Hunting for Pleasure

I had the opportunity to meet recently with Mr. Ricky Koo, the founder of Take a Break Events. Our organisation, Technopreuers Association in Malaysia (TeAM) http://www.team.net.my/ had engaged Take A Break to organised our first TeAM ICT Treasure Hunt fund raising event. Essentially his company’s expertise is to organise treasure hunts, an event rather unique to Malaysia. Usually used as a fun and social event, teams of 2 - 4 are given maps, clues and puzzlies and questions to solve while travelling along a designated route either in car, public transport or on foot. Team that scores the highest points by solving and answering the questions will be declared winners. TAB Events role is to create the route and the challenges for the participants as the event's “clerk of course”.

Speaking with Ricky I am beginning to realise he is truly an entrepreneur living the dream. Starting off as a weekend hobby, today Ricky and his team are considered one of the premier company in the art of treasure hunting event organising. Last year his company had organised over 100+ hunts nationwide and even some overseas in China, HongKong and Taiwan. If you are a regular hunter, you will probably know his Hunters World website at http://www.geocities.com/machunter_koo/

“ Getting paid for doing something I enjoy and at same time able to enjoy driving around the country with my wife “ Ricky explained... “plus I get to travel and enjoy all the favourite foods along the way” as I spent time with him doing the reccee for our TeAM ICT Hunt route in CyberJaya. After nearly 28 years being in the advertising and printing business, in 2000 he gave it all up much to the shock of his wife, Roselyn. “ It took us a while to get used to giving up our then successful advertising business, but today we are enjoying it. “ Ricky further explained, “for first two years of TAB, it was a struggle as we tried to do too much and everything perfectly. But over the years, we manage to find a good balance of fun and revenue. “ Many people has asked Ricky to build the business bigger, but he is happy to keep it small.

So Ricky, Congrats for being a true entrepreneur and living your dream.