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 reflects on finding, motivating and retaining leaders for the long term as a regional company in a highly competitive hiring market.

Our Guest
Esther Nguyen is a media and technology entrepreneur who founded POPS Worldwide. She has since been a pioneering force in the development of the digital entertainment industry in Vietnam and Southeast Asia.

In This Episode

• (01:26) Building the core team
• (05:56) How early employees helped shape values
• (09:27) What to look for when hiring early employees
• (14:43) How POPS expanded to hundreds of employees across South East Asia
• (19:40) How to motivate and retain people for the long term
• (22:39) Why join POPS
• (24:22) How to make best use foreign talent

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Your Hosts

Hau Ly is the partner at Ascend Vietnam Ventures focused on portfolio success and has been in the VC space for six years.

Adrian Latortue is portfolio manager at 500 Startups Vietnam, prior to which he was a founder himself and an early member of the Uber team in Southeast Asia. He’s lived in Vietnam, working with Vietnamese startups for 12 years.

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