dalam bahasa Melayu itu akan diadakan dari 8.30 pagi hingga 8 malam dan disertakan dengan jamuan.</p>
<p></span> <span class="content">Bayaran $350 dikenakan bagi bengkel sepanjang hari itu. Namun Yen@SMCCI akan menyediakan cara pembayaran fleksibel bagi mereka yang memerlukan bantuan kewangan.</p>
<p></span> <span class="content">Mereka yang berminat boleh menghubungi syarikat NowAsia di talian 6220-0701 atau 9146-3164 atau 8364-7260.</p>
<p>YEN juga ingin berkerjasama dengan mana manapihak yang mengendalikan sebarang workshop dan latihan keusahawan. Sila hubungi pengerusi Yen AbangAbu di talian 91463164.</p>
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		<title>Human touch. Its still the most powerful marketing</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Mar 2010 06:02:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Abang Abu</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Thought this will be useful&#8230;. even how power a machine can be the human touch will beat everything&#8230;.
The Human Connection by My mentor to me.
For years, we’ve been hearing about how bad airline service
is, but I still recall a United employee who impressed me
enough to forgive the company, give them another try, and I
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Thought this will be useful&#8230;. even how power a machine can be the human touch will beat everything&#8230;.</p>
<p>The Human Connection by My mentor to me.</p>
<p>For years, we’ve been hearing about how bad airline service<br />
is, but I still recall a United employee who impressed me<br />
enough to forgive the company, give them another try, and I<br />
even bought her a small box of candy from the airport gift<br />
shop! What did she do that was so impressive?<br />
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She listened, got Mary and me a seat on the next available<br />
flight, and smiled while she did it.</p>
<p>She did her job with humility, friendliness and style. She<br />
laughed with us, sympathized with our flight being delayed,<br />
and took time to get us the best possible connections. It<br />
took her no more than five minutes, but the sense that she<br />
cared and that she was doing her best left a huge<br />
impression.</p>
<p>United airlines is a big corporation, with thousands of<br />
employees, and yet this woman in the Seattle airport<br />
clearly valued our business. She treated us as friends; she<br />
treated us with respect, kindness and concern.</p>
<p>I recently heard an ad for a large insurance company,<br />
boasting that they do not use automated machines on their<br />
phones and promising that every call would be answered by a<br />
human being within 60 seconds. It was a powerful ad, with a<br />
powerful message and it obviously struck a chord &#8212; I<br />
remember it out of all the ads I&#8217;ve heard recently.</p>
<p>In an age of impersonal business transactions, the human<br />
touch is a uniquely powerful selling idea. That may be a<br />
sad commentary but it is a sound business proposition.<br />
People have always appreciated the human connection and we<br />
are powerfully attracted to those who respect us.</p>
<p>To give your business or professional practice an<br />
unbeatable edge, answer your own phone. Use your first name<br />
and address customers by their names. Reach out in a warm<br />
and friendly manner, and they may become your customer for<br />
life!</p>
<p>GET <a href="http://map2brich.com/">MAP2BRICH</a> - your financial blueprint of the rich</p>
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		<title>This Week Entrepreneur : Muhd Arshad</title>
		<link>http://abangabu.com/biztips/this-week-entrepreneur-muhd-arshad/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Feb 2010 00:41:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Abang Abu</dc:creator>
		
