The secret succes about the founder Of Yusof Taiyoob

       

        "This is my performance after 30 years involve business, the fact that i started from zero (empty)," said Datuk Yusuf Taiyoob briefly when he invites the metro reporter and photographer into his new office space in industrial area Bukit Minyak, Seberang Prai central, Penang.  The Interesting one is, the factory complex located in strategic location which is the adjacent of north south highway. So that the driver will not miss seeing the building with liquid light brown name Yusuf Taiyoob plastered  in one corner.

        Yusuf Taiyoob name is not longer in our countries because it often associated with dates, especially if heared name like Mafia, Wasem, Safina, Amina, Ajmal, Ajwa and Honey Yuta dates. So  it was  not  too extreme called if he was called ‘ Raja Kurma Malaysia'. He also said that the president of penang, Tun Abdul Rahman Abbas, ever call him ‘Datuk Kurma’.

      Nowadays, his company, Yusuf Taiyoob sdn.bhd (yusuf taiyoob) becom the largest suppliers of various dates and raw food products from wet and dry for overseas market in malaysia with approximately 3,000 distributor network throughout the country.

Yusuf adhere to the principle in his life that he was not like to work with others or employee but rather called himself bos even he need to be through the difficulties and bitter experience.

"I had face many difficulties in my first business which is selling perfume.  At that time, my aged is 21 years old and everyone never look at my eefort at all, but i was blessed  because i had receive my family assistance.

"It made me realize that if we had no interest or from small companies, people will underestimated us" said the father of three children. Yusuf who still looking young and energy although his age had reached  of 50 years say, after he failed in his first business that is selling perfume, he was trying many other business, including  distributes  saffron products, cashew nuts, dry food and spices. Then he was looking for a new kind of business, even aware of the difficulties need to be face up until he become the biggest suppliers of dates in  Malaysia. Although he realize that the existence of competition in dates industries is high in 1990, he still believe in existing customers with reasonable price offer by his company and the guarantee of his products quality.

        According to yusuf, the most important thing is, one need to know they ability to compete in business challenges and must realizes that sometimes competitors can make anything in their business. In his aim to ensure that his product are guaranteed quality and fresh, he spend about RM5 million to use the latest technology to conduct research in store freezer. The technology was  imported from the united states that allow any gas leak ammonia can be detected early. System that can provide early warning automatic case of leak.

      

         Now, the complex  have six cold store store that can include 7,000 tan one-two one time and dry storage store for 3,000 tan item. The company currently import between 200 to 300 of various foods of the dates, olive oil, soya dhal of spices up to approximately 30 countries, among them america

company, Iran, Dubai, Saudi Arabia and North Africa.

To ensure that the Dates stock can full fill the market demand, yusuf ordering and stocking the three months earlier and only once over the festive season, he started to welcome ramadan order stock next year.

Telling his  story at the early of his  involvement in dates business, he had faced the first challenge in his business  when the two container  (40 tan) dates imported from iran are in bad condition, but he does not panic to faced with the problem. Yusuf had go to the iran to meet the dates producers to make sure that the problem will be not faced again for the second time.

      He says, his companies take between 10 to 12 years for top become a well known supplier in this country. In addition, his dates product also exposed to the market in indonesia, singapore, thailand and brunei. At this time,his companies  distribute over  10 types distribute dates as Protab Bam, Safi, Mariam, Safina, Ajwa, Jewel, Anbar Ajmal and sold at reasonable Prices.

         Dates have three stages of khalal (young dates), Protab (honey dates) and Tham (dry dates) from Tunisia, Oman, Iran, South Africa, Saudi Arabia, Egypt and Jordan."In process of selling the dates, we need to make a good branding and packaging. When there is a brand, product are well known by the customers before they buy it. In addition, i was emphasize about the quality of our product because customer satisfaction is our priority. I also gives assurance to my customers that  if the dates purchased are damaged, it can be replaced with other dates," said Yusuf that can be considered as one of the largest food products suppliers in asia's because most products was imported from more than 30 countries. Eventhough he was busy managing his business, he never forget to provide assistance to the one who less fortunate.

