What's BQe?

Brewing Quality Entrepreneurs (BQe) is a complimentary, non-profit platform providing workshops and support for Malaysian entrepreneurs to growing together as we face challenges in both business and personal life. It is a platform for the passionate and driven entrepreneurial minded individuals to take the next step forward in their entrepreneurial journey, whether they are already season entrepreneurs or simply starting out as one.

To make it more exciting to all of us, BQe has decided to add a twist to the concept - a monthly topic for our monthly BQe workshops. We call it the 'Brew of the Month', which provide a monthly topic by different people covering all aspects of entrepreneurship and business i.e. the BQe 10 Core Entrepreneurship Success Strategies.

Our mission for BQe is:

• To empower, inspire and support people of all walks of life to walk the path of entrepreneurship to personal success.
• To assist entrepreneurs to fulfill their entrepreneurial ambitions.

Through this entrepreneurship platform, we aim to create a world of possibilities to all entrepreneurs and would-be entrepreneurs to network, learn, and grow and achieving the satisfaction and fulfilment in their lives, thus creating positive impacts to their families and our society.

BQe was incorporated in July 2010, having its humble beginnings at the back room of an office in Mont' Kiara to an audience of 6 people. Currently, BQe is held at Plug & Play Technology Gardens and Session 6 on 1st March 2011 was attended by a total of 100 pax in just after 6 sessions.

When is BQe?

Brewing Quality Entrepreneurs (BQe) is a complimentary, non-profit platform providing complimentary workshops and support for Malaysian entrepreneurs to grow together as we face challenges in both business and personal life.

BQe is organized once a month and is held as the following:

Day: Tuesday Night
Times: 8.30pm- 9.30pm
Venue: Plug & Play Technology Gardens @ The Gardens South Tower, Mid Valley City.
Dress Code: After Office Wear
Average Number of Participants: 100 pax
Light refreshments are usually provided to all attendees, thanks to the sponsors and supporters of BQE.

How BQe Started?

BQe was started by a group of friends who have a burning passion for entrepreneurship and found themselves discussing entrepreneurship and business over coffee and tea quite often. Over one of these workshops, they had an idea to create and start a platform where entrepreneurs meet, learn and grow together. This platform will offer complimentary quality speakers, tools and resources to not only inspire but to 'brew' & support the growth of entrepreneurs from all walks of life.

So, what do they mean by 'brew'? Well, if you understand the process of brewing, part of it involves infusing, steeping, mashing, boiling, mixing various ingredients and packaging. To make a good brew, it involves a lot of discipline, time and precision. As in the essence of an entrepreneur, the journey towards any entrepreneurial success involves more or less the same process – from continuously learning and innovating to sharpening of skills and knowledge and mixing various entrepreneurial success traits and characteristics. Besides, most of us do love a good brew of coffee, tea or even beer, don't we?

Why BQe?

1. It's complimentary and with the sole intention of brewing more quality entrepreneurs.
2. Our workshops and activities cover all areas of entrepreneurship and business success via our BQe's 10 Core Entrepreneurship Success Strategies.
3. We provide continuous support to entrepreneurs from all walks of life and stages of entrepreneurship journey.

BQe's 10 Core Entrepreneurship Success Strategies

1. Organizational Strategy
This is one of the first critical strategy elements of the 10 strategies. Organizational strategy is concerned with you and your business's primary aim, i.e. your vision and mission for your business. It is about envisioning a future for you and your business, creating value in the eyes of your customers, and building and sustaining a strong position in the marketplace.

2. Business Planning & Development Strategy
Very often, entrepreneurs start their journey without proper planning. As the saying goes, "Failing to plan is planning to fail." Without knowing where you are heading, how would you know whether you have reached your destination? Thus, this strategy addresses the foundation of your business directions and your time line.

3. Leadership & Management Strategy
Leaders set the directions or the vision that others follow. And management involves controlling resources and systems to ensure things happen according to established plans. As entrepreneurs, we need to understand the differences between the two, what type of leaders we are and what management style do we have.

4. Finance Strategy
Another very critical element towards your entrepreneurial and business success. From the start of your entrepreneurship journey and beyond, it is all about managing and growing your income, your profits and your cash flows. This strategy must be carefully planned and managed to be aligned with the other strategies to make a business sustainable and successful.

5. Sales & Marketing Strategy
Marketing is simply those activities that make your sales a lot easier. It is all about your focus on your customers exclusively. You need to understand the differences between your customers' needs and wants and their buying behaviour. The main objectives of this strategy are to generate leads and to turn them into repeating customers. And that's how you can ensure the continuous growth of your business.

6. Internal Operations Strategy
In order to ensure efficiency, you must establish your policies, procedures, processes and systems. This ensures an easier management of the overall business operations and identification of any potential challenges that may arise.

7. People Strategy
The main emphasis here is to create an environment where your employees, partners and associates feel the sense of fulfilment in their respective roles. It is also about understanding the needs and wants of your people so that they can perform and deliver results that satisfies your customers and other parties involved.

8. Products & Services Strategy
A well-researched and planned product and/or service strategy is important to ensure profitability to a young business or accelerate earnings for a growing and mature business. This involves the understanding and the selection of the right market and designing the right product/service to cater to that market.

9. Continuous Learning & Growth Strategy
This is probably one of the overlooked strategies to many entrepreneurs. Continuous learning is a must simply because the environment, your market and your industry change. And change is always a constant. In order to continuously grow, entrepreneurs and business people must continuously invest in training and development, not only for themselves but their employees as well.

10. Life Balance Strategy
Many entrepreneurs enter the world of entrepreneurship with the intention to not only create something of value to their customers and the marketplace, but to have a better life too. However, as they walk the path of their entrepreneurial journey, with all the activities that need to be taken care of, the opportunity costs to a better life would usually mean sacrifices to some other areas of life. This can be either health, quality time with family and friends or simply to do the things they truly love. So, an entrepreneur must acknowledge how it will affect the balance in one's life and work towards a fun and balanced life.