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Its Friday again, another entrepreneur to share with us about his venture. This week AbangAbu will be introduce a person whom all of you might have heard about him in this blog. Infact AbangAbu have wrote few times  about him. He is the inspiring entrepreneur <a href="http://arsyadmaster.com/blog/">Muhd Arshad ( an E book &amp; internet Marketing Entrepreneur)</a></p>
<p>Let&#8217;s read what he have to say and share with us.</p>
<p>PS: Arshad will be holding E Book Workshop in Singapore on the 7th March 2010. For more detail please call 62200701 or sms 84487371</p>
<p>AbangAbu had translate his answers back to English for you to understand better.</p>
<p><span id=":12a"><a href="http://mail.google.com/a/nowasia.sg/?ui=2&amp;ik=8131e9cec6&amp;view=att&amp;th=126de9709e7d5415&amp;attid=0.2&amp;disp=inline&amp;realattid=f_g5su3l1u1&amp;zw" target="_blank"><img class="hv" src="http://mail.google.com/a/nowasia.sg/?ui=2&amp;ik=8131e9cec6&amp;view=att&amp;th=126de9709e7d5415&amp;attid=0.2&amp;disp=thd&amp;realattid=f_g5su3l1u1&amp;zw" alt="my picture.jpg" /></a></span><a href="http://mail.google.com/a/nowasia.sg/?ui=2&amp;ik=8131e9cec6&amp;view=att&amp;th=126de9709e7d5415&amp;attid=0.2&amp;disp=inline&amp;realattid=f_g5su3l1u1&amp;zw" target="_blank"></a><a href="http://mail.google.com/a/nowasia.sg/?ui=2&amp;ik=8131e9cec6&amp;view=att&amp;th=126de9709e7d5415&amp;attid=0.3&amp;disp=inline&amp;realattid=f_g5su46d52&amp;zw" target="_blank"><img class="hv" src="http://mail.google.com/a/nowasia.sg/?ui=2&amp;ik=8131e9cec6&amp;view=att&amp;th=126de9709e7d5415&amp;attid=0.3&amp;disp=thd&amp;realattid=f_g5su46d52&amp;zw" alt="IMG_1068.JPG" /></a><br />
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<strong><span style="color: #ff0000;">1)What kind of business do you have? What inspired you to become an Entrepreneur business owner?</span></strong></p>
<div>perniagaan yang saya miliki ialah perniagaan internet. yang memberi inspirasi kepada saya dalam perniagaan internet ialah <a href="http://irfankhairi.com">Irfan Khairy.</a></div>
<div>Saya dapat lihat pada diri beliau yang perniagaan ini sangat mudah dan boleh dilakukan oleh sesiapa saja.</div>
<div>( <em>My business is internet business. The person who inspired me is Irfan Khairy . He made me realize that running an internet business is easy and can be done by anyone.)</em></div>
<div><span id=":12e"><a href="http://www.rahsia5a.com" target="_blank"><img class="hv" src="http://mail.google.com/a/nowasia.sg/?ui=2&amp;ik=8131e9cec6&amp;view=att&amp;th=126de9709e7d5415&amp;attid=0.5&amp;disp=thd&amp;realattid=f_g5su6bps4&amp;zw" alt="ebook.jpg" /></a></span></div>
<p><strong><span style="color: #ff0000;">2)Did you need to have a certain mindset to achieve success?</span></strong></p>
<div>ya.. saya mempunyai pemikiran &#8220;aku boleh&#8221; untuk mencapai kejayaan sehingga hari ini..</div>
<div>( <em>Yes .. for me i always have the spirit  &#8221; I CAN&#8221; to be successful till  today</em>)</div>
<p><span style="color: #ff0000;"><strong>3)Have you noticed certain advantages to being an entrepreneur business owner?</strong></span></p>
<div>saya tidak pernah terfikirkan sesuatu keuntungan semata-mata dalam perniagaan internet ini. Apa yang saya fikirkan ialah, minat berniaga dan kongsi ilmu dengan pelanggan. kita tidak boleh letak angan-angan yg tinggi sebab nanti kita akan kecewa jika gagal seperti mana yang kita angan-angankan.</div>
<div>( <em>I never thought only just about making money in this internet business, i always been thinking of doing business and also sharing my knowledge with customers. We can always dreaming something to big as we might hurt if we fail to get those dreams)</em></div>
<div><strong><span style="color: #ff0000;">4)Did you have a mentor to help you get started?</span></strong></div>
