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Robert Huynh: Google Moonshots to Vietnam YC Founder, Harvard MBA Dropout & Sea Turtle and Product Market Fit Iteration

Season 1 Episode 264 Published 3 years, 3 months ago

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In this insightful episode of Brave, Robert Huynh, co-founder of construction labor marketplace Nook, shares his journey from a successful career at Google's X Moonshot to dropping out of Harvard Business School to start his own company in Vietnam. Huynh discusses his approach to risk-taking, cultural transitions, and product iteration. He emphasizes the importance of community and shares valuable lessons learned. Through his story, Huynh showcases the power of embracing challenges, staying true to your values, and taking decisive action towards your goals.

“I have this gamer mindset that just means maximizing the things I'm good at, minimizing the things I suck at. Whenever I do something, I just go all in. It’s a lot less about de-risking, I think it's more about expanding my options and just taking decisions and going with it. It’s like dropping out of school. I didn't think too much about it. It was just a decision th at at the end of the day I made and we just never looked back and so I think it just happened that way that all these things led to de-risking each decision.” - Robert Hyunh

"The bootcamp part of Y Combinator is often overlooked. People talk about demo day and getting all these investors, but the advice in the bootcamp was so relevant. It was impactful to have different founders come in and talk to us and understand where we are right now. It's something that I wouldn't have been able to understand if I wasn't going through that journey then." - Robert Hyunh

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