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Fig. 4
Technoprenuer eco system and value chain as envisaged by MDeC-TeDD
5.1.1 The Awareness and Development Programs by TeDD
The main objective of this program is to support the preidea and idea phases of the
enterprise value chain through activities to promote tech-entrepreneurship in the
nation. Some of the programs developed under the umbrella of awareness pro-
grams include promotion programs, contests, forum and workshops, and also the
creation of an award to encourage entrepreneurship in the country. Recognizing
that the students and researchers in educational institutes or institutes of higher
learning have ideas and do projects that have potential for business, the different
activities under this umbrella are focused heavily on this community. A pivotal
program created for this purpose is the 'National Unipreneur Development Pro-
gram' (NUDP). The aim of the NUDP program is to promote tech-entrepreneur-
ship in the academic community of the country—including students,
academicians, and nonacademicians at Institute Of Higher Learning (IHL) on one
hand and also to encourage researchers to convert their research into commerci-
alizable products.
In order to create awareness of entrepreneurial opportunities for work done in
IHLs, there is an annual contest called the MSC Malaysia—IHL Business Plan
Competition is organized by Multimedia Development Corporation (MDeC—the
regional development agency of the MSC). This has been created to encourage
IHL community to develop and submit a commercially viable business plans. The
winners of this competition in addition to receiving cash rewards can also get
induction
into
TeDD
development
programs
and
opportunities
to
apply
for
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