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A variety of food stalls and vendor booths from entrepreneurs across Selangor at Petaling Jaya Entrepreneur Day.<\/p>\nPJ council says its business boost initiatives also benefitted over 2,600 participants<\/p>\n
TEN local entrepreneurs have been awarded the Petaling Jaya Potential Entrepreneur Award, earning a spot on an exclusive study tour to Guangzhou, China, this December.<\/p>\n
The awards were the main highlight of the two-day Petaling Jaya Entrepreneur Day held at The Curve in Petaling Jaya.<\/p>\n
Selangor youth, sports and entrepreneurship committee chairman Mohd Najwan Halimi presented the prizes.<\/p>\n
In a statement, Petaling Jaya City Council (MBPJ) highlighted that the awards reflected its ongoing commitment to strengthening the local entrepreneurial ecosystem, specifically helping micro-enterprises grow sustainably and competitively.<\/p>\n
The city council said its development initiatives had seen significant growth, recording 2,631 participants this year compared to 1,230 in 2022.<\/p>\n
MBPJ attributed this rise to its structured approach, having conducted 28 training sessions across three skill levels this year.<\/p>\n
These sessions covered business fundamentals, financial management, digital marketing, product branding and market expansion.<\/p>\n
A variety of food stalls and vendor booths from entrepreneurs across Selangor at Petaling Jaya Entrepreneur Day.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis structured approach has also seen participants successfully scale up their businesses, including moving from small-scale sales to producing their own products, expanding food truck operations, obtaining halal certification and opening brick-and-mortar restaurants,\u201d MBPJ\u2019s Corporate Commu\u00adnications Unit said.<\/p>\n
To support digital branding, MBPJ also operates StudioBiz Plats@PJ, a platform offering digital recording, promotional and marketing support.<\/p>\n
This year\u2019s event also introduced a new award \u2013 Best Pitching Session Participant \u2013 to reward effective business presentations.<\/p>\n
In addition, MBPJ announced two upcoming initiatives aimed at boosting youth participation and market access next year.<\/p>\n
The Skill2Biz Programme is targeted at 50 aspiring young entrepreneurs, offering practical skill-based training in barista and barbering to help them build sustainable incomes.<\/p>\n
A strategic partnership between MBPJ, Menteri Besar Inc (MBI) Selangor and The Curve will allow local micro-entrepreneurs to operate within the mall starting next year.<\/p>\n
MBI Selangor will sponsor three push-cart units, with openings extended to entrepreneurs from other local authorities across Selangor.<\/p>\n
The two-day PJ Entrepreneur Day featured 20 booths highlighting products from entrepreneurs across Selangor, along with an MBPJ licensing payment counter, entrepreneurship podcasts, cultural performances and lucky draws.<\/p>\n
Visitors also participated in a free TikTok Affiliate masterclass under the \u201cLet\u2019s Transform Your Career\u201d initiative \u2013 a collaboration with Platform Selangor (Plats), a digital entrepreneurship platform offering digital marketing strategies and income generation opportunities.<\/p>\n
Also present at the prize-giving were Kota Daman\u00adsara assemblyman Muhammad Izuan Ahmad Kasim and Petaling Jaya mayor Datuk Mohd Yazid Sairi.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PJ council says its business boost initiatives also benefitted over 2,600 participants TEN local entrepreneurs have been awarded…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":818016,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[84,268407,4203,268406,268411,268409,174206,268410,11196,268408,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-818015","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entrepreneurship","tag-business","tag-entrepreneur-day","tag-entrepreneurship","tag-mbpj","tag-micro-entrepreneurs","tag-mohd-najwan-halimi","tag-petaling-jaya","tag-plats","tag-strategic-partnership","tag-the-curve","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/818015","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=818015"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/818015\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/818016"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=818015"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=818015"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=818015"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}