<div>tidak.. saya tiada mentor untuk mengajar saya cuma saya banyak belajar dari internet.Hanya buku buku dan lelaman web. Kemudian saya mendapat pengetahuan dengan menghadiri pelbagai seminar dan dapat berjumpa dengan mentor mentor seperti AbangAbu dan Irfan Khairi.</div>
<div>( <em>Nope - i dont have any mentor to teach me in the begining , i read and get the knowledge throuh reading and websites. Later i got more knowledge by attending seminars and workshops where i met mentors like Irfan kHairy and AbangAbu</em>)</div>
<p><strong><span style="color: #ff0000;">5)Approximately how much money did you invest before your business became profitable?</span></strong></p>
<div>wang yang saya laburkan memang tidak banyak, saya keluarkan lebih kurang rm 500 untuk memulakan perniagaan internet.</div>
<div>(<em> I do dont invest a lot of money when get strated. I invested around RM500 to start my business.</em></div>
<p><strong><span style="color: #ff0000;">6)What ways have you found to be most effective in marketing your product or service to get sales?</span></strong></p>
<div>pada mulanya saya tidak tahu bagaimana nak pasarkan perniagaan internet tapi selepas saya selidiki dalam sebulan,</div>
<div>baru saya tahu kuasa internet. saya gunakan sistem autoresponder bagi mendapatkan mailling list dan juga affiliate.</div>
<div>(<em>AT the begiining i dun really know how to market my product in the internet but after some study around a month, i realise the power of internet. I use the autoresponder system to get my mailing list and also affiliate system</em>)</div>
<p><strong><span style="color: #ff0000;">7)What tips can you give others who want to embrace their dream but, don’t have the confidence or feel they don’t have what it takes to succeed?</span></strong></p>
<div>tip yang ingin saya berikan pada semua orang yang hendak berjaya ialah :-</div>
<div>(<em> Tips that i would like to share to those who want to be successful is here:</em>-)</div>
<div>Tiada gunanya kalau kita hanya mampu merancang, tapi tak disertakan dengan usaha yg jitu.. kadang2 tu terlalu berusaha tetapi akhirnya buntu smpai takde minat lagi nak teruskan usaha.. sekerat jalan je.. antara faktornya adalah kurangnye ilmu dalam Internet Marketing. Biar ada minat nak belajar dari minat pada keuntungan semata-mata..<br />
(<em> No point that we plan but never take any action and sometime we might taking some action but when things never work out as we want than we stop teh journey halfway&#8230; and some of the factors for this is that we dont have any knowledge about internet marketing, lets have the mindset of learning , not only about making money alone)</em></div>
<div>&#8220;gagal sekali tak bermakna gagal selamanya&#8221;</div>
<div><em><span style="text-decoration: underline;">(Fail once does not means that we fail forever</span>)</em></div>
<div>beberapa tips untuk mengelakkan kegagalan:</div>
<div>( <em>some tips to avoid failures)<br />
</em><br />
a. Tanya diri anda.. Adakah anda sudah betul2 bersedia untuk mulakan langkah pertama anda dalam Perniagaan Internet? dah cukup ke ilmu di dada?</div>
<div>( <em>Ask yourself .. are you ready and willing to take the first step in internet business? have you enough knowledge to get started)</em></p>
<p>b. kenalpasti peluang yg ada. mungkin ianya betul2 boleh bawa kejayaan pada anda, mungkin 50%, dan mungkin tak kan berjaya.</p></div>
<div>( <em>aware of the opportunity that is available. And it might bring success to you. It might me 50% or even nothing at all)</em></p>
<p>c. Kaji kehendak/permintaan bakal pelanggan anda. Atau lebih tepat, kenalpasti sesuatu &#8220;Niche&#8221;. Pilih yg terbaik.</p></div>
<div>( <em>Do research and study your target market,or indentify your niche. choose what is the best for you)</em></div>
