Asia Tech Podcast

EP 157 - Quan Nguyen - CEO at GIMO - It Is the End of Everything

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The Asia Tech Podcast went back to Vietnam to talk to Quan Nguyen (https://www.linkedin.com/in/quannguyen89/), a co-Founder and the CEO of GIMO (https://gimo.vn/en), a fintech startup in Vietnam offering on-demand pay for blue-collar workers.

Some of the topics we covered:

  • His experience as a finance professional
  • How corporate life demotivated him
  • Getting an MBA and how it changed his mindset
  • Amidst good success at work, Quan decided he needed to do something more meaningful and quit his job
  • Meeting the co-Founder of GIMO and pivoting the business
  • Early Wage Access and why GIMO focused on this product
  • Many Vietnamese are left out of traditional financial services
  • The overall state of financial services in Vietnam
  • Financial literacy and its impact on service accessibility
  • Partnerships and building an ecosystem
  • Raising capital and family support (https://gimo.vn/en/insights/fintech-startup-gimo-bags-19m-in-seed-round-led-by-integra-partners-)

    • Other titles we considered for this episode:

    1. Enjoying the Relaxing Lifestyle
    2. Parents...They Always Worry
    3. Is It Going to Die?
      4. ...more
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