As an accomplished entrepreneur himself, Dash believed and continues to believe that the creation of more entrepreneurs will result in the emergence of more successful companies, regardless of the number of failures an entrepreneur encounters in his journey.
Through GEW, Dash, at the nascent stage of the ecosystem successfully brought together government agencies and the private sector into a collective movement to create an entrepreneurial culture and inspire youth to embrace entrepreneurship.
The Malaysian effort, led by Dash and his team and supported by the various partners in Malaysia, was acknowledged by the Obama Administration. For his efforts Dash was invited by the President for the inaugural Global Entrepreneurship Summit in Washington DC in 2010 and was also awarded the prestigious IVLP (International Visitor Leadership Program) fellowship in Entrepreneurship by the US State Department.
During his trip to the US in 2010, Dash made many connections with various entrepreneurs, mainly in the Silicon Valley. Upon his return to Malaysia, Dash launched StartupMalaysia to further support the growth of the Malaysian entrepreneurship and startup ecosystem.
Note : Dash wrote a series of blogposts when he was building or bringing the startup ecosystem together. The blog is here : https://unleashingideasdash.blogspot.com/2008_09_17_archive.html