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Entrepreneurs

Singapore doctor who left plastic surgery training to build a skincare brand gets New York debut

After leaving a prestigious path to becoming a plastic surgeon, aesthetic doctor Shauna Tan-Chiam started a skincare brand to continue helping people with their image insecurities.
After leaving a prestigious path to becoming a plastic surgeon, aesthetic doctor Shauna Tan-Chiam started a skincare brand to continue helping people with their image insecurities.

Lunch With Sumiko

From family dinner table to boardroom: How HMI Medical CEO grew her parents’ company

Singapore universities produce top students. Why don’t more of them become entrepreneurs?

ST20231011_202366618531/etsit11/Elisha/Jason Quah A Singapore Institute of Technology (SIT) graduates pose for a photo following the SIT graduation ceremony on Oct 11, 2023. Tertiary education, manpower, employment, salary, wages, graduate, degree, jobs
ST20231011_202366618531/etsit11/Elisha/Jason Quah A Singapore Institute of Technology (SIT) graduates pose for a photo following the SIT graduation ceremony on Oct 11, 2023. Tertiary education, manpower, employment, salary, wages, graduate, degree, jobs

Finding Joy

Jumping off the career ladder to be an entrepreneur is the best decision I’ve made

The writer left the security of full time employment to start her own practice.
The writer left the security of full time employment to start her own practice.

Not just a young person’s game: Meet the late bloomers carving a niche in Singapore’s beauty scene

(Clockwise from left) Entrepreneurs Mr David Peh, Mrs Monica Goh and Professor James Goh, and Ms Diana Lai.
(Clockwise from left) Entrepreneurs Mr David Peh, Mrs Monica Goh and Professor James Goh, and Ms Diana Lai.

OnlyFans owner Leonid Radvinsky dies of cancer at 43

OnlyFans, an adult-content platform, surged in popularity during the Covid-19 pandemic lockdowns.
OnlyFans, an adult-content platform, surged in popularity during the Covid-19 pandemic lockdowns.

Trapped in debt, with no way back: China weighs personal bankruptcy reform

China adopted an enterprise bankruptcy law in 2006, but it applies only to companies, not individuals.
China adopted an enterprise bankruptcy law in 2006, but it applies only to companies, not individuals.

Matcha and bakes for supper: Inside S’pore uni dorm rooms where students run small F&B ventures

(Clockwise from left) 1.1mol founder Yen Ming Jun, Matcha-ryou founders Brendan Tan, Ang Yu Han and Jade Teo and 12 Cups Cafe founder Low Dong Xuan.
(Clockwise from left) 1.1mol founder Yen Ming Jun, Matcha-ryou founders Brendan Tan, Ang Yu Han and Jade Teo and 12 Cups Cafe founder Low Dong Xuan.

One-person firms and ‘raising lobsters’: China hunts for new ways to create jobs in AI era

OpenClaw website displayed on a laptop screen and OpenClaw website displayed on a phone screen are seen in this illustration photo taken in Krakow, Poland on February 6, 2026. (Photo by Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto)NO USE FRANCE
OpenClaw website displayed on a laptop screen and OpenClaw website displayed on a phone screen are seen in this illustration photo taken in Krakow, Poland on February 6, 2026. (Photo by Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto)NO USE FRANCE

Tastemakers

Widow invests $800,000 to start S'pore hawker culture experience centre in honour of late husband

Ms Lena Lee at Jiak 99, a hawker edutainment spot that introduces locals and tourists to Singapore’s hawker culture.
Ms Lena Lee at Jiak 99, a hawker edutainment spot that introduces locals and tourists to Singapore’s hawker culture.

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