From Harvard MBA to Vietnamese Nail Salons

About this episode

Truc Nguyen discusses his transition from a successful corporate career to exploring Vietnamese-American entrepreneurship through small businesses.

Truc Nguyen left a high-achieving path — JP Morgan, HP, Deloitte, Harvard MBA — to pursue a very different ambition: buying and operating small businesses. What started as a career reset turned into a deep exploration of Vietnamese-American entrepreneurship and the power of rolling up service businesses the right way.

People in this episode

Host: Quang Do

Guest: Truc Nguyen

Topics covered

• entrepreneurship
• Vietnamese-American culture
• small business
• career change
• service industry

Keywords

• Harvard MBA
• Vietnamese nail salons
• entrepreneurship
• small business ownership
• career reset

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: JP Morgan, HP, Deloitte, Harvard

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