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From Food Truck to RM10M+ Social Enterprise: Pepper Labs
36 mins·10:00, 8 Sept 2025
From Food Truck to RM10M+ Social Enterprise: Pepper Labs
36 mins
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10:00, 8 Sept 2025
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Guest: Thanaselan Rajendran (Managing Director), Pepper Labs
What started as a single food truck to help one person in need has evolved into Pepper Labs, an eight-figure social enterprise that has impacted over 400,000 lives. But how do you scale social impact while remaining a commercially viable, profitable business?
Managing Director Thanaselan Rajendran joins us to share their incredible 10-year journey. He discusses the critical difference between a social enterprise and a charity, their innovative "Dapur Digital" community kitchens, and how they partner with giants like Microsoft and Google to bridge the digital divide with large-scale AI training.
We discuss:
The 10-year journey from a single food truck to an 8-figure business.
The crucial difference between a social enterprise and a charity.
Their "Dapur Digital" model for empowering micro-entrepreneurs in PPR communities
How they are bridging the digital divide with large-scale AI training.
Their ambitious vision to become an "impact-based conglomerate."
For social entrepreneurs, corporate foundations, and policymakers, this is a fascinating story in building a scalable, sustainable, and impact-focused organisation.
Presenter: Roshan Kanesan
Producer: Carol Wong
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