A 19-year-old opened an art studio, panicked 2 weeks in, and then turned it into a $320,000 viral hit. Here's how.

Merida Lim opened Scuro, a neon art studio based in Singapore, in 2024. Merida Lim Merida Lim is the 20-year-old founder of Scuro, a neon art studio based in Singapore. Lim initially struggled to find a consistent customer base until she pivoted her business strategy. Scuro earned over $320,000 in revenue during the last 10 months. Two weeks after opening her dream business, a horror-themed art jamming studio in Singapore called Scuro, Merida Lim was already thinking of quitting. "I was so ...