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MIBPC 2008 Handbook
MIBPC 2008 Handbook
[Version 2.1/160708/TeDD/MDeC]
1. INTRODUCTION................................................................................................................1
2. OBJECTIVES AND SCOPE OF THE COMPETITION................................................1
2.1 OBJECTIVES....................................................................................................................1
2.2 SCOPE.............................................................................................................................1
3. COMPETITION CATEGORIES AND PHASE...............................................................1
3.1 TWO CATEGORIES..........................................................................................................1
3.2 COMPETITION PHASES AND TIMELINE............................................................................1
3.3 REGISTRATION................................................................................................................1
3.4 TRAIN-THE-TRAINERS (TTT).........................................................................................1
3.5 SUBMISSION DATE FOR PRE QUALIFICATION.................................................................1
3.6 FINALS AND AWARDS PRESENTATION CEREMONY........................................................1
4. PRIZE..................................................................................................................................1
4.1 THE CHALLENGE TROPHY..............................................................................................1
4.2 CASH AND VOUCHERS....................................................................................................1
4.3 TEDD DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME AND PRE-SEED FUNDING.....................................1
4.4 MSC MALAYSIA TECHNOPRENEUR PRE-SEED FUND....................................................1
5. COSTS..................................................................................................................................1
6. GUIDELINES......................................................................................................................1
6.1 TO ENTER THE COMPETITION.........................................................................................1
6.2 CONFIDENTIALITY AND INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY GUIDELINES...................................1
6.3 ELIGIBILITY....................................................................................................................1
6.4 TEAM COMPOSITION.......................................................................................................1
6.5 SUBMISSION GUIDELINES...............................................................................................1
6.6 PRESENTATION GUIDELINES (FOR FINALS)....................................................................1
6.7 LANGUAGE.....................................................................................................................1
6.8 DISQUALIFICATION.........................................................................................................1
6.9 TEMPLATES AND OTHER DOCUMENTS FOR DOWNLOAD................................................1
7. THE COMPETITION ORGANISING COMMITTEE...................................................1
8. CONTACT DETAILS.........................................................................................................1
Appendix A: List of Invited IHLs.......................................................................................1
Inline with the MSC Malaysia vision to transform Malaysia into a knowledge economy
(K-economy), the MSC Malaysia - IHL Business Plan Competition (MIBPC) continues
to be the nation’s foremost business plan competition that attracts the innovative minds
of Malaysia’s new generation. Challenging their creativity and capacity in business,
science and technology, the aim of the competition is to create a new genre of
successful technology entrepreneurs (Technopreneurs) that takes charge of their own
destinies and create employment opportunities for the good of the community.
2.1 Objectives
2.2 Scope
To help realise MSC Malaysia’s objective in growing a vibrant ICT industry, the
competition welcomes business ideas and business plans related to Information
Communications & Technology (ICT) or Bio-Informatics, focusing particularly in the
following three clusters:
The competition is open to all Institutions of Higher Learning in two categories, namely
Business Idea and Business Plan.
The Business Idea category is open to all undergraduate students. A Business Idea
submission has to demonstrate the commercial viability of the idea but does not require
a prototype or product.
The Business Plan category is open to all Undergraduate and Postgraduate students,
researchers, academic and non-academic personnel. Submission will include a
comprehensive Business Plan detailing the commercial viability and preferably coupled
with a prototype or product.
The competition has three (3) Phases as illustrated in the table below with the respective
timelines:
All IHLs that intent to participate in the Competition must register with the Competition
Organising Committee not later that 22 August 2008. Please refer to
Section 9. Contact Details for details on whom to contact for registration.
A train-the-trainer session will be conducted this year targeting to the Science and
Technology based lecturers.
The TTT session, held over three days, focuses on the following key considerations for
creating a successful ICT venture for their articulation in a Business Plan:
The key success factors for creating a successful ICT business
Market & technology trends
Business Model
Go-To-Market Model
Sales & Marketing Strategies and Plans
Financial Projections
Funding Requirements & Strategies.
A special invitation to the universities registered for the Competition will be forwarded
for them to take advantage of the course offered.
