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Make Your Youth and Inexperience an Asset Not a Liabiity | Abe Lim | TEDxUMSKAL


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hi I’m in love on which I thought yours
okay so um today I’m going to talk about
when you I mean my experience of being
this type of Christian before first got
invited the topic was small people big
dreams so I was talking to my lecture
indicators I was like figuring out what
to talk about it shares like small
people
no no it’s smaller then she asked me
again who’s when your job what do you
want to do when she asked me a question
everything hit without the towel I
wanted to be an archaeologist history
booth Egyptian culture yeah but I don’t
like that this cures he just told me
Chinese he started you can keep telling
me that
how much doors in you baby how much
artifacts he made by the time you grow
up there will be no bones left is if
that’s all you’ve said to me so she told
me to be more realistic and think again
and I told him I wanna be an artist like
painter and again it wasn’t me doing
this it wasn’t me but that was the
really buying it and after that she’s
like why don’t you be a entrepreneur why
don’t we have this is going so I’m like
oh what in this tree is an entrepreneur
in here if you just told me it can be
anything and that’s when I stop that hey
that’s pretty interesting too
you don’t have to focus on anything at
all it’s a pretty wide scope so alright
yeah I’m gonna start this lecture so how
I started what ignites once again
premiere is it a southern realization or
just something you like then let’s do it
that kind of thing are you actually saw
or you’re involved in to try to
situation like summer got into it
someone diet because of carton or a
family member of yours have cancer and
that’s why you want to stop this cancer
research screen or invent prove anything
your car sits at the top no made people
start and so but what I found out it’s
actually immune to solving this problem
what do you have
it’s not so much about thinking about
the million-dollar idea it’s actually
just solving a problem you have okay how
do I start this is my problem
this table has been in my house for the
longest time in my apartment and kale so
I wanted to change it and it’s a marble
table it’s pretty costly by my parents
and I just want to I just want to sell
it off to carousel Buddha at 500 min get
it sweetie it’s really cheap so I got
awkward and then when they told me is
this is a very intuitive and then all of
them to stand up and I know what they’re
trying to get to treat mind you and
again nobody wants to buy it all then I
found out that through your works a
thousand five hundred including their
power they’re just more expensive than
the table itself if you have IKEA and
kale that’s all I think it was so
attractive freedom so what do I do this
table as a super heavy one novelty and I
can’t just throw it out on my apartment
because everyone window doesn’t like
people it’s just outside right you know
and I’m just possibly just smash it down
and see if it all it was me
a big problem for me so that’s how I
thought about this this is my MVP before
I did not tour this I did not I’m not a
coder
I tried coding but it never happened for
me it was true it was true that cycle
share track home I just move out how do
i how do I build a marketplace in steps
the kind of thing
and with this I was listening on the
radio and there was like this pitch
competition going on that one
it’s called shots came with the X
because copyright issue so I just told
myself why not why not try on that and
this uh moves on the participants and
doesn’t mean the ten year old and most
of them are like 40 it was like the
National Association woman entrepreneur
definitely so I would never touch mine
was clearly shaking and I was like hi
and thank you and they don’t care your
first time second time so they’re honest
their community just get to work please
so I just saw them I’m trying to solve
the furniture problem like the used
furniture problem how do I get you how
do I get rid of my table and they are
you get so are you a logistic company or
you finish your comfy
you trying to solve this problem and
then they’re not stuck minute and
there’s a lot right there’s no more for
me anymore
but an investor came up to me his name
is Sam
Chucky and she just told me to keep
working on it and that’s how I got my
funding
it’s not that easy but it was a lot of
persuasion but yeah my father is a no no
I’m not a little that you can see from
this picture she’s also and then she was
one of the organizer of the event
the pitch is better and she actually
just came up to me and like hey let’s
work on this together
no way no it’s a yeah tomorrow’s fine
okay sure and that’s how we actually
just become talk politics we don’t know
each other at all she’s about for you to
do two kids and that’s how we just start
working on it so we just thought that on
the action plan thought up and how we