<div>d. Untuk mengubah cara berfikir anda , ia memerlukan masa antara 20 hingga ke 30 hari. setiap hari sebelum tidur cakapkan kepada diri anda sendiri pernataan ini &#8220;aku adalah orang yang gembira, aku selalu memikirkan perkara yang elok dan seronok. Aku kini seorang usahawan internet yang berjaya, aku kini seorang jutawan&#8221; ulanginya 100 kali setiap hari sebelum tidur. Tak usah malu jika apa yang anda katakan ini jauh dari realiti anda sekarang kerana anda hanya mengucapkannya kepada diri anda sendiri. Lakukan perkara ini setiap hari,perlahan-lahan cara berfikir anda yang negatif akan ditukarkan kepada yang positif.</div>
<div>(<em>To change your mindset , it will take 20 to 30 days. Every day before you get to sleep keep saying &#8221; I am the happiest person , i always think about things that are fun, I am now a successful internet marketer, keep repeating it 100 times before you sleep. Dont be  shy even what ever you are saying is not true or in reality as you are only telling it to yourself. Do this everyday and you will notice the negative thoughts will start to become positive)</em></div>
<div><span id=":13p"><a href="http://mail.google.com/a/nowasia.sg/?ui=2&amp;ik=8131e9cec6&amp;view=att&amp;th=126de9709e7d5415&amp;attid=0.1&amp;disp=inline&amp;realattid=f_g5su35kv0&amp;zw" target="_blank"><img class="hv" src="http://mail.google.com/a/nowasia.sg/?ui=2&amp;ik=8131e9cec6&amp;view=att&amp;th=126de9709e7d5415&amp;attid=0.1&amp;disp=thd&amp;realattid=f_g5su35kv0&amp;zw" alt="first time.jpg" /></a></span><br />
e. Anda mempunyai banyak pilihan di dalam hidup anda, semuanya bergantung kepada anda. JIka anda mahu menjadi kaya, anda harus berfikir tentang kekayaan setiap masa, jika anda mahu menjadi sihat, anda harus sentiasa berfikir tentang betapa sihatnya diri anda, jika anda mahu menjadi miskin, fikirkan tentang kemiskinan selalu.</div>
<div>(<em>You have many choices in this world to live, and all depends on you. if you want to become rich you should be thinking about being rich every moment, if you want to be healthy than you have to think about health everyday, And you want to be poor that keep thinking about it )</em></div>
<div>f. Nikmati setiap minit dalam hidup anda.Orang yang negatif melihat gelas itu separuh kosong, tapi bagi orang yang berjaya mereka melihat gelas itu separuh penuh. Apabila anda mempunyai masa, katakan perkara ini kepada diri anda &#8220;aku seorang yang sihat, aku seorang yang gembira, aku seorang yang kaya, aku seorang yang berjaya, aku sayangkan diri aku sendiri.Aku seorang yang tenang, dan aku selalu membuat orang lain gembira, aku seorang yang baik hati.&#8221;</div>
<div>( <em>Value every moment in your life. Negative people will see the glass half empty and for successful people they look it as half full. When you have the time say this to yoursel. I am healthy, i am rich, I am successful,I love myself, I am peace, i make other happy and i have a good heart&#8221;)</em></div>
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<div>8 - insya-allah, saya dah rangka plan untuk jangka panjang&#8230; saya akan memulakan projek terbesar pada tahun hadapan dengan internet d seluruh negara..</div>
<div>( <em>God willing, I have long term plans. I will start a big project next year with internet in whole country</em>)</div>
<div>Thas was the interview with Muhd Arshad. AbangAbu truly inspired with this young man who despite his condition he had become very very successful</div>
<div>AbangAbu would like that this opportunity to wish him all the very best in his business and life.</div>
<div>PSS: Dont forget to attend his workshop in Singapore . Check out here&#8230;.</div>
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		<title>Biz Tips - RETAIL</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Feb 2010 15:57:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Abang Abu</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Are you running a retail business? Do you think of starting one? Than todays tip will be very useful for you.
