48 year review of project leadership in malaysia

a 48 year review of project leadership in Malaysia

PIKOMProject Leadership Certificate

Jan 2012

... seriously

...age

...experience

...innovation

... seriously

...age

...experience

...innovation

...doing things v getting things done

... seriously

...age

...experience

...innovation

...doing things v getting things done

...doing good things v doing things good

... seriously

...age

...experience

...innovation

...doing things v getting things done

...doing good things v doing things good

...provoke and challenge

hypotheses

hypotheses

... great project leaders stifle Malaysian innovations

hypotheses

... great project leaders stifle Malaysian innovations

... too many big fat projects run by so many great project leaders 

hypotheses

... great project leaders stifle Malaysian innovations

... too many big fat projects run by so many great project leaders 

...lack of great innovators

a 45 year review of technopreneurs in Malaysia

in 30 minutes

Startup Camp KLGEW Malaysia November 2008

disclaimer

• The following presentation reflects the views of the presenter and not his organization 

• It has no clear thesis and is more a jumbled collection of things to say

• It is a collection of anecdotes, ideas and empirical observations with little rigour or exhaustive analysis

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Birth of the Internet?

• 1998 Founding of Google• 1991 Gore Bill signed by George Bush I• 1989 World Wide Web• 1984 Arpanet to TCP/IP• 1973 Ethernet, TCP/IP, Cellphone• 1969 Arpanet• 1957 Sputnik• 1946 Transistor and Me (62)

{sourced from Bob Metcalfe Enernet presentation}

48 years

2008    BarCamp Malaysia Start Up Camp Plug & Play2003    Cradle2001    MavCap , TEAM1996    MDC 1995    Mesdaq 1989    KLSE 2nd Board1984    MVB1970    NEP1963    Malaysia, me

Subtle difference

• Metcalfe: innovation, private sector, risk based

Subtle difference

• Metcalfe: innovation, private sector, risk based

• razlan: copy, government & institutions

Subtle difference

• Metcalfe: innovation, private sector, risk based

• razlan: copy, government & institutions

• Wired into our DNA

Subtle difference

• Metcalfe: innovation, private sector, risk based

• razlan: copy, government & institutions

• Wired into our DNA, o flag

Subtle difference

• Metcalfe: innovation, private sector, risk based

• razlan: copy, government & institutions

• Wired into our DNAo flago anthem

name 6 Malaysian innovations that we are still world leaders 

name 6 Malaysian innovations that we are still world leaders• Royal Selangor Pewter

name 6 Malaysian innovations that we are still world leaders• Royal Selangor Pewter• Felda

name 6 Malaysian innovations that we are still world leaders• Royal Selangor Pewter• Felda• Tabung Haji

name 6 Malaysian innovations that we are still world leaders• Royal Selangor Pewter• Felda• Tabung Haji• Rotational monarchy system

name 6 Malaysian innovations that we are still world leaders• Royal Selangor Pewter• Felda• Tabung Haji• Rotational monarchy system• affirmative action for minority

name 6 Malaysian innovations that we are still world leaders• Royal Selangor Pewter• Rotational monarchy system• Felda• Tabung Haji• affirmative action for minority• educational twinning programs

VC in Malaysia

80's    low tech, services90's    bank backed00's    govt backed10's    social network

why don't world class VC firms come to town? 

why don't world class VC firms come to town?the same reason world class soccer firms don't come either

why don't world class VC firms come to town?the same reason world class soccer firms don't come either

...we are not a known producer {incubator} of what they wanttheir raw materialsgreat soccer players

why don't world class VC firms come to town?the same reason world class soccer firms don't come either

...we are not a known producer {incubator} of what they wanttheir raw materialsgreat soccer players

...start ups that grow big fast

why does Cyberjaya not produce innovative young tech start ups that grow big fast like Silicon Valley?