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Faiza Bawumi- Succesful Rice Entrepreneur

           

             Faiza Bawumi Sayed Ahmad is the owner of the rice wholesaler States Faiza Sdn. Bhd. In 1964, the Egyptian-born woman has been coming to Malaysia because according to her husband. At the time, she was able to master Malays langguage and fluent in malay langguage after only three months in Malaysia because of his friendly and sociable with her neighbors. Although the old neighborhood in the 60s, Faiza who has seven children and a grandmother to 32 grandchildren still busy working on a strategy to strengthen its position in the various branches of business in this country.

             The Rural women was actually a gentle firmness. She wanted to ensure that companies established should be on the right track once posted a profit every year. Mrs. Faiza which indeed born in the family who is also active in the business.

              She don’t ever think that her experience as a cashier in her father's shop a long time ago, have been pushed her to involve seriously in entrepreneurship field. According to Faiza, success is not easily obtained, but all of her efforts were fruitful after she had been through a lot of challenging for 43 years in the business world.

                After migrating to Malaysia with her husband, Mrs. Faiza find useful activities that can be done to avoid their free time alone. She started with sewing embroidery with RM4 capital and sell various groceries items. She also buy fabrics and make clothes dress for little kids of her neighbors. Then she produced a set of pillowcases. Her product is beautiful and neat seams sold to friends. There, she engaged an encyclopedia set, followed by business tableware. Through small scale business, she has saved up money as capital to continue to the next business capital.

               She is interested in the production of curry spices. She bought various spices such as coriander, cumin, fenugreek, dried chillies, cloves and so on for mixing the ingredients to produce the curry fish and meat under the brand of Bunga Raya. Everything is done at home, from washing, drying and frying the spices. Then, he sends it to the store for ingredients and distributed.

              A few years later, Mrs. Faiza bought another grinding machine and opened a grocery store with a capital of curry sell it. From there, she finds that the rice wholesalers are mostly supplied by other races. She began to study in various types of rice. Mrs. Faiza apply for a rice wholesalers license and sell various types of rice including ponni rice, basmati rice, fragrant and ‘Siam’ rice after receiving positive feedback on his investigative efforts go from one shop to another shop to get feedback on whether they would buy if he sells his rice. Customers who subscribe to his apicealso buy rice from them.

              Her business received a quite fierce even though the competition is very high. In the early 90s, the company has taken advantage of the sensitivity of society at that time to the manufacturing method and content of food. Her company began to introduce the kind of quality rice categories of Kartanaka, India. This rice is a type of rice "Ponni". Through quality and healthy products suitable for patients such as diabetics, FSB introduce rice "Ponni" to the rest of Malaysia.

             Now, her company is known as a high quality product, hundred percent made by Muslim and halal. He hoped that the involvement in the production of these products provides an option for Muslim people to get a high quality product and no doubt on it legal status. Over the year, she has 200 permanent employees and more than 300 contract workers. With her involvement in the production of these products, she has provides an option for the Muslim people in Malaysia to get a high quality product without doubt on ‘halal’ legal status.

              Currently, Faiza company has distributes over 21 brands of rice in the country, including the best known, "Herbal Ponni Taj Mahal" and its subsidiaries, namely Faiza Marketing Sdn Bhd which involved in the manufacture of various types of spices including curry spices King, spices and latest Bukhari, rendang spices.

            In the old age, Hajjah Faiza still actively manage her Bisness. She is assisted by five of the seven children in addition to hundreds of workers. Currently she is doing charity work under UMNO women's movement Batu Pahat, Johor. Faiza hajah adheres to the principle of in order to be succes in a business, we need to need to work hard, not easily discouraged and should adopt austerity measures. While, every effort in a business although it was began on a small scale, it can not be underestimated because the hardship, can build the sense of immunity to entrepreneurs.

