Early-stage VC investing across APAC.

Dentmakers is a blog about Technology/Startups and Risk-taking. I wrote deep dives breaking down startups with interesting business models in Ecommerce/Payment and other spaces. Thousands of prominent founders, VCs, and tech enthusiasts in Vietnam have subscribed to this newsletter.Vietnamese: https://dentmakers.substack.com/English: https://minhphan.substack.com/• Key learning points: Storytelling, Research & Analysis, Strategic Thinking, and Patience - yeah, it took me on average a month to finish a post but it's absolutely worth it.

GearLaunch is a leading Print-on-Demand platform based in the US empowering sellers across the globe. • Responsibilities:- Leading GearLaunch's Merchant base expansion to new, emerging markets in APAC• Key learning points: Crossborder Commerce, Merchant Acquisition, Sales, Influencer Marketing, Community Building, Launching products in a new market.

Creating and running a D2C Dropshipping store on Shopify from scratch that reached a few thousand dollars in monthly GMV. I learned virtually everything about Modern Cross-border Ecommerce Stack from this experience as a merchant.• Key learning points: Sourcing Product - Aliexpress, Oberlo | Website builder - Shopify | Digital Marketing - FB/Instagram Ads | D2C Unit Economics | Payment Integration - PayPal.

Geniee is the leading AdTech startup in Asia with branches in Japan, Singapore, China, Indonesia, Thailand, and Vietnam. Geniee helps publishers (web owners) to maximize their Ad Revenue with automatic bidding using its Supply Side Platform (SSP) product. In 2016, Deloitte's ranked Geniee as one of the top fastest-growing tech startups in APAC.• Responsibilities:- Leading Supply Side Growth of Geniee in new markets like Korea, Malaysia, etc. - Working closely with publishers and the technical team to keep track of data of the sales and solve any technical problems that occur to the partners.- Managing top-tier websites in Korea, Japan, Malaysia with the total daily traffic of more than 100M.• Key learning points: B2B Sales, Adtech, Negotiation skills.

Minami Fuji - (http://www.minamifuji.com) is a Japanese firm with branches in China, Indonesia and Vietnam (2013). In Vietnam, its main business is HR consulting, besides it is also offering various consulting services for Japanese partners that having interests in Vietnam market.• Responsibilities:- Found potential Vietnamese partners for Japanese clients who want to outsource their production chain to Vietnam- Made preliminary market research then deliver presentations for Japanese clients who want to enter Vietnam market.-Hosted seminars and networking events to match between Vietnamese and Japanese enterprises.• Key learning points: Japan business manners, problem solving, client-friendly communication skills, research skills, presentation skills, negotiation skills, relationship building skills.