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May 15, 2026 · Novotel Hà Nội Thái Hà, 2 P. Thái Hà, Đống Đa, Hà Nội
Vietnam Insiders: Builders, Backers & Operators
An inside look at Vietnam's most iconic companies through 3 perspectives: the builders who created them, the backers who believed early, and the operators who made them scale.
Recap
A Friday afternoon in a Hanoi ballroom, 60+ founders, and three of Vietnam's most consequential operators, Nguyễn Duy Linh, Phan Minh Tâm and Rich Pham, talking honestly about what they actually learned on the way up.
Not a pitch and not a panel of platitudes. Builders, backers and operators on the long game, with Marcus Wittner closing on what an EO community makes possible.
Five lessons from the room
- Add value every day. Career equity compounds long after the title stops requiring it.
- Don't be afraid to fail, and don't say no to the uncomfortable rooms.
- Execution wins over strategy. Operational stamina is the real moat.
- Be ready to pivot. The plan you wrote in January is a hypothesis, not a contract.
- It is lonely at the top, so build your honest circle on purpose, before you need it.
Everyone in Vietnam has a beautiful strategy. Almost no one has the operational stamina to ship it, week after week, when nothing is on fire.