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"Irfan Khairi The Young Millionaire"

      

       

 Obtain lucrative profits and become a millionaire at a young age is a dream of every person. Pierre Omidyar, founder through internet auction sites, known as eBay has become a millionaire  before reached at the age of 30 years. Omidyar success has been an inspiration to a young man, who holds a Bachelor of Multimedia Design from Staffordshire University, United Kingdom [UK], Irfan Khairi, 28 years to involve in his own online business.

       Irfan khairi was born in Perak, but grew up in Selangor and now he is residing in Seremban. He was fully applies the knowledge of Internet and Multimedia learned to become a millionaire as young as 25 years old. No one suspect, a young that a little bit shy and always humble when he is in secondary school, can stand at the same level with other Internet millionaire figures.

       Highlighting the history before he holding the millionaire status, after finished his first degree studies, he had received an offer to work in one of the information technology [IT] site in Birmingham, namely Netmedia [UK] Ltd. As a designers of multimedia systems and Internet consultant, he was responsible for designing Internet learning system for all schools in the UK, known as the Learning Grid. Now, more than 5000 schools in the UK using the system.

      As he has interest and deep knowledge in the field of Internet and business, he began playing in the field of Internet business part-time basis in 1999. He find that the income from Internet business was increased two-fold, he decided to quit his job and concentrate to the online business.

      
       Since then, Irfan is working full-time from home with just a laptop and the Internet. Within three years of operation, one of his business has produce a net profit of RM 1 million without employees and advanced computer equipment. He only use RM500 for the initial capital. Irfan began to think seriously to engage in business like this at the age of 18 years. He said that after SPM, he began to think about the future of this business. He interested in enrolling after getting numerous sources of inspiration through books about the success of others that he read.

     Irfan said that, his success require a significant effort and planning. 'I'm not becoming a millionaire overnight, but takes seven years to get to this stage,' Irfan says. According to him, it all started when he became interested in comprehending the success of others in certain fields. 'I find that they are successful because they are doing the things that they are like,' he said.

      Admires Bill Gates as his idol, he expressed his admiration for the richest man in the world. 'I am impressed with the idea, the concept that he put forward. Bill Gates is also a good father. Despite his richest man in the world, but still remains humble. If I can, I want to be like him. ' said Irfan.

     From the beginning until he become rich, he made one of his favorite things, namely programming [programming].The reason for his status just now is, he just like a doing the things that he interest. “ I also always recommend to my workshop participants to do things that interest them, do not be swayed by the industry that we ourselves do not know the situation. Just now, industry is not the most important want, but the most important is our interests to the industry that we choose" he explained.

          When asked about the advantages of the Internet business, Irfan said, 'Ease of Internet actually provides potential in expanding the business and we can trade anything else out there. The type of business it is free as long as the product or services have a high demand. ' According to Irfan, the type of business are very suitable venture by unemployed graduates because they have various areas of expertise that they can be traded via the internet, as long as they are IT literate, have a computer equipment and Internet facilities.

            'The most important thing is sincerity and confidence in their potential to be the best. The opportunity to become a millionaire actually wide open to everyone,' explain Irfan. His Internet business using the name IdeaBubble, until now has served for more than 3,000 customers around the world. Mostly from the US, UK, European countries, Middle East, Japan and Australia.

             

             The business that successful manage by him including - designing E-book, designing graphics and websites, SEO services [SEARCA Engine Optimization], sell maps, booking hotels, multimedia consultants, E-Commerce, and e-learning.

             Irfan also not stingy to share its success even wrote a book entitled, The Secret Millionaire, Millionaires Revealed Internet, to people who are interested in learning effective techniques to run an Internet business. In the book, he suggested that readers who want to run an Internet business just selling a product or service for each website developed because it enables them to achieve success. Not to forget, he also provides some guidance on how readers can develop their own websites. 158 pages thick book issue Truewealth Private Limited is useful for those planning to run an Internet business.

           Until now, Irfan still working full time at home using the Internet as a source of income along with his wife and four children. He said, life must go on even he is a millionaire. 'Although the property will be left once he die, but think that the work we do today is for the pleasure of year 1000. So, shall cooperate and work ' said Irfan.

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