Meet Chan Kok Long of ipay88, Kumaran Singaram of Connectloud, Adnan Lee of MBG Fruits and more at the Nurture Growth Conference

"What is this Nurture Growth Conference about?", you ask. There are so many seminars about Getting Wealthy by the age of 30, or about how to Start a Start Up or How to Start Selling Online to make thousands of Ringgit a month.

The Nurture Growth Conference is NOT about getting rich quick, or about how to sell online. It is the first part of a series of events that guides its participants stage by stage, how to be successful in life and business. It is about getting back to the basics by learning from community leaders and sharing knowledge with peers. 

It is not everyday that business owners and business students are able to meet with business leaders such as Chan Kok Long of ipay88, Kumaran Singaram of Connectloud, and Adnan Lee of MBG Fruits in ONE day.

The first Nurture Growth Conference is the place to be next Thursday (19th November at Damansara Uptown) if you would like to learn how set clear goals in your business and life. Chan Kok Long, the Executive Director of ipay88 will be sharing how he overcame hardship and business challenges (over and over again) to be where he is today. 

A company with no clear systems and structure is headed for disaster and this is no exaggeration. Learn how business planning and systems can help you push your company towards achieving the end goal. This is relevant to both sole proprietors and MNCs. Fred Wu of GE Consult will be teaching you the right steps to take.

If you find yourself wondering why your staff turnover is high, Adnan Lee of MBG Fruits is the man to listen to. By making sure he himself knows what values are important to his company, he makes sure that new hires live by these values too. Learn about staff engagement and staff retention in his session.

Time. There does not seem to have enough time in a day for an entrepreneur. You're busy meeting suppliers, prospects, clients, staff every day. Naseer Bhatti of Abee Rugs and Lavinie Thiruchelvam of Babydash share how they spend their time efficiently to keep their businesses running smoothly.

IT. No, not the clown. IT, short for internet technology. We all know the importance of social media marketing and getting businesses online. But what about the hardware? Companies with loads of documents and are stock heavy tend to have in-house servers and we know what a high investment they are. But are they really? Kumaran Singaram of Connectloud speaks about how technology does not have to be expensive and how to use it to get your company operating, globally.

Entrepreneurship. That's the "in" word  of the century. Everyone wants to be an entrepreneur. There are plenty of seminars about start ups and incubation and acceleration programs. We won't even go there. We won't even touch the funding subject.

Vincent Chew of Eduvo will teach you how to win at the Game of Entrepreneurship. How to change your mindset from being an ordinary businessman to be a REAL Entrepreneur. It's really not about the money. "What?!" you scream but yet it is true. It is about filling the gap or solving a problem.

GET YOUR TICKETS TO THIS NOT TO BE MISSED EVENT AT www.nurturegrowthconference.com. 

If you still haven't registered for Nurture Growth Conference 2015, which takes place on 19 November 2015 at The Penthouse Damansara Uptown 1, then you have less than six days to sign-up.

For your easy reference, please click HERE for the full event agenda and to maximise your attendance, we would be glad to give you a RM20 DISCOUNT!

Looking to register a group?  Normal rate is RM199 per delegate but you can save $$$ through our 2+1 deal – pay for two at RM199 each and your third is complimentary

Students are eligible to purchase tickets at RM150 each.

This offer ends very soon, 16 November (Monday- you have the weekend to think about this offer). 

Don't miss this chance to learn from the experts, sign up at Nurture Growth Conference and reply to my email at info@bestevents-asia.com and ask for a discount code now.

Are you dying to attend this event but are financially tight? Drop us a line NOW and we will help you.

Find it hard to skip a day at work? A suggestion would be to ask your boss to attend so you can come too :)

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How Lavinie Thiruchelvam Spends Her Time as an ECommerce Entrepreneur

In 2011, Lavinie Thiruchelvam (a law graduate who worked at ABN Amro and founded Dance Space) started Babydash with her friend from secondary school Tay Shan Li, a qualified chartered accountant and investment banker who formerly worked at CIMB. 

No doubt, the life of an entrepreneur in a competitive ECommerce market can be very hectic. How does Lavinie get things done efficiently? She shares her thoughts with us.

Q1: What makes a good business leader?

Visionary

A business leader starts off with a dream and then sets out to achieve it. They are visionary and full of conviction which then translates to action.

Integrity & Honesty - Honest leaders inspire through words and actions. This then sets the tone for a principled and ethical company where the business fundamentals are based on these core values.

Decisive & Positive – The ability to make choices and decisions as they continuously arise. To be able to weigh out consequences and decide what works best for the company and to be confident about every step taken. To also have a strong self-belief and positive outlook to grow and push boundaries and achieve the goals of the company.

Staff empowerment

Empower your staff so they have a sense of ownership and they will then flourish with achievement in their respective roles. Continuously share goals with whole team so they track the progress of the company and feel their importance in each milestone achieved.

Q2: What is your typical day like?

As a leader of a startup moving into a growth stage company, the ability to multitask remains tops. A typical day involves negotiating & talking to supplier partners, responding to emails throughout the day, communicating with the operations team on daily work, keeping a check on our social media platforms, strategizing new monthly marketing plans & tie-ups. 

On a weekly basis, we also have meetings with potential investors as we plan ahead for our next round of financing. Also attend courses & talks to learn from other business owners and experts. Overall, a typical day as an entrepreneur is continuous working and thinking about building & scaling the business.

Q3: How does your company ensure a work-life balance?

For our team, we start our working hours later than usual so that our staff don’t get stuck and waste time in peak hour traffic. Hence, their daily time becomes as efficient as it gets.

Q4: How has technology helped you manage your time better?

My whole business is about technology. E-commerce facilitates automatic sales which makes operations a straight-forward process thereby efficient use of time. Technology also allows me to work on the go. There is no such thing as wasting time when you can access your email and work files on the go and work anywhere. Technology is also the basis of my daily time & task management tool.

Q5: When opening a business, what's the first thing the owner should do, in terms of managing their time? 

First thing is to map out a structure of what needs to be done to start the business. Categorise all the different facets that are imperative to build the business and then start to prioritize them. Where possible, delegate & outsource to be more efficient. It is common to have a few key items that need to run concurrently so the ability to multitask and manage time to give equal priority to achieve these goals are crucial.

Join Lavinie Thiruchelvam at the Nurture Growth Conference on November 19th in Petaling Jaya, Malaysia as she shares how important it is to plan your time to ensure that things get done efficiently.

 Make sure you get your tickets HERE.

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