Silicon valley tech icons

bill hewlett & dave packardbill gates & paul allensteve jobs & steve wozniakjerry yang & david filolarry page & sergey brinlee bosack & sandy lernerherman hollerithpierre omidyarmark zuckerbergbill von meister

Silicon valley tech icons

bill hewlett & dave packardbill gates & paul allensteve jobs & steve wozniakjerry yang & david filolarry page & sergey brinlee bosack & sandy lernerherman hollerithpierre omidyarmark zuckerbergbill von meister

hpmicrosoftappleyahoogoogleciscoibmebayfacebookaol

its the weather!

World giants

• General Electric• BP• HSBC• Toyota• Gazprom

World tech giants

• sony • nokia• ibm• microsoft• google • cisco

malaysian giants

PetronasSime DarbyMISCPublic BankMaybankTenagaTelekomGentingIOI

malaysian tech giants

Our share

world malaysia shareJan 08 mkt cap USD T 55.1 0.317 0.58%Sept 08 mkt cap USD T 42.8 0.217 0.51%Jan 12 mkt cap USD T 46.1 0.331 0.72% {RM104.16B}population m 7B 28.4  0.41%size m sq km 148 .329 0.22%

Listed companies 46,325 980 2.12%Mkt Cap #2 USD B 392 20.6 5.3%Mkt Cap #100 USD B 57.8 .231 .39%

zeitgeist malaysia web %umno                     2,340,000 4,810,000       48.65%msc status                  64,700  354,000         18.28%bogel                       296,000 1,670,000        17.72%bank loan                 59,600 6,760,000         0.88%technology           6,250,000 1,030,000,000 0.61%entrepreneur            206,000 39,100,000     0.53%conman                      10,500 2,200,000        0.48%start up                     525,000 161,000,000    0.33%innovation                 335,000 127,000,000    0.26%Garage                      566,000 232,000,000    0.24%venture capital             41,800 17,400,000      0.24%naked                        252,000 134,000,000     0.19%iphone                        524,000 330,000,000    0.16%hacker                         207,000 248,000,000   0.08%

project leadership                  390m 85.2k     .0218%project leader                        344m 170k       .0494%project manager                    1.12B 2.33m     .0208%project management              232m 1.75m     .754%

project leadership certificate  4.01m 8,910      .222%

901                                         397m   1.31m    .28%

malaysia / world

razlan rule: malaysia / malaysians will be more than 1% google

start ups

railroads electricitytelephoneinternet

UK, US; innovation, driven by enterprising spiritMalaysia; government driven, licensed regulation

Ecosystem

many playerssupporting industriesjoint venturesventure fundingsecondary marketsangel investorsfailed projectssimple mathematicsexperiencewealth creationinnovationMarketingStart ups

Innovation v regulation

oil palm: suitable climate, soil, ecosystem

Innovation v regulation

oil palm: suitable climate, soil, ecosystemproperty: suitable climate, soil, ecosystem

Innovation v regulation

oil palm: suitable climate, soil, ecosystemproperty: suitable climate, soil, ecosystemPolitics: suitable climate, soil, ecosystem

Innovation v regulation

oil palm: suitable climate, soil, ecosystemproperty: suitable climate, soil, ecosystemPolitics: suitable climate, soil, ecosystemIpo: suitable climate, soil, ecosystem

Innovation v regulation

oil palm: suitable climate, soil, ecosystemproperty: suitable climate, soil, ecosystemPolitics: suitable climate, soil, ecosystemIpo: suitable climate, soil, ecosystemprojects:suitable climate, soil, ecosystem

sorry

• The Malaysian ecosystem is not conducive to producing world class soccer players and world class tech start ups that grow big fast

ecosystem

• Fit within the local ecosystem• Change the ecosystem• Change the weather

Social networking

what you know v who you know

who you knowwho you meetwhere you go ...therefore, golf courses, karaoke, politics, airport sendoffs...…facebook, linkedIN, myspace, YM, MSN, icq, irc

Other intersections

• Solve a big problem• Avoid politics, from any angle• Low hanging fruits• Kl traffic, Ah Long, Maids• Car, House, Food, Education

razlan challenge

• Usd 10b revenues• Usd 100m GAMEY

richard abas

razlanabas at gmail

+60 19 335 47 31