AbangAbu would like to share some of the tips that will be useful in making your business on track. This is even very important during this period of economy where the crisis is still hanging [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://abangabu.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/abgabu2cartoon.gif"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-1734" title="abgabu2cartoon" src="http://abangabu.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/abgabu2cartoon.gif" alt="" width="170" height="256" /></a>Are you running a retail business? Do you think of starting one? Than todays tip will be very useful for you.</p>
<p>AbangAbu would like to share some of the tips that will be useful in making your business on track. This is even very important during this period of economy where the crisis is still hanging there.</p>
<p>Many retailers have to close down because of unsustainable. This is infact a very serious for the whole economy. Retail industry is one of the major contributors of countries economy growth.</p>
<p>So, In order to make your retail business on track you have to really follow the RETAIL method.</p>
<p><img id="ipfP0MYZq_qK-iiJM:" style="border: 1px solid; vertical-align: bottom;" src="http://t0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:P0MYZq_qK-iiJM:http://www.caseyinternet.com.au/upload/retail.jpg" alt="" width="130" height="99" /><img id="ipf7ZxH4r8OW2xPHM:" style="border: 1px solid; vertical-align: bottom;" src="http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:7ZxH4r8OW2xPHM:http://www.allyhunt.com/project/flipper/media/2007/12/05/065831-224.JPG" alt="" width="126" height="93" /><img style="border: 1px solid; vertical-align: bottom;" src="http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:-pfjlTwhqM2M7M:http://www.mainlandheadwear.com/html/eng/images/photo-lids.jpg" alt="" width="126" height="95" /><img id="ipf6LfyX02Lqpv8-M:" style="border: 1px solid; vertical-align: bottom;" src="http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:6LfyX02Lqpv8-M:http://www.bizbuysell.com/work/397900/pa101_0027.jpg" alt="" width="150" height="113" /><img style="border: 1px solid; vertical-align: bottom;" src="http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:6-pnfnd7BZ7_cM:http://www.javista.co.nz/images/retail/retail_03.jpg" alt="" width="137" height="103" /><br />
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<span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>R - Regular Forecast</strong></span></p>
<p>You have to produce forecast monthly on cash flow. Analysis cash position and bank facilities. Make sure capital expenditure are identified well in advance. You only will go bust when you run out of money. Remember it!!!!</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>E - Examine </strong></span></p>
<p>Examine and set realistic banking borrowing. You must reflect the true risk of the business and should not intended to achieve the cheapest cost of borrowing. If that is what you do than you might lose the confidence of your bankers.</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>T - Throw an Offer</strong></span></p>
<p>Don&#8217;t hold on to old stock. old stock ties up working capital, so if it isn&#8217;t selling, discount the price and get rid of it. Throw and offer that they will never want to miss. If stock doesn&#8217;t sell this year, it&#8217;s unlikely to sell next.</p>
<p><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">A- Alert</span></strong></p>
<p>Stay alert , If you know there is a problem, act on it and work out a solution that can represent to creditors. Don&#8217;t just assume you can trade your way out of problems, more remedial action may be required. Recognize that banks, in particular , don&#8217;t like shocks.</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>I - Investigate</strong></span></p>
<p>Investigate the competition. Keep a watchful eye on competitors and if you are doing something different (including buying), make sure that you are right and they are wrong. Adjust your business model when required. (The topical example is the drive of the food retailers into non-food. It is very unlikely that a small business can compete on price. It needs to differentiate on other aspects).</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>L-Liquidity</strong></span></p>
<p>Any retailer must sell above cost and overheads to survive while maintaining sufficient liquidity. For sales, it boils down to making sure that the right quantities of stock are in store, at the right time and at the right price. For costs and liquidity, the management of cash collection and constant monitoring of cost of sales and overheads are vital. I consider these areas risk management and measurement. Get them right, and problems can be identified and rectified at an early stage. Get them wrong, and you suffer.</p>
<p>AbangAbu sure with this RETAIL way you will able to keep your business on the right track.</p>
<p>PS: Do check out the next POWER MAP untuk KAYA . the newly energized workshop to create success in your financial life. DO come for the MAP Solution circle to know more. <a href="http://abangabu.com/workshops/">Check out here</a></p>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Feb 2010 01:14:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Abang Abu</dc:creator>
		
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AbangAbu were in a workshop yesterday and it was really good sometime to observe people and you will got so much knowledge , just keeping shut up&#8230;. Abangabu just did that&#8230;
And AbangAbu want to ask you a questions that i asked myself&#8230;..
HOW DO YOU THINK ABOUT MONEY?
