# The Boring Business Of Vending Machines, Made Interesting Again [TBS 53]

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Podcast: [The Financial Coconut Podcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-financial-coconut-podcast-623458)
Published: 2026-03-17T22:00:00+00:00
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## Resource

☕ Can a vending machine make café-quality coffee? In this episode of The Financial Coconuts Business Show , we sit down with the founders of Flow Coffee , a startup challenging Singapore’s coffee scene with an unexpected idea: coffee vending machines that serve café-grade drinks made with fresh milk. After noticing how expensive and inconvenient good coffee can be, Chang Wei Sheng (Founder & CEO) and Jarran Ng (Co-Founder & COO) set out to build a smarter solution, combining automation, technology, and clever operations to make quality coffee more accessible. In less than a year, they’ve deployed 20 machines across Singapore - but the journey to get there involved engineering challenges, manufacturing hurdles, and plenty of experimentation. In this episode, we talk about: 🔹 Why good coffee is getting more expensive 🔹 The idea behind café-style coffee vending machines 🔹 How they went from concept to 20 machines in under a year 🔹 The technology powering their automated coffee system 🔹 Lessons from building a hardware + operations startup 🔹 The challenges of scaling a physical product business 🔹 What it takes to disrupt a traditional industry If you’re an entrepreneur, SME owner, or startup builder , this episode is packed with insights about launching and scaling a real-world business. 🎧 Tune in to hear the full story behind Flow Coffee. Guests: Chang Wei Sheng, Founder & CEO, Flow Coffee Jarran Ng, Co-Founder & COO, Flow Coffee 👍 Like this episode? Subscribe to The Financial Coconuts Business Show for more conversations with founders, operators, and SME leaders. #startup #entrepreneurship #coffee #vendingmachine #businesspodcast --- 🎧 The Financial Coconut: Your weekly source for empowering financial knowledge and unlocking possibilities. We explore pers…

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