AVV Founders and Friends
A podcast about the early days of building startups in Vietnam and Southeast Asia.
AVV Founders and Friends — The First Few Months, Unfiltered
AVV Founders and Friends speaks with founders about the first few months and years of building their companies.
The conversations cover early hiring, fundraising, finding product-market fit, entering new markets, and the mistakes and decisions that shaped the business along the way.
Co-hosts Hau Ly and Adrian Latortue bring their own experience working with startups in Vietnam and across Southeast Asia to each discussion.
Hau Ly & Adrian Latortue
What Makes AVV Founders and Friends Different
The Early Days of Building
Founders talk about what happened before the company looked established: first hires, first customers, fundraising, and early product decisions.
Startups in Vietnam and Southeast Asia
The show looks closely at the opportunities and challenges of building within these markets.
Lessons from Experience
Conversations focus on decisions founders actually made, including the ones they would approach differently today.
What People Are Saying
"AVV Founders and Friends is the startup podcast Southeast Asia has needed for years. Real stories from real founders building real things in Vietnam and the region."
"The C-suite hiring episode — that business problems are people problems — should be mandatory listening for every founder thinking about their first senior hire."
"Hau and Adrian ask the questions nobody else is asking. That gap is exactly where the real learning happens."
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