PETALING JAYA: Entrepreneurs participating in Institut Keusahawanan Negara Bhd’s (INSKEN) Business Coaching & Business Enhancement Programme 2019 managed to boost their sales by 24% to RM8.89 mil after joining the programme.
Deputy Entrepreneur Development Minister Datuk Dr Mohd Hatta Md Ramli said the coaching programme was a success, with more than half of its 288 participants registering 20-100% higher sales last year.
“The programme produced excellent results as 62% of the participants of INSKEN Business Coaching (IBC) and 51% of participants of Business Enhancement Programme (BEP) increased their sales by 20% to 100%.
“In addition, 251 new jobs were created during the programme’s duration,” he said in his speech at the graduation ceremony of the INSKEN Business Coaching & Business Enhancement Programme 2019.
INSKEN is an agency under the Entrepreneur Development Ministry.
The programme, which ran for the third year in 2019, is divided into two categories, namely IBC and BEP.
The business coaching programme aimed at increasing the participants’ scale of business, as well as getting them to master the techniques for managing their business effectively.
Mohd Hatta said a total of 243 entrepreneurs joined the IBC programme, which is a “one-to-one” comprehensive four-month programme from April-December last year, while 45 entrepreneurs participated in the BEP programme, which ran from August to December last year.
In 2019, the IBC programme was run 17 times focusing on seven industries, including ecotourism, bakery, car workshop, sewing, wedding planning, cafes and restaurants, as well as hostels.
For the IBC programme, INSKEN collaborated with the Ministry of Tourism, Arts and Culture Malaysia (MOTAC) and GIATMARA. – Jan 18, 2020, Bernama
