Open Culture is a concept
according to which knowledge should be spread freely and its growth should come
from developing, altering or enriching already existing works on the basis of
sharing and collaboration, without being restricted by rules linked to the
legal protection of intellectual property.
This trait showed clearly from
Mr. Mohamed Bin Ghulam Hussein. He is the founder of Mydin which is one of the
largest and well-established Malaysian-owned Companies involved in wholesaling
and retailing. With his own saving, without the help of government or anyone
else, he begins to start his business empire with his small shop that have a
really small space equivalent to the shop size. After 2 decades, Mydin Mohamed
finally able to expand his business to the nearer country. One of the factor
that Mr. Mohamed could be so success is because he is a person that is very
open culture. To Mr. Mohamed, business is a culture and a way to live. Malaysia
is a country that is very diverse in ethnic, economics, religion, and cultural.
He accept this diversity and use it as a weapon in his business. Mydin sells
various type of item that is suitable for the public and also the specific
items for different cultural. Mydin products range from food line, household,
soft lines and hard lines. This makes Mydin popular in public and brings
success to Mr. Mohamed.
This
is in line with its business concept of ‘from society to society’. He held fast
to his slogan to sell goods at wholesale prices. Prices meant is for customers
who have low incomes. Furthermore, the main factor of success for Mydin Mohamed
Bin Ghulam Hussein in business is due to the ethical factor in itself is very
high. The Group Mydin always monitor the quality of his products because of
wholesale prices. In addition, Mydin also concerned about labeling and halal
status of products sold in outlets that they owned. Mydin Group also emphasizes
ethical consciousness in its management by involving employees in community
services activities that can contribute to society.
As a conclusion, his business
started to grew well and he became a successful entrepreneur. Open culture
makes his business became one of the largest wholesaling and retailing company
in Malaysia, yet he became a successful entrepreneur.
Mohamed Bin Ghulam Hussein
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