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Corporate > Citizenship

Samsung Lends Support to Local Budding

Entrepreneurs via Global Startup Acceleration
Program
on 13-08-2018

Picture 1 Proud winners of the Samsung Global Startup Acceleration Program 2018. Top
(from left):
1. Mr. Dash Dhakshinamoorthy, Founder of StartupMalaysia
2. Mr. Ahmad Saparudin Bin Yusup, Secretary General of Malaysian Youth Council
3. Dr. Mohamed Maliki Bin Mohd Rapiee, Director of International Youth Centre Kuala
Lumpur
4. Dato’ Lokman Hakim Bin Ali, Secretary General of Ministry of Youth and Sports
5. Dato’ Roh Jae Yeol, Director of Corporate Affairs, Samsung Malaysia Electronics
6. Mr. Joonyeon Kim, Leader of Samsung Employee Volunteer Program, Samsung
Electronics

 
Kuala Lumpur, 13 August 2018 – Today more and more of creative entrepreneurs
are deciding to set up businesses across the globe; and behind every successful
entrepreneur, there are stories of mentorship, support, knowledge sharing and
networking. Every bit of experience that mentors provide their mentees is
invaluable and makes a powerful difference in their future.
 
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In view of this, Samsung has kick-started its annual Employee Volunteer Program
under the theme ‘Global Startup Acceleration Program’ for the year 2018. The
program is a collaborative effort with the Ministry Youth and Sports Malaysia,
International Youth Center (IYC) Kuala Lumpur, StartupMalaysia and Malaysian
Youth Council. Held at the International Youth Centre (IYC) Kuala Lumpur, the
business boot camp saw its participants being mentored by 35 volunteering
experts and engineers from Samsung Headquarters. Participants were trained in
the areas of business problem-solving such as marketing, engineering, design,
business strategy, and more.
 
“There are so many ambitious startups that have seen beyond impressive growth;
and as a company that supports the idea of chasing after your dream and making
it happen, we at Samsung want to do as much as we can to help budding
entrepreneurs realise their ambitions. From this Program, we hope that our
participants have been given a boost, and that their business dreams will soon
become reality,” said Yoonsoo Kim, President of Samsung Malaysia Electronics.
 
“Our on-going vision is to ‘Inspire the World, Create the Future’. Through initiatives
such as this, we believe that these rookie businesses have been given a stepping
stone forward, towards a future that all of us dream of. We will continue to help
our surrounding communities to the best of our capabilities. To all graduating
participants of the Program, I wish you all the very best in your future endeavours,”
concluded Yoonsoo Kim.
 
Throughout the 5-day program, a total of 13 participating Malaysian startups were
divided into seven teams according to their industries such as education,
agriculture, fashion, and more. The goal that mentors had in mind prior to the boot
camp was to help participants understand their startups’ vision, needs, business
models, and industry challenges. Upon the conclusion of the program, each startup
team was given the opportunity to pitch their ideas to panels, and top three
selected business models have been arranged to receive extended support through
StartupMalaysia for six months.
 

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Picture 2 Team ‘Go Coach’ – Champions of the Samsung Global Startup Acceleration
Program (GSAP)

 
“Winning this acceleration program is something we never expected so you can
imagine our thrill when we heard our names being called out. We appreciate this
opportunity presented by Samsung and the partners as our vision for our company
is now clearer and we are excited to scale our business. This program is unique
from others because it focuses on the exact needs of the business, which is exactly
what startups require in order to develop in the right direction. The mentors were
enthusiastic from beginning to end, giving us the motivation to excel further. We
truly believe that the key ingredient to becoming a successful entrepreneur is
passion; profit-making is secondary and will eventually happen so long as the
products and/or services offered are solid” said Rashid Jamiran, Chief Executive
Officer and Founder of Go Coach.
 

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Picture 3 (Left) Chief Executive Officer and Founder of Go Coach, Mohd Rashid Bin
Jamiran, and Chief Operating Officer, Zulfadhli Zaim Bin Ismail

 
Go Coach is a web-based matching platform that connects sports enthusiasts and
coaches to create an exciting sporting experience. The company offers affordable
coaching prices that players can opt for based on their budgets. It also provides a
pool of certified and qualified coaches, catering to the users’ wants and needs. The
creators of Go Coach plans to expand its application across five major cities in
Malaysia thus increasing user-base.
 
The Samsung Global Startup Acceleration Program is an international initiative,
spanning across India, Indonesia, Nepal, South Africa, and Malaysia. Participants
were selected by the Samsung mentors themselves, who had to consider various
factors such as the participants’ motivation for starting their business, their
passion and business models.
 
For more information about the Samsung Global Startup Acceleration Program in
Malaysia, please visit https://gsap2018my.org/.
 

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Picture 4 and 5 Team AiReca emerged as 1st runner up for designing an application for
users to customise their own clothing design

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Picture 6 and 7 Team Gigz emerged as 2nd runner up for their efforts in creating a
recruitment platform for university students

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Picture 9 And it’s a wrap! Participants went home with valuable experiences from the
Samsung Global Startup Acceleration Program 2018

Picture 8 Pitching in progress

TAGS Corporate Social Responsibility, Employee Volunteer Program, Global

Startup Acceleration Program, International Youth Centre, Samsung
Malaysia Electronics

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