Author: Karamjit Singh
FireEye CEO has fire in his belly
Ashar Aziz founded FireEye to combat threats designed to disrupt computer operations, gather sensitive information, or gain unauthorised access to computer systems.
Game, set, match for China?
Rather than become a game developer yourself in Malaysia, and really in any other market in South-East Asia aside from Indonesia, you have a better chance of success if you invest US$100,000 in a new game developer in China instead.
Let’s get behind Pemandu
DNA founder Karamjit Singh says he would not like to be in Pemandu CEO Datuk Seri Idris Jala’s shoes – attacked by the very people who should be supporting him.
Are journalists so special? Celcom and Huawei respond
Celcom and Huawei respond to DNA founder Karamjit Singh's Aug 7 commentary expressing his concern at a 93% discount offer made by Celcom for the media who attended an event it was having for the launch of a Huawei tablet in Malaysia.
MDeC’s Badlisham: ‘The best is yet to come’
Asked if he thought 2011 was an inflection year for MSC Malaysia companies in terms of their overall revenue performance, Datuk Badlisham Ghazalie, chief executive officer of Multimedia Development Corporation, thought hard for a good five seconds and answered with a firm, “No. The best is yet to come.” That may be so, but there are challenges too.
MDeC employs ‘stacking’ approach to create greater value
A key strategy for MDeC pushing forward is the stacking strategy that it has begun employing for its MSC companies, in which one large company takes the lead and works with a number of smaller companies that have complementary solutions that address the customer’s needs. This approach creates a stronger value proposition for customers too.
You got creativity?
Those in the creative content space, take note of the Creative Business Cup of Malaysia, a new competition to find an existing company that will represent Malaysia in the Creative Business Cup that will be hosted by Denmark.
MOL Global now one of the top game payment providers in the world
Ganesh Kumar Bangah has built MOL Global into one of the world’s top five game payment companies, mainly because of its physical payment outlets that augment its online payments. In the process, he has provided the stimulus for Malaysia to become one of the region’s largest game publishers.
How hungry is MDeC to make a difference?
MDeC has to step out of its box and it absolutely must step up its game. It can do this next year when it gets the next drawdown of its funding from the Government under the 10th Malaysia Plan. Pick the best entrepreneurs and send them to Silicon Valley to test their ideas against the best in the world, argues DNA founder and CEO Karamjit Singh.
Is Biotech CEO traveling too much, not supporting key players enough?
With 217 BioNexus status companies, the Malaysian biotech space is not exactly sizzling with excitement. Biotech Corp CEO Datuk Dr Mohd Nazlee Kamal responds to his critics on this and also allegations that he is traveling outside Malaysia too much and not supporting industry players enough.
