Winners exchange effective business strategies


The second SOBA Connect was moderated by Teh (centre) and featured Paw (second from left) and Dang (fourth from left). With them are Star Media Group’s Client and Brand Marketing senior general manager Sharon Lee (left) and Events general manager Douglas Jansz (right).

THE Star Outstanding Business Awards (SOBA) held its second SOBA Connect session at Menara Star on Aug 24, which continues the tradition of sharing ideas with small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to inspire them as they tackle challenging changes in the business landscape.

This session invited 2021’s Malaysian Business of the Year (MBotY) winner for RM25mil and above Alpro Alliance Sdn Bhd, which was represented by Alpro Foundation chief executive officer (CEO) Ostwin Paw and SOBA 2011 Entrepreneur of the Year (EotY) silver award winner myNews Holdings Bhd founder and group CEO Dang Tai Luk to share their knowledge and experience.

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