{
  "id": 10064382,
  "title": "Her education business started from a 4-room HDB flat at age 24",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/26/her-education-business-started-from-a-4-room-hdb-flat-at-age-24",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-09-26T21:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Straits Times Business",
    "slug": "straits-times-business",
    "url": "https://www.straitstimes.com/business/invest/her-education-business-started-from-a-4-room-hdb-flat-at-age-24"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Nicolette Ng, now 36, launched Write Edge, her education business, from a four-room HDB flat when she was just 24 years old. In 2014, she had only 12 students, but within six months, the business grew to 60 students after moving to a 130 sq ft shop unit. Co-founder Eileen Chin joined Ng, and they added one shop per year over the next 12 years. By February 2027, the company will have opened two more centres, bringing the total to 14. Ng attributes her leadership growth to emotional resilience, self-awareness, and the ability to handle uncertainty, criticism, and change. She emphasizes the need to delegate, trust others, communicate clearly, and build scalable systems. Ng previously worked in communications and media, including at Singapore Press Holdings and Weber Shandwick. She holds a master's degree in education (English language) from the National Institute of Education and a bachelor's degree in English literature from Nanyang Technological University. Ng's financial strategy involves long-term investments, stability, and discipline. She made notable financial mistakes, such as waiting too long to close an underperforming branch, and has learned to make better decisions by staying disciplined and focusing on long-term growth.",
  "summary": "Nicolette Ng started giving tuition at 24 and now runs a chain of education centres.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}