Vietnam
6 statements across 6 episodes · 1 bullish · 2 bearish · 3 people on the record · first statement Dec 20, 2020 by Sean Weisbrot · said 147 times in 63 episodes since 2020 · across every show →
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brought up most by Sean Weisbrot (118), Brian Ferris (7), Nick Jonsson (6), Davis Nguyen (3), Jeffrey Hazlett (2), Jenny Gustafson (1), Jackson Wightman (1), Eric Turney (1)
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2025 47 mentions in 19 episodes 2 per episode
- Picking the Hardest Business Model on Earth Has a Backdoor Exit
- I Coached a Crypto Fund Manager on How to Land $100k+ Clients
- This AI Had an Existential Crisis During Our Interview
- Rich People Are the Best Evangelists in the World - Here Is Why
- One Turns the Lights On. The Other Walks You Toward Them.
- He Built a Mutual Fund Out of 200 Recruiting Clients and Hit $50M
- 20 Years of Meditation Taught Him to Feel Nothing - Here's Why That Wins
- 15-20% Growth for 3 Years Without Adding a Single Hire
- 11 more episodes that year, every mention in 2025 →
2024 20 mentions in 10 episodes 2 per episode
- 137 Countries Taught Him Why Users Do What You Want
- What Got Me to Today Will Not Get Me to Tomorrow
- His SWAG Method Turns Wild Guesses Into Quarterly Wins
- He Built a $100M Company and Says You Are Already Wrong Right Now
- Imitate Before You Innovate: The Phrase Behind a 950-Store Empire
- 200 Episodes In and I Still Had No Idea What the Podcast Was For
- She Made 7 Figures Selling What She Calls an Unhealthy Addiction
- He Gave Them the Dollar They Asked For, Then Walked Away
- 2 more episodes that year, every mention in 2024 →
2023 20 mentions in 10 episodes 2 per episode
- A Swedish Founder Saw What Mexican Banks Missed in Their Own Data
- 10,000 Investor Meetings Later, He Saw One Same-Day Commitment
- Dogs Evolved Unique Eye Muscles Just to Make You Care for Them
- His Six-Month Relationship Contract Actually Works
- The 911 Operator Pitied Him More Than the Patient Did
- He Has Two Modes: Seducing You or Destroying You
- CIA Took His Case Mid-Investigation and Never Told Him Why
- He Rode 3 AI Waves. One Thing Still Keeps Him Up at Night
- 2 more episodes that year, every mention in 2023 →
2022 41 mentions in 15 episodes 3 per episode
- He Wrote the Book on Executive Loneliness After Losing a Friend to Suicide
- 30 Virtual Events Later, His Team Still Runs Without Him
- Why a Weekly Email Changed What Founders Thought Mattered
- $500K Profit With Time for Family Beats $1M and Misery
- Why Your Superstar Already Has One Foot Out the Door
- Her Fans Looked Male On Instagram But Her Shopee Data Said Otherwise
- She Offered Flexible Hours and Still Couldn't Keep Top Talent
- Taught to Survive, Never to Get Ahead: A Poverty Cycle 100 Years in the Making
- 7 more episodes that year, every mention in 2022 →
2021 7 mentions in 6 episodes 1 per episode
- France's Two-Tier System: The 1% Pay No Taxes Legally
- He Called It a State of Flow Multiplied by 100
- She Bought Toilet Paper in Bali Before She Knew Her Business Was Gone
- The Mental Health Pandemic Nobody Is Talking About Yet
- Give It All Away — The Truth About What Clients Actually Pay For
- The Working Mom Gap Nobody Talks About (It's Not the Glass Ceiling)
- every mention in 2021, scene by scene →
Everything said about Vietnam, oldest first
Dec 20, 2020 neutral
Weisbrot: Most Southeast Asian and East Asian startups build locally, not globally
“When I look at the startup ecosystem in a given country, let's say Vietnam, for example, they generally are not building for a global audience. I don't just see this in Vietnam. I also see this in Japan and Korea and Philippines and most Southeast Asian countr…”
Sep 6, 2022
Jun 14, 2024 bullish
Ferris: Thailand's international tourism makes it a better accommodation market than Vietnam.
“I would argue that Vietnam is has a more homegrown economy and therefore doesn't have as much international tourism as Thailand does. That partly influences my thought. Like Thailand has a, probably a better market if you were to set up a, you know, tourist lo…”
Apr 29, 2025 negative
Weisbrot: Sourcing in Vietnam Requires In-Person Factory Visits
“So if you want to start working with a manufacturer in Vietnam, you literally have to go to Vietnam and find the manufacturers and good luck getting them to respond to emails and phone calls. You have to show up at their factory and say, hi, I want to do busin…”
May 6, 2025 neutral
Shepherd: Trump admin may get trade concessions from Vietnam and lower tariffs
“I think it's very possible they'll get some concessions from Vietnam or concessions from, you mentioned Sri Lanka or wherever. They'll get some concessions. And the whole press release saying, look, it worked. We got our concessions and we won. The tariffs are…”
Aug 19, 2025 negative
Weisbrot: Leaders in China, Vietnam, and Portugal Resist Upward Accountability
“One thing I appreciate about American cultures, the willingness to be open and vulnerable. Because in my experience living in other countries, I've never seen anyone do that before of the companies I've worked for or worked with in all name called China and Vi…”