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

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?