Actual dates for the submission of Business Ideas and Business Plans for the Pre
Qualification Phase will be determined and announced at a later date. Participating
IHLs will be notified by e-mail and post.
The actual dates for the two-day event will be determined and announced at a later date.
Participating IHLs will be notified by e-mail and post. The Finals of the MIBPC
2008/09 will be held in the MSC Headquarters, Cyberjaya, Selangor.
Please visit the following website regularly for updates and notifications:
www.technopreneurdevelopment.net.my
4. Prize
The table below shows the prizes in cash and vouchers that will be given to the finalists
of the MIBPC 2008/09. Cash prizes will be awarded to all finalists for both competition
categories of the MSC Malaysia – IHL Business Plan Competition. Additionally,
vouchers will be given to the top three winners for competition categories.
Vouchers entitle the winners to redeem relevant products and/or services from our main
sponsors that will meaningfully support the commercialisation of their business
ventures. For example, hardware, software, development tools, publications (manuals,
guides), training programmes, attendance at conference, expositions/summits and so on.
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In bringing the finalists and winners closer towards realising the potential of their
ideas and innovation, MDeC thru TeDD will offer selected teams, Development
Programmes* where they will be able to experience and learn the basics of
technopreneurship. Through this programme they will have access to our incubation
programme and technology labs to further develop their ideas into prototypes or
full-fledge products.
*
Idea Assessment & Enrichment, Business Plan Development, Technopreneur
Competency Training, Business Assessment and Advisory, Group Consulting and
Coaching.
All MIBPC 2008/09 finalists winners are encouraged to apply for the MSC
Malaysia Technopreneur Pre-Seed Fund Programme. As part of the prize, the top
five finalists in the Business Plan category will be exempted from the Evaluation
stage of the MSC Malaysia Pre-Seed Fund and be fast-tracked straight to the
Approval Committee. The programme was initiated in RMK9 to address the
funding gap at pre-seed stage. The programme is expected to boost the
development of commercially viable ICT projects and kick start a chain reaction in
the creation of new local K-SMEs in ICT.
5. Costs
The following table depicts the costs that will be borne by the respective organisation
involved in the MIBPC 2008/09.
6. Guidelines
To participate in the Competition, your IHL must register your IHL’s participation by
22 August, 2008. The Competition organiser within your IHL will act as the liaison
with the Competition Organising Committee.
Participation in the Competition by individuals and teams must be under the auspices of
their respective IHLs.
The participating teams and their respective IHLs will retain all rights to
their Business Ideas, Business Plans and / or Intellectual Properties.
Copies of Business Ideas and Business Plans submitted for the Pre
Qualification and Finals phases of the Competition will be kept strictly
confidential by MDeC and all judges on the judging panel.
Oral presentations and Q&A sessions during the Finals are open to
MDeC, the organisers, fellow participants and invited guests during the Finals.
As such, MDeC, the organisers and the panel of judges shall not be held
responsible for any information discussed or revealed during the Finals that will
likely to enter the public domain.
6.3 Eligibility
All Business Idea and Business Plan submissions must be in the areas of
ICT or bioinformatics.
Each team must comprise of a maximum of three (3) undergraduate students. Final
year students are highly encouraged to participate as a team member. This is to
ensure that the BI is in a better position to be taken to the next stage of
commercialisation by the team.
Each team can comprise of a maximum of four (4) members with any combination
of undergraduate, postgraduate students, researchers, academic and non-academic
personnel.
All Business Idea and Business Plan submissions must be in accordance with the
document templates provided at www.technopreneurdevelopment.net.my.
All submissions must include two (2) sets of hardcopy documents and one (1) set of
softcopy format in either Microsoft Word or Adobe Acrobat PDF formats, according to
the following document settings:
Paper size: A4.
Paper orientation: Portrait (except where the inclusion of tables and graphs
necessitate the landscape format).
Margins: Top and Bottom at 1 inch, Left and Right at 1.25 inches.
Font type: Arial.
Font Size: size 11pt (headings may be of a bigger font size).
Line spacing: Single.
