ENTREPRENEURSHIP is more than just about running a successful business. One also needs to be equipped with leadership skills to start a company, says Natalie Sit (pic), 39.
The entrepreneur, who became the founder and chief executive officer of Acestar Sdn Bhd, says providing leadership and building a strong team were important traits in ensuring a business was sustainable.
Sit was sharing her experiences with more than 140 people at The Star Outstanding Business Awards (SOBA) 2017’s first Learning Series in Penang last Thursday.
SEPANG: Startup entreprenuer Natalie Sit used her love for cyling to instill a feeling of togetherness in her young, multi-racial team.Acestar founder and chief executive officer Sit said that her frequent cycling trips with her team has fostered better personal connections amongst the staff.
SEA Connect Creative Confe-rence 2017 welcomed about 600 participants from the creative community to the Connexion Conference & Event Centre at Bangsar South City, Kuala Lumpur.The conference was conceived by Acestar Sdn Bhd founder and chief executive officer Natalie Sit who aims to make Malaysia a creative industry hub and bring back talent to the country.
Tahun lalu pertandingan Adobe Certified Associate (ACA) Championship Malaysia telah diadakan bagi mencungkil bakat-bakat kreativiti dikalangan pelajar dalam menggunakan perisian Adobe. Malah lebih membanggakan lagi wakil Malaysia iaitu Nicholas Ng Hwa Ee telah memenangi pingat perak dalam pertandingan ACA World Championship tahun lalu.
NATALIE Sit knows rags-to-riches stories all too well. Been there, done that.She grew up in a poor family in a small town and rose to become the chief executive officer of her own IT solutions provider company, Acestar Sdn Bhd.But more than just achieving success and finding wealth, Sit has come into her own as the leader of a company, and that is the achievement that she is particularly proud of.
The Adobe Certified Associate (ACA) World Championship aims to identify the next generation of design professionals. The competition is presented by Certiport and tests students’ design skills using Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign.The ACA Championship Malaysia 2017 is organised by Acestar Sdn Bhd and the company’s founder and chief executive officer Natalie Sit said it gives design students an ideal platform to display their skills.
TUNKU Abdul Rahman University College’s (TAR UC) Faculty of Social Science, Arts and Humanities (FSAH) has long established itself in offering highly industry-relevant and entrepreneurship-focused programmes in Mass Communication, Creative Arts, Hospitality Management and Social Science, which have honed the technical know-how and expertise of students to enable them to stand out in their related fields. Recently, FSAH student Ng Hwa Ee, who is studying the Bachelor of Creative Multimedia (Hons) in Multimedia Design programme, demonstrated his designing prowess that led him to win not only Champion prize at the Adobe Certified Associate (ACA) Championship at national level, but also the Silver medal on the international stage, at the ACA World Championship held in Orlando, Florida in America.
Malaysia scored another win in a different arena this time as one Ng Haw Ee, a student at Tunku Abdul Rahman College took on all comers at the 2016 Adobe Certified Associate (ACA) World Championships in Orlando, Florida and emerged with a silver medal;
MALAYSIA took home the silver at the 2016 Adobe Certified Associate (ACA) World Championships, which was held at Orlando, Florida, in the United States recently.Tunku Abdul Rahman University College student Ng Hwa Ee beat 230,000 competitors at the global competition that identifies and recognises the next generation of design professionals using Adobe design software.
To those who roam the lofty worlds of design and layout, the Adobe Certified Associate (ACA) world championships are the trade equivalent of the Olympics meets an Ironman triathlon. Held in Florida every year, the event is a gruelling, strenuous, almost Herculean series of design tasks that are made to recognise the finest in the field using Adobe Photoshop, InDesign and Illustrator, s
Adobe Certified Associate (ACA) World Championship adalah sebuah pertandingan grafik bertaraf dunia yang menguji skil, kepakaran dan kreativiti pelajar dalam menggunakan perisian Adobe photoshop, Illustrator dan In design.
Baru-baru ini, Adobe Certified Associate (ACA) World Championship telah julung kalinya diadakan di Malaysia bagi menyediakan platform baru kepada pelajar seni rekabentuk dan memperkenalkan karya mereka ke peringkat antarabangsa.
IF you have mad designing skills, you stand to win an all expenses-paid trip worth RM18,000 to Orlando, Florida, and a chance to do your country proud.
All you have to do is showcase your creative 2D design talent using Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign at the Adobe Certified Associate (ACA) Championship Malaysia to design a poster.
The winner of the Malaysian championship, organised by local Adobe atinum partner Acestar, will go on to compete at the ACA World Championship, going up against international-level competition.
Natalie Sit was an administrative clerk in a small company in a small town who rose to become the CEO of her own IT company, Acestar. MEK ZHIN has the story.
IF THERE is a takeaway from the story of Natalie Sit’s rise from administration clerk to CEO of her own company, it is that the way forward in life is to keep learning and improving, and to make the most of the opportunities you’re given.