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Video screengrabs of teachers from Write Edge coaching pupils during a writing workshop with The Straits Times in 2019. The writer started enrichment school Write Edge six years ago with only 12 students. It now has six locations and teaches close to 1,000 students weekly.
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Nicolette Ng
Six years ago, I left my job in public relations to start a home-based tuition business of 12 students. As more students signed up, I rented a small shophouse nearby.
There, in an unassuming corner of the neighbourhood, I became an entrepreneur at 24.