started working with we got a couple of
people and it’s not a cabin board to do
because I have no life I have no formal
business education so all I can do is
what to do not too many just out there
kind of Google kind of thing
so uh furniture a Kanban board and we
would like that give it its really fast
you actually get to encourage everyone
to finish more top so I get to do on
going done and the person throughout
completes the most on to get something
from all this and this is a way to hire
get them to work and all of them already
all of them that are just intern
switches and as well it’s always good to
bootstrap although you know funding and
seeking improvement
I also immerse myself in this Lobby you
just join multiband
network more and also any indication any
knowledge like a fortunately you can get
just grab it I was in the magic Stefan
program and it was really amazing for
that you can all apply for it even
though in this is an idea but you just
have to believe in the idea and this is
the next step of what I have to do it’s
a lot of time management a lot of human
management I found which is the most
difficult for me because as a trainee oh
I always wanted to get it okay I don’t
know anything I want to hire everybody
who knows everything it’s like this it’s
like the cliche saying if you don’t know
anything you hire people that know of
something but it wasn’t the fact for me
we just been the people who know
something comes in like a developer cue
be like oh so what language do you want
for this website
Sarge’s talking English and he’s a
bartender C++ or English
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I have to immerse myself I have to learn
all of it I had to learn what after
learned what C++ what Ruby what smiting
all the things that you think you don’t
have to go but you kind of have to go
because they’re gonna quote you a
hundred fifty thousand for something you
don’t know and that that’s my choice if
you just say yes to everything so you
actually have to like what they see is
to learn about everything else and yeah
we basically work in this small table
like all of us for the past few months
and this is the first one with me
because a lot of people always they want
it to be perfect
the first product has to be perfect it’s
actually not true just no longer I can
just validate it if it works it works if
it’s not don’t don’t focus so much on
the design of it because it will be
morning ball okay so this is my previous
website which is developing and soon
after I got a proper team and I got my
developer as Microtech founder we only
managed to develop a full stack web site
previously us by have you guys heard of
WordPress of course so a lot of people
ask me I have an idea but I don’t have a
cool tech wonder because I don’t know
how to cope and I just saw that I don’t
know the Polycom code either I don’t
want to learn how to code so just fight
every
all the results of the internet is there
just stop us anything about your
Facebook Instagram or buggy boss Jack
try just create a simple and repeat and
validate your idea it doesn’t have to be
super it doesn’t have to be this super
amazing tech website yeah yeah this is
the final product and that on the left
is my co-founder this is just a picture
and yeah I just want to tell you that
one of the major major problems that I
have was dealing with all the business
people because in the furniture industry
most of them most of the people that
most of the business owners that are
pretty age and experience was not useful
and I found this group by the comm be
really interested he was saying that in
his meet Timmy’s in my late 30s I was
working at a fortune 500 company on the
management team the seasoned pros over
/the age and after a couple of years I
felt like I had outgrown the room and I
was no longer to treat but it’s nice
cool and he approaches so often out of
the traditional business school track
and when to go for your class in a
couple of thoughts and I had to go
change TT with every dollar we invent
myself over and over
and that’s how I apply it to myself as
well and this is the proof of all your
potential amount of interesting is out
there you know from tomorrow we can
start time it is on the outside we have
all the time in their world we have
people in their 40s it’s a new
integration
you wanted a car this will be telling us
themselves like hey I wish I could’ve
done that when I was 20 you are in the
attorneys right now and fill as many
times as you can
the coup and updates like Wahoo’s visa
practiced one kick or something
something because my kick as many times
as you can
yeah and although this little to no
competition interviews like everyone
around you as a student you don’t see a
lot of student to premier so it’s so
much easier to get press so much you get
to get your school to support you so
much easier to get big companies to
support you as a student entrepreneur
like hey we’re talking nicely don’t you
think they kind of do yes they’re
