#14 Communal with SGAG co-founder Karl Mak

Written By Jason Ho

Our most recent Communal brought together over 40 business owners from a range of industries including B2B Tech, Hospitality, Human Resource, Food Manufacturing, Interior Furnishings as well as Fitness and Wellness. It was great to see so many new faces join us as we took another step towards building stronger connections between ACSian business owners, both young and old.

Attendees enjoyed a dinner of rustic, casual French fare with hearty mains and tasty sides from Summer Hill, helmed by the ever-charming Anthony Yeoh. It was the first official event held at the restaurant since it reopened at its larger (but no-less cosy) venue at Claymore Connect.

We were also joined by Karl Mak, co-Founder of SGAG, who provided a candid look into his journey building up one of Asia’s most recognised digital media and talent platforms from when it was first conceptualised with his businesses partner, Adrian, back in their university lecture halls. It was certainly an insightful session on the business of memes and entertainment for the next generation of consumers.

Big shoutout to Anthony and his team for making everyone feel warmly welcomed and special thanks to Karl for sharing his entrepreneurial experience.

If you’re an ACS business owner who’s interested in joining us at our next event in Oct, sign up over at www.abon.ac/signup and we’ll get you more details really soon. See you then!

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How did ACSian business owners find the event?

“I really liked networking with other old boys, learning about some really innovative businesses they're involved in, getting inspired by the journeys others have had, and of course, great food!
The ACS spirit is a unique bond that we have. There is a lot we can learn from each other, and a lot of ways we can help one another, and that ACS spirit is a strong catalyst for interaction.”

Jatin Kumar
Co-founder
Xinterra
ACJC ‘00

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“Was good to partake in the bonding and feel close to the AC community.
Entrepreneurship can be a lonely path and having a trust and bond to help deal with sometimes non-business related matters is a welcome element to our lives.”

David Tian
Founder
T18N
ACPS ‘87

ACS business owners network Karl Mak SGAG communal

Karl Mak will be sharing more about his entrepreneurial journey of how he co-founded Hepmil Media Group (SGAG.sg) together with partner-in-crime “Xiao Ming” (Aka Adrian Ang, also an ACS alumni).

Anthony Yeoh will be hosting the ABON community over at his newly reopened place - Summer Hill (SummerHill.sg) (read more on 8Days | CNA | Sethliu )

Enjoy good food and drink while you connect, learn and share with other ACS Business Owners over great conversation.

So if you’re a fellow ACS Business Owner, we’d love for you to join us and find out more about what we do. Looking forward to seeing you there.

Guest speaker: Karl Mak, Co-founder, Hepmil Media Group (SGAG)
Date: 17 Aug 2022, Wed
Time: 7.30 to 10.30pm
Light dinner & drinks will be served
Venue: Summer Hill #02-17 (442 Orchard Road, Claymore Connect S238879)
$80 for non-members

Complimentary for members

*places are limited, please register early to avoid disappointment.

Non-members

Not a member yet? Get connected with us! Reserve your spot by making payment ($80) through the link below, we’ll be in touch shortly on more details.

Jason Ho
Jason is SouthEast Asia's 1st Gallup’s StrengthsFinder® Certified & Platinum Coach. He is both founder and principal coach in Strengths School™ (www.StrengthsSchool.com) and has over 7 years of corporate experience in training, development and performance coaching for MNCs, SMEs, schools & non-profit organisations. Jason has over 11,000 hours of experience in Personal development coaching and Management consultancy. He completed the PMC Certification (Practising Management Consultant) - a certification that is awarded by the SBACC (Singapore Business Advisors & Consultants Council) ensuring the high standards for Management Consultancy in Singapore. Jason sits on the NUS Business School panel as a StrengthsFinder® Advisor and assists in running the ‘Emerging Leaders Program’ for high performance business individuals. Jason has successfully led workshops and coaching programs for corporate organization such as DHL, Lee Jeans, Wrangler, Vans, VF Corp, National University of Singapore, NUS business School, Mininstry of Education and various schools and learning institutes. His passion to empower adults and youths alike in strengths is evident through his energy and enthusiasm in leading fun-filled workshops. There is never a dull moment when it come to sharing StrengthsFinder with others as he believes that with the correct mix of humour in a session, the participants get the most learning. As a strengths coach, his top 5 strengths make the coaching journey light and enjoyable but yet deep and meaningful. Clients leave having a heightened level of self-awareness that is empowering and gives new direction in life. At Strengths School™, he pushes the strengths movement in Singapore, HongKong and Asia. He believes that once people discover their StrengthsFinder talents, they become more of who they were made to be, rather than try to be someone that they are not. He is extremely passionate about StrengthsFinder and if you have a chance to talk to him about it, you would experience first hand how extreme that passion is.
https://www.coachjasonho.com
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