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Sterra is a homegrown brand set out to change the way Singaporeans drink water at home. We believe everyone deserves to drink water conveniently. Sterra is a product and customer-focused company that takes pride in excellence in design, to bring quality and value to customers.

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Grace (Emporal Co)

Grace and her sister, Lena, started a mythical candle and skincare brand Emporal Co (@emporalco) to empower self-care and wellness at home. The business, which grew in the thick of the pandemic, now generates 6-figure sales, fuelled by their strong 99K following on TikTok, where they document their daily routines as small business owners, packing orders, and fun behind-the-scenes moments to engage with new and loyal customers.

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28-year-old Xenia Wong has been a trailblazer in the beauty space, with her award-winning skincare brand ‘Sigi Skin’ making waves in Singapore. Since attending a beauty course in Seoul, she continues to create superfood and clinically proven actives, pregnancy safe,  vegan and cruelty-free products that can be seamlessly incorporated into skincare routines.

The brand also seeks to build genuine bonds with its customers, including tapping onto TikTok (@sigiskin), and its array of trends, to create relatable and entertaining content to empower self-love and grow its community.

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28-year-old jagua artist and founder of Henndrawn (@smxne). In addition to creating beautiful body art designs for customers, she also hosts jagua online and in-person courses for enthusiasts.

See Min continues to view her business as a celebration of the body and a way to empower herself and her clients to love themselves more.

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Beauty creator Anda (@andathesea) is a founder of Three businesses – 

Wear Bums (@wearbums), a plus-size and curvy-friendly jeans and loungewear brand, and Araes (@araes.co), a Muslim-friendly, vegan nail lacquer brand and BumOutSpace. In addition to encouraging self-love through her brands, Anda actively advocates for body positivity on her TikTok channel. 

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Today we speak with Simon Lieberum, a German expatriate, came to Singapore more than 10 years ago and fell in love with the local Kopi culture and traditional methods of brewing Nanyang coffee.

Founded in 2018, NO HARM DONE offers Singaporean- and Asian-inspired coffee options for local consumers, which are less acidic and fruity. They are committed to keeping their products planet-friendly, convenient, and affordable. NO HARM DONE’s Nespresso-compatible coffee capsules are made from cellulose and vegetal oils, which are fully compostable.

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Felicia is a software engineer with Circles Life, she was a system analyst with MINDEF before learning how to code with Rocket Academy. She chats about what a coder does and how to get started.

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I speak to Ken Mok, founder and director of FOXX. The latest HIIT boutique studio! Find out what's good about the workout and how you can get involved.

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How can small businesses leverage the rise of social media platforms? Gerald Gan, Head of Institute of Business Excellence at NTUC LearningHub and David Jay Gomez, Head of Brand Partnerships, SEA at TikTok share on the latest endeavour to help self-employed persons create content that matters. Find out more at: https://www.ntuclearninghub.com/.

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Described as a creative, out-of-the-box thinker, Selene straddles the line between building connected and agile teams, as well as sparking fresh ideas to fuel her entrepreneurial nature. Having direct hands-on experience as a business owner, Selene quickly recognised the importance of approaching business challenges with tenacity and an adaptive mindset. Selene has successfully launched several start-ups from ground-zero, and knows what truly drives a company’s growth and how to build successful businesses from scratch. Aside from her work commitments, she is a mother of two (16 and 17 years old), and plays an active role in nurturing the younger generation at her school she founded called Smarty Pants, and also an adjunct lecturer at Temasek Poly teaching advertising. She recently also took up rock climbing as a hobby – part of her passion of trying new things and challenging herself – might be an inspiring angle there for your consideration.

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