For entrepreneurs & startup founders

From instinct to a shareable plan.

Founders carry linked decisions about customers, product, pricing, capital, capability and timing by instinct, defending them in conversation rather than showing the reasoning. Across 6 months, the applied business project takes one of those decisions from your own venture through first-principles, systems and Job-To-Be-Done frameworks to a written plan with decisions, actions, owners and measures, reviewed by faculty — one you can walk co-founders, boards or investors through. The frameworks stay with you afterward.

6 months · 3 scheduled programme weekends · awarded and endorsed by CMI

The certificate documents completion of management and leadership development recognised against CMI's Professional Standard and can be listed on a professional profile. It does not guarantee promotion, employment, salary progression or any other career outcome.

See the full Executive MBA programme, or how the method works.

Founder decision areas

From proposition to an executable business model.

These frameworks structure customer evidence, strategic choices, resource allocation, stakeholder communication and implementation.

First-principles problem solving

Separate verified constraints from assumptions, then build options from the evidence. Use the result to define and test a differentiated proposition.

Business-model & JTBD thinking

Define the customer job, evidence, alternatives and willingness to pay before committing product and pricing decisions.

AI-enabled decision review

Evaluate where AI supports research, analysis or workflow—and where human review and accountability remain necessary.

Strategy for stakeholder review

Examine causes, dependencies and likely consequences before deciding. Document the assumptions, choices, actions and measures for review by co-founders, boards or investors.

Cross-functional perspectives

Work through decisions with participants who hold responsibility across ownership, general management and senior functions.

Structure for competing priorities

Organise complex information into a decision that can be explained and acted upon.

See how the programme applies its decision frameworks to AI-enabled leadership.

Applied to your venture

The applied business project addresses your own business challenge.

There is no traditional thesis or examination. Participants define a live challenge, apply the programme frameworks and produce a sequenced transformation plan for faculty review. The plan identifies assumptions, decisions, actions, owners and measures for discussion with co-founders, boards or investors.

No funding or growth is promised — the frameworks and the plan are yours; the outcomes depend on how you execute. See how the method builds toward the applied business project.

Why the format works for founders

Continue operating while completing the programme.

The programme uses 3 scheduled weekend sessions, coaching and an applied business project. Chartered Manager is a separate optional CMI route with its own eligibility, assessment and fees.

A defined 6-month schedule

3 scheduled sessions lead to the CMI-recognised programme certificate while you continue working.

3 scheduled weekends across the programme, or online

The programme uses 3 scheduled weekends across the programme; the global online route removes the need for physical attendance.

Applied during the programme

There is no traditional thesis or examination. Participants apply the frameworks to the venture or organisation they lead.

Written catch-up route

If you miss a session, ABC records the approved catch-up method in writing: video access or attendance in a named later cohort.

Talk through the decision your venture is weighing.

The programme runs for 6 months. The standard fee is RM10,000.00. Scholarships are limited and awarded on a selective basis to eligible Malaysian applicants, following individual assessment and written approval. Any award and resulting participant fee are confirmed individually in writing. The scholarship is never automatic.

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Programme enquiry

Get the facts for the decision your venture is carrying.

Tell the team the decision or business issue you are weighing, and choose a call, online meeting, in-person meeting or email. The programme team will answer questions about suitability, dates, fees, recognition and employer-led HRD Corp funding. An enquiry does not commit you to enrol or pay.

  • →Say what you are trying to change at work
  • →Choose how the team should contact you
  • →Confirm programme fit, available dates and the exact fee
  • →Decide your next step after receiving the information

Roy Affandi · Programme Coordinator · +60 12-981 8533 · support@futurereadymba.com

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What are you planning for?

Choose the route that best describes your decision. The programme team will respond with the relevant information.