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Not enough exposure for some of the great stuffs that some of us are doing.
Most Malaysians tend to believe that all local stuffs are not that great (Proton Mentality), and that we are not capable of anything good and all great things can only be done by foreigners. Compounded by the fact that some media exposure, tv shows and events go on to expose half baked ideas, while companies with traction hardly get any exposure.
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A) There might not be something to showcase, things are not disruptive enough yet;
B) There is no exposure or a central point to begin with exposure;
I prefer A more than B. At least that means we can start building something. B is much harder to solve. Shyness is hard to solve.
By the way, glove industry is another success story. AirAsia is another inspiring tale. Beyond that, I'm still thinking. There are less World Class company run by Malaysian, yet many are Malaysian Companies goes global.
The fact that we're not exactly firing off the names of these companies is a testament that not enough exposure is given to them. But I am not one to answer this question well. If you really wanted to know what great stuffs has Malaysians been doing, Doc Siva & Renuka are practically walking local Wikipedia.
Transparency ? not sure I follow.
the databases I referred to were/are published by MDeC (of MSC Companies), SMECorp (admittedly large of 100s thousands SMEs) and PIKOM (of their members). think both MSC companies and PIKOM's list is available off a link off their respective websites. in MDeC's case, the MSC companies are tracked qualitatively (SCORE+) and quantitatively (revenue, headcount et al) as well.
point I was trying to make was a directory of listings alone isn't enough. yet another directory of startups may seem like the solution, but I don't think so. also think the OP should realise that part of any founder's task is to promote his own company, to get his product well known. it's part and parcel of running a startup. in the age of mobile and internet advertising, multiple options avail themselves. if product take up doesn't materialise, then perhaps different questions should be asked. I do agree with the OP though that the Malaysian mindset has a huge inertia against accepting locally made solutions. it's been a bane of the IT industry for a long, long time.
Heislyc Loh is doing so. Instead of starting another yellow phone book of "Silicon Valley Malaysia", should try to think in terms of impact to Malaysia or Global Startup. Back to the basic, get out of building.The most interesting startup cluster, where are them? Have you talked to them?
Right now, I can observe there are two interesting cluster: Money Comparisons & Taxi Hailing. I don't think any of the startup is in your so called Panel, Refer List, or even contact list.
*SIGH*. No impact to me either.
On the other hand, if the list of companies was more meaningful, i.e. with detailed filters such as 'Target Market' 'type of products' , 'growth rates', 'Market potential' , even things like 'Is it a disruptive model?' , 'Founder Skill sets' and etc. It will create a platform whereby
a) People who have certain skill sets can partner up with startups better
b) Local media can do better research and locate them easily.
c) For government agencies to keep track and analyse these companies
I think this list / database will be very interesting and I would spend lots of time checking them out.
Just me 2 cents.
At the bottom, they list out in each industry, who the global and local market leaders are. I never knew about Delima HOme, and that they were one of the main local players in the Home furnishing industry. Now I know and I may buy from them.