FLIPBOOK CAREER DEVELOPMENT

FLIPBOOK

KMS 2094
CAREER
DEVELOPMENT

IN
ORGANIZATIONS

BY:
THE SLEEPING MUSKETEERS

ENTREPRENEUR

DATIN HAJJAH MASNAH BT SAHNI



FOUNDER OF MIRA CAKE HOUSE

“SUCCESS IS NOT WHAT YOU
HAVE, BUT WHO YOU ARE.”

DATIN HAJJAH MASNAH BT SAHNI

THE OWNER OF A WELL-KNOWN
SARAWAK KEK LAPIS BASAH COMPANY

WHICH IS MIRA CAKE HOUSE. SHE IS
NATIVE-BORN A SARAWAKIAN OF
INDIGENOUS MELAYU, BIDAYUH
ANCESTRY.

"IT TAKES 20 YEARS TO BUILD A
REPUTATION AND FIVE MINUTES TO RUIN
IT. IF YOU THINK ABOUT THAT, YOU’LL DO

THINGS DIFFERENTLY."

THE NAME OF THE COMPANY WAS INSPIRED BY THE
NAME OF HER OWN DAUGHTER WHO IS INTERESTED
IN MAKING CAKES. DATIN HAJJAH MASNAH HAS ALSO
BEEN IN THE BUSINESS WORLD FOR MORE THAN 20
YEARS. ACCORDING TO HER, MIRA CAKE HOUSE HAS
BEEN OPERATING SINCE 2008. NOW THE BUSINESS
HAS BEEN TAKEN OVER BY HER OWN DAUGHTER,
AMIRANATRA BINTI MUSA.

Factors
leading to
Entrepreneurship

DATIN HAJJAH MASNAH STARTED HER
BUSINESS AS SHE GETS THE INSPIRATION BY
ONE OF HER FAMILY MEMBERS. SHE STARTED

TO BUILD MIRA CAKE HOUSE AS SHE IS
INSPIRED BY HER DAUGHTER WHO LIKES TO

BAKE CAKE.

"YOU CAN ONLY BECOME TRULY
ACCOMPLISHED AT SOMETHING YOU LOVE."



DATIN HAJJAH MASNAH REALLY LOVES TO
BAKE CAKE TRADITIONAL (LAYERED CAKE).
DATIN HAJJAH MASNAH HAS OPENING MIRA

CAKE HOUSE FOR 14 YEARS SINCE 2008.

Factors

leading to

Entrepreneurship

"Success is not the key to happiness.
Happiness is the key to success. If you love
what you are doing, you will be successful.”

WHEN DATIN HAJJAH MASNAH STARTED HER CAREER
AS A BUSINESS WOMAN SHE FACED MANY

CHALLENGES AND OBSTACLES BUT THE FAMILY HAVE
GIVEN FULL SUPPORT. MIRA CAKE HOUSE HAVE
GOTTEN FULL SUPPORT FROM HER FRIENDS AND

LOVING FAMILY ESPECIALLY HER DAUGHTER. HER
PASSION IS ALSO ONE OF THE REASON WHY SHE

STARTED THIS BUSINESS.

SUCCESS FACTORS/MEASURES OF THE MAIN FACTOR THAT MAKES DATIN
ENTERPRISE HAJJAH MASNAH BT SAHNI

SUCCESSFUL IS HER CAKE PRODUCT,
KEK LAPIS SARAWAK WHICH

EMPHASIZES THE UNIQUENESS OF
TRADITIONAL CAKES SARAWAK. MIRA

CAKE HOUSE BEGAN AS A FAMILY
BUSINESS AND THE SPIRIT TO BAKE A
UNIQUE TYPE OF KEK LAPIS SARAWAK

WHICH IS CALLED THE KEK LAPIS
BASAH. THEIR PHILOSOPHY COMBINES

BAKER MINDED APPROACH WITH A
DEEP COMMITMENT TO BAKING FRESH

KEK LAPIS SARAWAK.

IN ADDITION, DATIN HAJJAH
MASNAH BTE SAHNI IS ALSO
SUCCESSFUL IN BUSINESS. SHE
ENSURES THAT MIRA CAKE
HOUSE ALWAYS HAS A WELL-
PLANNED AND STRUCTURED

STRATEGY TO ATTRACT
CUSTOMERS. MIRA CAKE HOUSE

PROVIDES LOCAL ONLINE
PAYMENT AND SEAMLESS
ONLINE CAKE SHOPPING
THROUGH IPAY88 TO PROMOTE
TRADITIONAL SARAWAK CAKES,
NOT ONLY NATIONALLY, BUT
ALSO INTERNATIONALLY.

"Dreams become goals
when you believe in
yourself."

FACTORS THAT
CONTRIBUTES TO

SUCCESS

IN 2008, DATIN HAJJAH MASNAH BT
SAHNI START OPENED MIRA CAKE
HOUSE. PASSION IN MAKING CAKE

BROUGHT HER TO SUCCESS. BEING
AWARE OF ONE'S POTENTIAL SHOULD
BE THE KEY TO SUCCESS AS AN
ENTREPRENEUR. SHE BELIEVES THAT
HER SUCCESS FACTOR IS FROM
FAMILY SUPPORT WHO HELP HER TO
STAY CONFIDENT WITH HER OWN
CAPABILITY AND PASSION TO BUILD A
BUSINESS.

"Most success starts from
believing in your own interests"

REWARDS AND STRESSES IN
CAREER

DATIN HAJJAH MASNAH BT SAHNI
RECEIVED ANUGERAH USAHAWAN
BUMIPUTERA SARAWAK IN 2017 AND

AWARDED USAHAWAN TEKUN
CEMERLANG KAWASAN PARLIMEN IN

2011.



“A successful business

requires one simple
thing: passion” - Datin

Hajjah Masnah BT
Sahni

OBSTACLES AND STRATEGIES TO
OVERCOME AT THE STARTUP OF THE

BUSINESS

SHE FACED HURDLES AND OBSTACLES AT THE
BEGINNING OF HER LEGACY. AT FIRST, THE
BUSINESS DID NOT RECEIVE ANY ATTENTION
FROM CUSTOMERS AND FACED FINANCIAL
PROBLEMS.

TO OVERCOME THE HURDLES AT THE STARTUP OF
HER BUSINESS, SHE SEARCHED STRATEGIC
LOCATIONS FOR HER BUSINESS AND DISCOVERED
JALAN GERSIK AND KUBAH RIA. SHE ALSO
PROMOTES HER PRODUCT AGGRESSIVELY AT ALL
PLATFORMS SUCH AS FACEBOOK AND INSTAGRAM
AND USES VARIOUS WAYS TO RETAIN OLD
CUSTOMERS AND GAIN NEW CUSTOMERS.

“Success is walking from
failure to failure with
no loss of enthusiasm.”

SPECIAL THANKS TO DATIN
HAJJAH MAsNAH BINTI HAJI

SAHNI

GROUP
MEMBERS

(THE SLEEPING MUSKETEERS)

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