We interview successful founders in Vietnam and South East Asia to discuss their journeys, especially the stories and challenges of their first few months. Learn and be inspired by how some of the hottest startups in the region made early hires, raised funds, found product-market fit and so much more. If you're a startup founder in South East Asia or aspiring to be one, please follow the show, share it with fellow entrepreneurs and send in your stories. We'd love to hear from you!
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From favourite moments to putting lessons in play, Hau and Adrian reflect on their takeaways about hiring and retaining early team members. In This Episode (00:20) How the show came into being (02:45) The importance of people strategy (04:42) How the show’s making a difference for founders (08:40) ‘Eye-opening’ and ‘Intriguing’ (11:22) Amazing anal…
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AV7 | C-suite Hiring and Why “Business Problems are People Problems”| Minh Giang - Newing Company| AVV Founders & Friends
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Corporates are much better than startups at hiring impactful C-level leaders and it isn’t just because they pay more. Fortunately, startups can apply the same methods and mindsets to find the right people solutions to their business problems. Minh Giang, former partner of Talent and Culture at Mekong Capital sheds light on executive, corporate hiri…
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AV6 | Recruiting the A-team and making them earn a seat at the table
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Before launching Aitomatic, Christopher Nguyen and his founding team worked together for nearly 10 years building new AI solutions over multiple ventures. As a seasoned Silicon Valley and Vietnam tech veteran he imparts his wisdom for pragmatic decision making, winning over A-team hires, and how they should earn a seat at the table. In This Episode…
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AV5 | Starting a Business with Your Partner and The Art of the Reverse Pitch | Kevin Hoong, Oyen Insurance
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Convincing A-players to join a new company in a completely new industry may sound nearly impossible. How do you create a winning team when you have no funding? In This Episode (03:04) Getting started in pet insurance (06:14) The first three hires (07:47) Starting a business with your partner (11:45) Hiring a growth marketer (13:50) Establishing com…
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AV4 | ‘Self-Serve’ HR and Building a Remote-First Organisation | Jason Kan, Virtual Internships
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Getting your team to embrace the culture you want to build is challenging especially when they are remote and distributed across the world. How do you create structures and processes without making it heavy and bureaucratic? In This Episode (02:00) How Jason joined Virtual Internships (05:11) Forming the early team (08:06) Being intentional about c…
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AV3 | Expanding Regionally - Hire Local and Trust the Team
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https://www.crazytokmedia.com/POPS Worldwide is one of the few Vietnamese companies to successfully expand regionally in SEA. In this conversation, Esther dives into the crucial aspects of trust, attitude, and personal qualities and how she grew the company from a 4 person team in Vietnam to a 400 person team across 3 different countries. She refle…
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AV2 | Articulating Team Values - Velocity vs. Speed | Kartick Narayan, Founder & CEO, Kilo
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As a first-time founder, Kartick reflects on optimising for speed, how his leadership principles have evolved, and designing a hiring process that ensures new hires are aligned with Kilo’s company values. Our Guest Kartick Narayan is the Founder & CEO of Kilo, a Vietnam-based company on a mission to bring millions of traditional businesses online b…
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Hau Ly and Adrian Latortue kick off the season with a discussion about their own experiences as early employees in Vietnam-based startups. Hau discusses the growth curve and early leadership lessons while Adrian talks about the benefits of early employees and how he went about establishing a new team from scratch. In This Episode (00:30) Introducti…
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AVV Founders and Friends podcast provides deep dives into the early days of venture building, interviewing successful founders in Vietnam and South East Asia about early hires, fundraising, product-market fit, growth hacks and much more. If you're interested in startups, do follow the show and let others know about it too!…
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