S1E1: Boxgreen - a profitable business nuts about doing good? - Portraits Of Purpose Podcast Ep 1

Sep 12, 2020

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Portraits Of Purpose Podcast Ep 1: Boxgreen - a profitable business nuts about doing good?

06:58 mins

Synopsis: This is the first episode of The Straits Times' Portraits Of Purpose podcast series brought to you by DBS Bank. In this series, we speak to social entrepreneurs making a difference. Nothing shines brighter in the midst of adversity than light born of hope, courage, perseverance and generosity.

We feature Mr Walter Oh, co-founder of healthy snacks company Boxgreen, a certified B Corporation which uses business as a force for good. He tells us about his journey of discovery as he left a high four-figure salary in the corporate world in 2014, to start his own business.

Did Walter sense an entrepreneurial streak deep within, from an early age? (0:52)
How was the idea for an online company that delivers healthy snacks to customers' doorsteps, born? (2:08)
How his parents reacted to his decision to become an entrepreneur? (2:47)
How the company's original three "auntie" packers have now also become shareholders? (3:50)
Why the motto "Snack good, do good"? (4:39)

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Produced by: Wong Kim Hoh, ST video team & Ernest Luis

Edited by: Ernest Luis & Muhammad Firmann

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