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(a) Each team will be given 20 minutes to present its Business Idea or Business
Plan. This will be followed by a 10-minute Q&A session between the team and
the panel of judges.
(b) Time limits will be strictly enforced. During the team presentation, the
presenting team will be alerted five (5) minutes and one (1) minute before the
end of the allocated time of twenty (20) minutes.
(c) All members of the team are encouraged to participate in the formal presentation
of the Business Idea or Business Plan and the Q&A session that follows. This
demonstrates teamwork and appropriate allocation of focus areas of expertise
within the team.
(d) The presentation room will be set up with the following equipment:-
(e) Time limits will be strictly enforced. During the team presentation, the
presenting team will be alerted five (5) minutes and one (1) minute before the
end of the allocated time of twenty (20) minutes.
(f) Teams presenting their Business Plans are allowed to demonstrate their
prototype or product. However, this must be communicated to the organisers
prior to the presentation day. All equipment and props required for the
demonstration must be provided by the team. All equipment and props must be
set up and dismantled within the allocated timeframe of twenty (20) minutes for
the presentation if the demonstration is set up on the same day of the
presentation. If the demonstration is set up a day before the presentation day the
equipment and props must not impede the general proceedings of the Finals and
presentations by other teams.
(g) All teams participating in the Finals are allowed to observe all Business
Presentations and Q&A sessions during the Finals.
English shall be language used for all aspects of the Competition, including for the
submission of Business Ideas and Business Plan and all presentations at the Finals.
6.8 Disqualification
The Competition Organising Committee reserves the right to disqualify any teams that
do not adhere to these guidelines.
The following templates and documents are available for download at:
www.technopreneurdevelopment.net.my.
Committee Members:
1. Abdul Kadir Othman, Open University Malaysia
2. Abdul Rashid Baba, Universiti Sains Malaysia
3. Aliza Sarlan, Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS
4. Aniza Ismail, Multimedia University
5. Asma Md Ali, International Islamic University Malaysia
6. Associate Professor Azizi Zakaria, Universiti Utara Malaysia
7. Associate Professor Dr. Chan Toong Khuan, Malaysia
University Science and Technology
8. Associate Professor Dr. Husaini Omar, Universiti Putra
Malaysia
9. Associate Professor Dr. Rashdi Shah, Universiti Teknologi
Malaysia
10. Aziman Abdullah, Universiti Malaysia Pahang
11. Chin Chee Ken, Sunway University College
12. Dr. Jimmy Mok VH, Universiti College Sedaya International
13. Dr. Kenneth Ang, University of Nottingham Malaysia
14. Dr. Rohana Mahmud, Universiti Malaya
15. Edna Buyong, Universiti Teknikal Melaka
16. Haniza Othman, Kolej Universiti Islam Selangor
17. Megat Sharifudin Megat Idris, Universiti Kuala Lumpur
18. Mohamed Hussain Thowfeek, International University
College of Technology Twintech
19. Mohd Ali Che Remalee, Cyberlynx International College
20. Mohd Zaliman Mohd Yusoff, Universiti Tenaga Nasional
21. Nadiah Suki, Asia Pacific Institute of Information
Technology
22. Noormaizatul Akmar Ishak, Universiti Malaysia Perlis
23. Rodney Tan, Universiti College Sedaya International
24. Rohana Sham, Universiti Teknologi Mara
25. S. Ananda Shanmugan, University of Nottingham Malaysia
26. Semanat Abu Bakar, Universiti Malaysia Terengganu
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8. Contact Details
Our Secretariat at MDeC or your individual IHL Secretariats will be happy to attend to
your registration to participate in the Competition or any general inquiries you may
have regarding the Competition.
MDeC Secretariat
Norzalina Masom
03-8315 3369
zalina@mdec.com.my
Josephine Ong
03-8315 3060
josephine@mdec.com.my
The MIBPC 2008/09 is open to all registered students, researchers, academic and non-
academic staffs of all public, Government-linked and private Institutions of Higher
Learning. The following have been invited to participate in the Competition. However,
this does not preclude other IHLs not in the list below from participating in the
Competition.
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