Is it LUCK [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hi , Its monday again. Be excited.</p>
<p>AbangAbu were in a workshop yesterday and it was really good sometime to observe people and you will got so much knowledge , just keeping shut up&#8230;. Abangabu just did that&#8230;</p>
<p>And AbangAbu want to ask you a questions that i asked myself&#8230;..</p>
<p><strong>HOW DO YOU THINK ABOUT MONEY?</strong></p>
<p>Is it LUCK because you have not enough? Or a coincidence?</p>
<p>Studies show that financially successful people think differently ( psychology) &#8212;- compared to not successful ones.</p>
<p>here you go&#8230;<br />
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1) 80% or more of financial success is psychology and only 20% or less is &#8220;how to &#8221; knowledge. Our mindset is very important and determines our thoughts and actions about money. If you believe you cant get out of debt , you wont . If you think you can , you will get out of debt.</p>
<p>A great lesson for many to learn and apply&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;.</p>
<p>2)You deserve to be rich ,full prosperity and abundance of wealth. Do you know we all are born to be happy and wealthy..</p>
<p>This might be difficult to believe for some of you but it is the fundamental truth&#8230;&#8230;</p>
<p>3) Financial success is possible for you too. Just imagine you have enough money to enjoy a happy life. out of debt forever. No more worries about paying bills and debts. Never have to work unless you want to.</p>
<p>How would that make you feel? Just keep that feeling with you always.</p>
<p>4) Learn from those who made it. Dont find your financial success way by trial and error. It takes time , energy and might make you worry and depressive. Be smart and use the experiences and strategies of those who made it. Learn it and utilize it in controlling your financial life!</p>
<p>5) Use money as a tool to solve a problem. What is money means to you?  For some its the source of all problems and for some it is the key to solve our problems. Realize that money is just a tool . Free yourself and use money as a tool , in stead of the money using you!!!!!</p>
<p>These are some thoughts for you to think and apply&#8230;.. in your journey to be financially successful.</p>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Feb 2010 23:51:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Abang Abu</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Hi,This segment were not publish for the last few weeks.
As one of the most popular segment in abangabu.com , Abangabu will bring it live again week by week with young and old , aspiring and experienced entrepreneurs to share with us their journey in entrepreneurship. From this AbangAbu believes that many of us can learn [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hi,This segment were not publish for the last few weeks.</p>
<p>As one of the most popular segment in abangabu.com , Abangabu will bring it live again week by week with young and old , aspiring and experienced entrepreneurs to share with us their journey in entrepreneurship. From this AbangAbu believes that many of us can learn many new things that can be a great help for us.</p>
<p>This week one of <a href="http://abangabu.com/workshops/">MAP untuk KAYA</a> participant who been successfully started few ventures share her views and journey. So lets learn from it&#8230;..</p>
<p>Here goes the interview&#8230;&#8230;<br />
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><strong><span style="color: #ff0000;">1)What kind of business do you have? What inspired you to become an Entrepreneur business owner?</span></strong></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><strong>I have a tuition agency which I call MyTutor Agency. I was a school teacher and is currently doing free-lance teaching. In 2006, when I was doing part-time teaching scheme in a mainstream school, I realized I needed extra cash to pay for my son’s chemotherapy treatment. I tumbled upon a tuition company which taught me the ropes of doing this business at a low cost of using it’s database. I was excited but the business comes with it’s own set of challenges. What’s important to me though is, this business does not take too much of my time and it does not give me any pressure…..I do it “Just for fun and to help others”.</strong></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><strong>This business is my side-line which could very well be my next BIG THING!</strong></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><strong>It’s the hunger to earn more and live in abundance. Of course, there are setbacks that can put you down and pull you back from moving forward but I get composed fast enough to get back in business. I’ve learnt not to dwell on failures but to pursue successes at all times.</strong></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><strong>Being my own boss, it’s up to me to decide how much earnings I want to get for myself. If I need extra pocket money for a period of time, I will work hard to achieve my goal.</strong></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><strong>For example, if I need $3000 this month for a vacation 3 months later, I’ll make plans to get that by setting achievable daily targets. This is my side income anyway but to set a goal and be able to achieve that, to me, the feeling is &#8230;.FABULOUS.