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Entrepreneurial mothers: Not having it all, but making the most of what they have

This Mother’s Day, three mumpreneurs tell us what keeps them going as they juggle running their own business while being a wife and mother

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Corinne Kerk

Published Thu, May 11, 2023 · 06:00 PM
    • Amanda Ong, founder of babysitting app Aunty SG, believes in having an appreciative mindset.
    • Amanda Ong, founder of babysitting app Aunty SG, believes in having an appreciative mindset. PHOTO: AMANDA ONG

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    Jasmin Tay, founder and CEO, Perky Lash

    Jasmin Tay, founder of Perky Lash, has learnt to draw the line between her personal life and her work. PHOTO: JASMIN TAY

    JASMIN Tay is blessed and she knows it.

    The mother of an eight-year-old girl and a six-year-old boy runs her four-outlet business providing eyelash services (mostly) without having to fret over domestic affairs because she’s got great support at home.

    Her in-laws, whom she lives with, help to pick the kids up from school and her father-in-law, a retired polytechnic lecturer, oversees her daughter’s schoolwork. Not that the child needs it, being the disciplined type who gets her homework done before play.

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