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Cho Nguyen

Founder and CEO, Vintage Modern · 1 appearance on the record.

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founderexecutive@ChauDucks ↗vintagemodern.co ↗

He co-founded Campus Special and was the founder and CEO of mobile hiring platform Hirewire. He currently serves as founder and CEO of Vintage Modern, a luxury automotive company specializing in modernized classic vehicles.

8statements → 5claims → 1claims resolved → 3.75/5average certainty → 1.25/5average debate potential →

0 supported 0 partly supported 1 contradicted 1 not yet assessed 3 not checkable as stated how the 5 claims stand · each chip opens the sources

1 prediction · 4 assertions · 3 disclosures · every statement was checked. The prediction and assertions are the 5 claims: statements the public record can support or contradict. 1 is resolved, 1 is not yet assessed, and 3 name no date, number or outcome precise enough to check. Everything else (opinions, insights, what ifs, disclosures) can never be settled by the record, so it carries no assessment.

The record, in short

What the tape says about how Cho argues and how the claims held up. Everything they said, and everything said about them, is in the tabs below.

Their most notable contradicted claim

Assertion Contradicted
Cho Nguyen sold Campus Special for roughly $25 million
“It was about twenty five million.”
Cho Nguyen Aug 3, 2017 ▶ 3:20 740: He's Helped 20,000 Land a Job, $4m Raised, $200k MRR

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Everything Cho Nguyen said on Top Founders that made the record, most notable first. Filter by type, assessment or year in the ledger →

Prediction Not checkable as stated
Hirewire aims to reach $200,000 in MRR by the end of 2017
“Well, we actually just launched our monetization, so it's below that, but I think that by the end of the year we'll be on track.”
Cho Nguyen Aug 3, 2017 ▶ 12:44 740: He's Helped 20,000 Land a Job, $4m Raised, $200k MRR
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Hirewire retains over 95% of its customers on a monthly basis
“Yeah, I would say we're retaining like 95 plus percent.”
Cho Nguyen Aug 3, 2017 ▶ 14:30 740: He's Helped 20,000 Land a Job, $4m Raised, $200k MRR
Assertion Not publicly verifiable
Campus Special hit $15M revenue with around 40 employees before selling
“We're doing about fifteen million in revenue. And employee headcount in the forties.”
Cho Nguyen Aug 3, 2017 ▶ 2:46 740: He's Helped 20,000 Land a Job, $4m Raised, $200k MRR
Assertion Contradicted
Cho Nguyen sold Campus Special for roughly $25 million
“It was about twenty five million.”
Cho Nguyen Aug 3, 2017 ▶ 3:20 740: He's Helped 20,000 Land a Job, $4m Raised, $200k MRR
Disclosure
Hirewire raised its first $2 million before building a prototype
“We raised it before we even had a prototype. So two million to start and then an additional two million last year. So about four million so far.”
Cho Nguyen Aug 3, 2017 ▶ 6:24 740: He's Helped 20,000 Land a Job, $4m Raised, $200k MRR
Disclosure
Hirewire charges employers $50 to $100 per location per month
“We charge per location per month, so that ranges from 50 to a hundred dollars per location per month, depending on usage.”
Cho Nguyen Aug 3, 2017 ▶ 9:07 740: He's Helped 20,000 Land a Job, $4m Raised, $200k MRR
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Hirewire facilitated 20,000 hires in Atlanta during its first year
“So we in one year in Atlanta, got over 4000 employers to sign up and accumulated over a 100,000 job seekers and got 20,000 people hired.”
Cho Nguyen Aug 3, 2017 ▶ 10:22 740: He's Helped 20,000 Land a Job, $4m Raised, $200k MRR
Disclosure
Hirewire monetizes solely through SaaS fees without taking a transaction cut
“On the job secret side, we're not making money. I thought that was your question. On the buy, on the, what cut are you making on the other side? There isn't a cut.”
Cho Nguyen Aug 3, 2017 ▶ 17:09 740: He's Helped 20,000 Land a Job, $4m Raised, $200k MRR

Appearances (1)

EpisodeDateSpeaking time
740: He's Helped 20,000 Land a Job, $4m Raised, $200k MRR Aug 3, 2017 11m
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