telling it like you’re doing charity for
it’s good for you because you’re getting
a lot of free education in that sense
and also there are a lot of government
resources and efforts to posting new
hobbies like magic Jerrod you you can
all sort us out it’s not I’m speaking
about Malaysia it’s not so hard anymore
you shouldn’t get so as many helpers you
can treat our own Malaysian government
have you guys heard of cradle
it’s a seat funding venture funding so
that is also one of the ways you can get
funding if you think you need more
funding to progress your I go to the
next page but fancy must evaluate it and
you have no commitment responsibilities
and your three obligations you have no
kids you know has been wire and you can
do anything you want right now you’re
not earning a single in but you’re still
a lot you see how the roof wants all of
your head looks like it’s the best time
to start something right now you don’t
have to worry about bills you don’t have
to worry about your car and homegirls
or EPS socks you’re almost the belt
beings there’s not enough in your area
currently and also adult expensable
expect less young people so it should
feel like I’m and justice thing is okay
if you’re 25 and you keep feeling it’s
not gonna be okay so that’s why that’s
one of the perks of being a young
student opportunity I got that so no
before law school so I was at this I
wasn’t in the student category anymore
and now sucks you can almost under on
the wart and nothing so we
actually doctor make sure you shoot you
so I went back to school because I was
gonna start the special and I need
something for my that okay I’m hearing
really learn to learn and that faster is
also one of our beauty because Instagram
Facebook and what else to do these are
all my marketing channels that you can
use for free you don’t have to spend
millions of billboards or radio Act you
can do it over us like one of them crazy
actually did in my company have you
heard of negotiable any tips that will
involve flying them so just let it out
like okay tomorrow you pay me okay let
you just say that ask me what company
and from what are you and then 2
cesarean see my but he’s just not here
yet so we just did this whole like she
had on remarketing of do this because I
was talking to the different and they’re
saying if you want three minutes you
gotta pay like shoot a me and I was like
hell no I’m not gonna do that to you
so that’s how we did it it’s often
create factors that you can use as a not
all the cheap things right only we can
figure it out like how do we use
Instagram company’s Facebook how to use
YouTube but they don’t know what lit a
squat or kind of a honest all the many
ways we can use it to our advantage
don’t always see as things that are
doesn’t look down upon because in the
anything in the world state ID gender
and the live kids that can you imagine
it was something that I wasn’t expecting
but she made it she was a fourth and I
believe that that’s one of
maybe factors that started this for
young entrepreneurs didn’t yeah and yeah
going home and say this was the saying
that hat phone my investor as well going
home and saying you want to be an
entrepreneur like going home and say you
want to become a musician but today it’s
more and more or less becoming a
professional class I just attended there
Jesus even the last the last week and a
Malaysian government actually put in a
lot of resources into this they have
been having a stagnant as I mean 2070
program which is ending soon I think
next season with a new one but they’re
actually one sorry a lot of things you
might all agree to become a country
premier iodized no gimmick or not but I
think they’re doing it and also this is
the mythology that you can live upon as
well the cost barrier to starting our
own business has fallen dramatically and
with careful planning it can be done
with 1,000 or less this works like to
can use this all this tech stuff you can
use it’s not impossible anymore during
my dad’s age you have to start with 50
thousand that leaves on your thumb that
leaves it’s get alone but today you can
you start it in your bigger and how to
avoid mistakes don’t be patient
invalidation your idea it’s not going to
be a one-day success thing and stop
focusing on the wrong thing stop
focusing on how much money you wanna
raise and tell you
like we’re gonna be the next myself
event on the racetrack minute not the
series egg which is not gonna be which
is not gonna happen and also do
everything in them yes you can do
everything in them but learn to
prioritize gotta eat your task and
remember nothing
it’s a sacrifice but it’s worth it and
you can see all this examples that I’m
pretty sure you guys have heard of it
before
this is one of the few and you might be
one that missed you too
don’t get discouraged because people say
like oh lack of it she dropped on with
Stanford you jump up being new it don’t
get look at this guy you know
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