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Rickson, hope you can re-read the article above again. Don't think you got the point. 
Hi Jacques. We agree with you here. Can you give us a couple of examples of practical courses/workshops we can offer to help entrepreneurs up their skills? We have quite a few in mind but wanted to validate with your thinking. Thanks!
How many hardware startups are there in Malaysia? If there's critical mass, it makes sense to build one. But right now, we haven't heard of many HW-focused startups. Do you think if there was more support that more HW startups would crop up? Some data would help here. Thanks!
That's why I'd love to see more initiatives like http://www.startupstreet.co/ come up! 
This is great, Dinesh. Point taken and really great feedback. 

Curious - what are the success stories that have come out of this matching program? Are they listed anywhere? Who owns or tracks the results of these projects? Thanks!
Found and dug up this interesting thread on Quora a couple of years back and posting here for reference: http://www.quora.com/What-did-MDeCs-startup-grant-program-do-right-and-what-did-it-do-wrong
One of the concerns brought up is how can we safeguard against abuse if we open up the floodgates for foreign visas? Can you think of some requirements for both the hiring company and the foreigner? (eg. the company must have raised a round of funding, or the foreigner must have a technical degree and at least a university degree, etc). And what does "temporary" entail? 
Feedback and concrete suggestions would be super helpful here. What do you want to see happen? 
Do you have any suggestions for which dept/agency/media would be responsible for promoting local technology/software? And what these entities should/can do? 
We were just talking about this with the team tonight. How do you train people to be good leaders? How do you build character in the classroom? Any examples or ideas would be helpful. I don't know if hosting a "Tony Robbins" motivational talk would solve the problem... or maybe it would ;)