</strong></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><strong><span style="color: #ff0000;">4)Is it difficult to get financing for businesses? If so why and are there any solutions?</span></strong></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><strong>Mine is a small scale business so I do not need to get financing help from anywhere. I can start this business with NOTHING, just guts and that winning mentality.</strong></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><strong><span style="color: #ff0000;">5)Did you have a mentor to help you get started?</span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><strong>Initially I did not. So for 3 year, my business was left unattended and</strong><strong> I had very low morale and no intention to revive the business. I read so many books on self-motivation and building own business but it never happened. I was high in spirit and hopes but don’t know where to start. So, on retrospect, those times reading and building castles in the air becomes pointless and a waste of time to the point that I thought all these rich people are saying are pure crap.Talks of the capitalists!</strong></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><strong>Things took a change after attending Abang Abu’s <a href="http://abangabu.com/workshops/">MAP untuk KAYA</a> in early 2009. </strong><span id=":vu"><a href="http://mail.google.com/a/nowasia.sg/?ui=2&amp;ik=8131e9cec6&amp;view=att&amp;th=126e21fd88da554f&amp;attid=0.1&amp;disp=inline&amp;zw" target="_blank"><img class="hv" src="http://mail.google.com/a/nowasia.sg/?ui=2&amp;ik=8131e9cec6&amp;view=att&amp;th=126e21fd88da554f&amp;attid=0.1&amp;disp=thd&amp;zw" alt="map utk kaya batch 38.bmp" width="178" height="220" /></a></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><strong>Abang A</strong><strong>bu’s simp</strong><strong>le tips stick vividly in my mind unt</strong><strong>il today. I like his theory of making $1 grow most. During the course, I was skeptical that a $1 can multiply exponentially. To me, that was IMPOSSIBLE. Now, looking back, it was possible and believable that $1 can multiply with certain strategy, effort and God’s help, mix into one. From that, I learnt that Abang Abu is trying to make us see that intangible existence can be a tangible achievement if we see the big picture of knowing your business.</strong></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><strong><span style="color: #ff0000;"><span> </span>6)Approximately how much money did you invest before your business became profitable?</span></strong></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><strong>Not much. I registered my company in 2006 with little money and then, I engaged a friend’s help to secure the domain name and do up a simple website at about $300. Twice a month, I’ll put up advert in the papers. That’s all. I get at least 20 times the profit from there.</strong></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><strong><span style="color: #ff0000;">7)What resources were most helpful to you when you were starting your business?</span></strong></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><strong>I come into the business with nearly 10 years of teaching experience.</strong></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><strong>That in itself is a plus point for parents to believe the kind of advice or consultation I give them as well as to tutors with regards to making the tuition effective and parents money spent worthwhile. I live by my belief in keeping the “edupreneur” spirit in me alive. I also have a committed and experienced pool of tutors whom I can rely on.</strong></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><strong>The best marketing tool I have is my 800 pool of Facebook friends of whom, some are my clienteles, be it MyTutors or tutees. I believe that if you do a good job, clients will come back to you and spread the good word about your services and this will live by many years to come. I attribute 60% of my sale profits to this group of clients.</strong></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><strong>It’s totally ridiculous to believe that only those who can “ra-ra” and “who-ha” will survive in the business industry. There are many “Jutawan Senyap” lingering around us. You may choose what you want to become. All it takes is the first step to achieve success and the formula will run in your head somehow. If you follow this believe with me, I believe ANYBODY CAN BE RICH!</strong></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><strong><span style="color: #ff0000;">10)How do you manage juggling the responsibilities of being a entrepreneur?</span></strong></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><strong>Doing tuition coordination is a hobby. I treat is as spending my time wisely since I get to earn from it. Most people pay for their hobby but I get money to do my hobby and the feeling’s SUPERB! What’s interesting is, my 8 year old daughter is into this business. She gets to earn by helping me to work on the database following my instructions. She has been so successful to the point that my other 3 kids, aged 7, 5 and 4 years old are green-eyed and eager to learn this simple rope as well.