She Asked for Brutal Feedback from Day One – Here's What Happened to Her Business - Tam Nguyen | Podcast - Nhac.vn
When Mai Vo left her 5-year Google career to start Podium, a women's community in Singapore, she made a counterintuitive choice: aggressively seeking brutal feedback from day one. Even sweating with anxiety at her first event, she asked every attendee for honest input.
Result: 1100+ events and 150 paying quarterly members in 14 months – all bootstrapped.
In this episode, Mai reveals her exact system for turning feedback into business growth:
- Why she's "still scared" but pushes through anyway
- Specific questions she asks after every interaction
- How weekly vulnerability updates became her secret weapon
- The Vietnamese saying that saves entrepreneurs from "analysis paralysis"
- An insider VC trick every founder should know before raising money
Perfect for: Early-stage founders, aspiring entrepreneurs, and anyone building their first customer base who wants actionable peer-to-peer insights.
Listen while you work – Each insight is self-contained and immediately actionable.
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Podium Society: https://www.linkedin.com/company/podiumsociety/
