MaGIC launches boot camp for women entrepreneurs

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian Global Innovation & Creativity Centre (MaGIC) has launched the “Pre-Accelerator Bootcamp: Female Founders Edition” to help “womenpreneurs” validate their business ideas, develop a working prototype and create a focused goto-market strategy.

Chief executive officer Ashran Ghazi said the programme was MaGIC’s initiative to open up market access and provide more targeted support for women, who were often under-represented among the entrepreneur population.

“MaGIC seeks to empower women within the entrepreneur ecosystem and provide them with a platform to turn their business ideas into reality.

“We welcome womenpreneurs from Malaysia and Southeast Asia to apply to join Female Founders and take the next step in their upcoming and exciting entrepreneurship journey,” he said in a statement yesterday.

The two-week boot camp is specially curated for startups with female co-founders and will providethemwiththeopportunity to gain practical skills and capabilities, mentorship from key industry players and valuable insights from Malaysia’s leading women entrepreneurs.

Shortlisted participants will be exposed to training on topics such as idea and market validation, business fundamentals and modelling, go- to- market strategies and product development, as well as gaining pitching and demo day experience.

The application period starts today and ends on May 21, 2018. Applications can be made at http:// mymagic. my/ preaccelerator. — Bernama