The Agenda: Forget internships. Why this Gen Z would rather sell curry puffs

Your Way Home with Hongbin Jeong · Oct 2, 2026 · 13m

At 24, SUSS finance student Yuan Ming is juggling university studies with a curry puff business he runs alongside his brother and a friend. Instead of following the usual path of securing internships and a graduate job, he’s managing suppliers, accounts and food preparation, with some workdays starting as early as 1am. On The Agenda, Hongbin Jeong speaks with Lim Yuan Ming, co-founder of What The Puff! and a finance student at SUSS, to find out what motivated him to start a business before graduation, the challenges of balancing school and entrepreneurship, and what his journey reveals…