Date:
6th – 8th September 2019
Venue:
M Hotel, Kuching.
Objectives:
To ideate and generate solutions using the social business model.
To aid the creation of new social businesses in Sarawak, and encourage participation of youths in solving social/environmental issues of the state.
Number of Participants:
4 Bachelor of Technology Management students represents UCTS.
Descriptions:
Sarawak Multimedia Authority (SMA) organizes competitions (YSSBC/YSSBC 2019) on social entrepreneurship with Youth Trust Foundation (YTF) to facilitate Sarawak on the process of becoming a digital economy driven state. SMA is spearheading the digital economy in Sarawak in terms of the development of digital infrastructure, cyber security, talent development, e-commerce, research and development (R&D) in digital technology, digital innovation and entrepreneurship, as well as digital governance in this state. The YSSBC/YSSPC 2019 Bootcamp was held on the 6th until the 8th of September 2019 in Kuching Sarawak, where 9 projects by 9 schools and 9 social business ideas by 9 young adult teams from Sarawak, underwent an intensive 3-days 2-nights bootcamp learning valuable project management and presentation skills.These 18 teams then presented their pitches in front of a panel of judges where 5 teams from each category were shortlisted to progress to the next round to undergo the market validation phase.
UCTS team has been selected to advance into the next phase of the competition, which is the market validation phase as the finalists for YSSBC/YSSPC. Five (5) teams from each category need to implement their projects or social business ideas, from now until the 14th of November 2019. The finalists will embark on a market validation activity to test their ideas, within their respective communities. They will be working with SMA, YTF, and industry mentors throughout the two-month process, and will eventually gather to deliver their final pitch to a panel of judges on the 16th of November 2019..