AV5 | Starting a Business with Your Partner and The Art of the Reverse Pitch | Kevin Hoong, Oyen Insurance
Manage episode 360422459 series 3428914
Convincing A-players to join a new company in a completely new industry may sound nearly impossible. How do you create a winning team when you have no funding?
In This Episode
- (03:04) Getting started in pet insurance
- (06:14) The first three hires
- (07:47) Starting a business with your partner
- (11:45) Hiring a growth marketer
- (13:50) Establishing company values and ensuring new hires are aligned with them
- (17: 03) Blending disruptive youngsters with experienced professionals
- (19:43) Generating employee referrals
- (22:48) Hiring before funding
- (27:06) Setting newcomers up for success
- (30:43) 4 key learnings as a new manager
- (38:52) Staying on track amidst distractions
- (40:21) The art of the Reverse Pitch
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Our Guests
Kevin Hoong is the co-founder and CEO of Oyen Insurance, a digital pet healthcare insurance and wellness platform aiming to provide the best support and protection to the pet lover community and their furkids in Asia Pacific
Your Hosts
Hau Ly is the partner at Ascend Vietnam Ventures focused on portfolio success and has been in the VC space for six years.
Adrian Latortue is portfolio manager at 500 Startups Vietnam, prior to which he was a founder himself and an early member of the Uber team in Southeast Asia. He’s lived in Vietnam, working with Vietnamese startups for 12 years.
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