Chieh Huang

I knew I did not want to be a doctor; my parents kept talking to me about that. I wanted to be an NBA player, but around freshman and sophomore year, I stopped growing, so that was the end of that. ”

Growing up poor taught me a lot. It instilled in me the ethics of hard work. ”

Parents will be parents. Even now, my mom asks me sometimes, 'When are you going to go back and get a real job?' ”

It was tough times in Ohio when we lived there. My dad was between unemployed and just selling random knickknacks at a flea market. My mom was a cashier at a Chinese food restaurant. They both had awesome careers back in Taiwan, and they came here for my sister and I. ”

Automation is great for profits, but it's a real potential trouble area for society. ”

I stopped taking calls when I'm with my kids. It's either work time or family time. ”

I personally pay, through the majority of my stock and through cash, college tuitions of our full-time employees' kids. Life-changing events are generally covered by Boxed as well. ”

Everyone is now praying at the altar of every last dollar of profits to please shareholders. If you invest in your people and treat them well, it's a different way to increase profits. ”

As ubiquitous as the brands of the warehouse clubs are - Costco, BJ's and Sam's - they're not everywhere. If you have less than a million people in your town, or less than 500K, you might never get access to wholesale savings. ”

I'm just a regular dude from New Jersey. If Boxed is successful, and you take 90% of my money away, I'll still be all right. ”