In this week’s episode, I am speaking to Michelle and Melissa Sin of SKB Shutters Corporation Berhad from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

The business had its roots in Penang but since Michelle and Melissa’s father took over, they relocated to Kuala Lumpur as urbanisation in the 80s saw a growing need for their steel products.

Michelle and Melissa had worked for KPMG before joining their parents in the manufacturing business. At SKB, Melissa heads sales and marketing while Michelle manages the operations.

In this episode, Michelle and Melissa talk about:

• What keeps this family business charging forward despite the uncertainties and changes in the business environment if they were music, what kinds of music they would be
• How their 5-year age difference doesn’t seem to matter now that they’re in the business together
• Their favourite books and why they each prefer a certain genre
• How fear can be a great motivator and demotivator
• What their most worthwhile investment was in the past 2 years
• The guilt that Michelle feels because she is a working mother and what Melissa says about that
• The unique advantages of being family in a business (and the drawbacks)

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