Incubator 2 – Innovator in Action

Becoming an Innovator, Entrepreneur!

Extending the Incubator Programme into an “Innovation & Entrepreneur in Action” Programme – Building Something to turn Ideas into Reality! Is an advance programme after the Social Entrepreneurship.

Proposed Programme Core Pillars:

1. Winner & Idea Inspiration

• showcase award-winning products/projects, inventions & businesses from local competitions & around the world; group into categories & problem solving themes;
• review & discuss by category or theme (to generate ideas in differing areas or themes);
• invite national/international winners (students to companies), start up and successful entrepreneurs to inspire & share their winning solution/business & experience;

2. Idea Generation & Practice (from small ideas to bigger, longer-duration projects)

• Class in small groups generate innovation ideas based on selected problem area/theme;
• Start with 20-30min individual group idea discussion & proposal; idea presentation to class with judging panel (teacher plus 4-6 student panel) and/or class vote to decide winning idea; prize award to top 2-3 winning ideas; “Best of the Best Ideas” Mthly/Semester Award;
• Introduce 2-4wk idea generation/proposal by groups (giving time for research & solution development) and presentation/demo to judging panel/class to select winning teams;

3. School Project Competition & Open Day
   • 3mth project competition by teams based on various themes;
   • School 1^st Round selection/shortlisting
   • Finalists (with further guidance) to present at Competition Award Judging Day
   • Invite parents & friends to School Competition Award Judging & Prize-giving Day
   • Judging panel comprising notable external judges, school teachers & parents)

4. Nominating & Coaching School Winners for External Award Competitions

• Special coaching to winners and rehearsals

5. External Award Competitions (entire process from submission, rehearsals to award judging)

6. Incentives & Recognitions

• Simple prizes in class to bigger competition prizes, trophy & certificates
• Winner recognition & highlights in school communication/posters/etc
• Special winner benefits – join special winner/entrepreneur forums, programmes & study tour to innovation centres/companies

Learning Objectives:

1. Instil and develop young innovator, entrepreneur mind-set and skills; exposure to the world of innovation, real-world problem solving, idea-generation, commercialisation & entrepreneurship;
2. Gain exposure/experience in preparing, pitching & competing in innovation & entrepreneur award competitions/exhibitions; engagement with the innovator/entrepreneur community;
3. Promote project based learning to cultivate leadership, teamwork and resourcefulness;
4. Exposing to project organization, market research, product/solution development, marketing process and commercial viability assessment;

Potential External Competitions, Forums, Facilities & Resources:

1. Award Competitions:
   – Malaysian Invention & Design Society (MINDS) ITEX Award & Exhibition
   – MSC APICTA Award & International APICTA (school category)
   – Microsoft Imagine Cup & World Cup
   – MightyMinds competition
   – International InnovaServe Awards (Taiwan)
   – Samsung, Nokia & other game/mobileapps competition
   – Other innovation competitions from other organizations/companies

2. Inspirational Winners, Startups & Entrepreneurs
   – school category winners in various external competitions
   – startups & company winners
   – successful award-winning entrepreneurs
   – innovation/entrepreneur development entities & competition organizers

3. Winning Solutions, Innovations & Inventions : sample source from
   – various award competitions locally or in the region
   – differing organizations (MINDS, MDec, Mosti, Pikom, IBM Smartcamp, etc)
   – Malaysia Business Angel Network(MBAN) or ASEAN network
   – universities, international academies & online sources

4. Innovator Entrepreneur Forum, Innovation Centres & Facilities
   – National Youth Entrepreneur Conference
   – MDEC Innovation & Incubator Centre
   – MDEC entrepreneur forums, workshops & conferences
   – Multinational Innovation Centres & R&D Lab
   (Intel, Samsung, Telekom, Tenaga, Ericsson, IBM, Shell, etc)
   – various university & other programmes available in Malaysia