</strong></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><strong>Sometimes, I have to crack my head a little when the request is complicated, something happens to the tutor or tutee during the course of the tuition or when there are no tutors willing to take up an offer. Time is money in this trade since once late, I’ll lose the business. So, I have a personal SOP for closing the deals.</strong></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><strong><span style="color: #ff0000;">11)What’s next for you?</span></strong></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><strong>I intend to strengthen MyTutor’s pool and only maintain the tried and tested tutors. With the great interest I see in my children in doing this business, I want to make this a family hobby which brings in side income in multiples.</strong></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><strong>I have plans to produce a book soon, insyaAllah. This book is about how my family is able to come out from the ordeal of hardship to the point of poverty where we were deeply in debt with the hospital of $60,000 when one of my son was diagnosed with cancer of the blood, leaukemia in 2004. It tells about the resilience we can be to overcome hardship and turn it into a life lesson and fight to pursue life to the best we can.</strong></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText">AbangAbu believe that you can learn lots of things in this interview. Abangabu.com would like to thank Azidah for this interview and wishe Azidah all the success in her journey and new ventures.</p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText">If you too want to create a successfulful business do attend the <a href="http://abangabu.com/workshops/">POWER MAP untuk KAYA</a> workshop&#8230;..</p>
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		<title>Arsyad gives HOPE to many to get started.</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Feb 2010 10:39:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Abang Abu</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[If you know who is Arsyad , check out his blog ARSYAD you will get your hope again in life and business.
Many of those who have been thinking that there will be no hope for them in life was wrong after attending his talk at Singapore on the 13th Feb 2010.
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>If you know who is Arsyad , check out his blog <a href="http://arsyadmaster.com/blog/">ARSYAD</a> you will get your hope again in life and business.</p>
<p>Many of those who have been thinking that there will be no hope for them in life was wrong after attending his talk at Singapore on the 13th Feb 2010.</p>
<p>He will be coming back to Singapore on the 7th March 2010 to conduct an 12hours workshop on creating and selling ebook. It will be an amazing workshop as you will be inspired and get into action right away to write your ebooks.</p>
<p>If you are thinking of writing than this is the workshop that you will never want to miss. Check it out soon in my blog or email abangabu@nowasia.sg for more info.</p>
<p>This is not a workshop that full of hype and glamour, but this will be a workshop of HOPE.</p>
<p>Before i forget , start get back your HOPE.<br />
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<p>Hope is one of those things that shows up in the oddest places; at the oddest times. It can be found where you would imagine only despair to reign&#8230; and it can be missing from places where you think it would be in abundance.</p>
<p>Without it, lives are lost; dreams are destroyed. Fortunately, HOPE can be built, if you&#8217;re willing to work on the little pieces that make it whole.</p>
<p><strong>H = Happiness</strong></p>
<p>Hope is full of joy; but hope doesn&#8217;t have to come before joy. If you seek out that which makes you happy, the more you find, the more hopeful you will become.</p>
<p>Simply put: Do what you love.</p>
<p><strong>O = Optimism</strong></p>
<p>Hope is also a very optimistic emotion. Its key component is believing that things are going to turn out for the better. One way to help insure an optimistic outcome is to make sure that the things you love doing aren&#8217;t hurting you or others in some way (we all love doing things that are bad for us, so we mustn&#8217;t get too confused here).</p>
<p>So, simply put: Do good things.</p>
<p><strong>P = Passion</strong></p>
<p><strong></strong>This goes hand in hand with doing what you love. This is loving what you do. By putting your &#8220;all&#8221; into something that you do, you will find happiness in your passion, passion in your happiness and hope in your all.</p>
<p>Simply: Love what you do.</p>
<p><strong>E = Endurance</strong></p>
<p>Everything takes time, usually more than we want to give (&#8221;I want it now&#8221; is not enough time)&#8230; so we have to keep at it. We have to keep striving for what we ultimately want to achieve, no matter what the adversity.</p>
<p>Simply put: Keep doing it.</p>
<p>Finally, hope for hope. You actually have to want to be hopeful; cause once hope comes, it you don&#8217;t want it, you won&#8217;t keep it. When you feel hope, embrace it.</p>
<p>Hope is Love&#8230; so love it back.</p></div>
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