Zac Chua: Hungry to build F&B start-up into major group
After graduating from SMU last year, SMU alumnus Zac Chua jumped straight into the deep end and set up The Kettle Gourmet to make oven-baked speciality popcorn with local flavours such as teh-tarik, bak kwa and chicken rice.
Vanessa Paranjothy: Saving the earth while helping needy women
SMU alumna Vanessa Paranjothy co-founded social start-up Freedom Cups with her two sisters in 2015. The start-up aims to distribute menstrual cups to underprivileged women who do not have access to proper sanitation.
Tengku Suzana Tengku Abdul Kadir: Helping Muslims travel the world
SMU alumnus Tengku Suzana Tengku Abdul Kadir set up an online travel company “Have Halal, Will Travel” to help fellow Muslims find halal food and prayer places while travelling.
Kenneth Mak and Mervin Soon: Bold but cautious in starting their tuition centre
SMU alumni Kenneth Mak and Mervin Soon started their own tuition centre while they were still studying at SMU.
Joshua Leong: From tennis coach to shoemaker
SMU alumnus Joshua Leong was a tennis coach for 12 years before he decided to take the leap to pursue his passion in shoemaking. He attended a shoemaking course in Florence, Italy, in 2014 and decided to do a one-year apprenticeship after that.
Yip Pin Xiu: $250,000 payout for Asian Para Games
SMU alumna and Nominated Member of Parliament Yip Pin Xiu, who won a gold and two bronzes at the 3rd Asian Para Games last month, was at the Athletes Achievement Awards to receive her prize.
Gold medallist Paralympian Yip Pin Xiu is new face for Lancôme
SMU alumna and Nominated Member of Parliament Yip Pin Xiu has become the latest face of French cosmetics house Lancôme. She is the first person with disability to be featured in its advertising campaign here.
Pei Shan: Redefining Ugly -- How one Singapore-Based startup aims to achieve zero food waste
SUTD-SMU Double Degree Programme alumna Pei Shan founded UglyFood in a bid to curb food wastage in Singapore.
Yip Pin Xiu, the cosmetics star: What a beautiful notion
The Straits Times’ Assistant Sports Editor Rohit Brijnath spoke of the need to dismantle prejudice against the disabled in our society and the need for greater inclusion and diversity.
Adrian Lim and Chia Luck Yong: Singapore app, Vietnam-based coders -- Companies look abroad for tech manpower needs
SMU alumni Adrian Lim and Chia Luck Yong co-founded Singapore offshoring firm Fetch in 2015, which currently has close to 20 corporate clients and hires 120 coders in its two offices in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City. With increasing demand for tech