For The Love of Children: Preschool Owner Charmaine Teo

As legal counsel for a private equity fund, Charmaine Teo, 31, would have had a high-paying and intense career in the whirlwind energy of the financial world. However, she left all that behind a few years ago to set up Between Two Trees Preschool, a school for children aged 18 months to 6 years old.

Cooking Up Books: 25 Degree Celsius Bookshop Owners Sally Tsai & Karin Chan

Who would’ve thought a simple love for baking and cookbooks would have led to a successful niche business concept for Sally Tsai and Karin Chan? Having experience in the music entertainment industry, they decided to combine their marketing skills and passion for food to start 25 Degree Celcius. Nanzinc.Com catches up with Sally Tsai on the business aspects of running a café-kitchen-bookstore in one. By: Lianne Ong

Asian Woman Entrepreneur: Sara Hay of Spectacle Hut

I am always amazed by the Spectacle Hut story. Little is known about the people behind this leading chain of eyewear stores, because the founders are low-profile, humble, hardworking and focused. Gary Khoo and his wife Sara Hay are my friends and I am so happy that Sara has agreed to this interview! A mother of four and a woman who proves that being partners with her husband at home and at work can mean success. Proof is in the growth of their chainstore, which they started just 14 years ago and is today the largest in Singapore with 40 stores.

Photography – A Passionate Business: Gwen Lee, Director of 2902 Gallery

After six years in the museum industry, Gwen Lee took the leap in 2008 and opened 2902 Gallery - the largest photographic art gallery in Southeast Asia. The gallery has since become an invaluable resource and exhibition platform for regional artists. Her passion also sparked the beginnings of the Singapore International Photography Festival, the first of its kind in Asia. Nanzinc.Com catches up with Gwen amidst her busy schedule to find out more.