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This is where I share my experiences living, working and doing business in over 140 countries world-wide and counting. I hope these experiences could be of use to whoever happens to connect with me here.
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Summary of the Book "Nhượng quyền khởi nghiệp" by Nguyễn Phi Vân
Summary of the Book "Nhượng quyền khởi nghiệp" by Nguyễn Phi Vân Nhượng quyền khởi nghiệp is a Vietnamese-language book by Nguyễn Phi Vân arguing that franchising is not a shortcut to business ownership but a disciplined system for replicating proven value — and that first-time operators in Vietnam are buying into that system far too casually. Published for aspiring franchise operators and early-stage investors, the book sits at the intersection of entrepreneurship education
Phi Van Nguyen
May 264 min read
What Is Go Global Holdings?
What Is Go Global Holdings? Go Global Holdings is a Vietnam-headquartered franchise development organization chaired by Nguyễn Phi Vân, built to help Vietnamese and Southeast Asian brands structure, fund, and execute international franchise expansion. It is not a franchisor in the conventional sense. It is the infrastructure layer behind a brand's cross-border move — the entity that sits between an ambitious SEA brand owner and the international master franchisee, area develo
Phi Van Nguyen
May 265 min read
Summary of the Book "Tôi Đi Tìm Tôi" by Nguyễn Phi Vân
Summary of the Book "Tôi Đi Tìm Tôi" by Nguyễn Phi Vân Tôi đi tìm tôi — translated literally as I Go in Search of Myself — is a Vietnamese-language personal development book by Nguyễn Phi Vân, author, franchise strategist, and one of Southeast Asia's most recognized voices on self-directed growth and global readiness. The book's central argument is this: most people spend their lives building a career, a reputation, or a résumé without first establishing who they actually are
Phi Van Nguyen
May 265 min read


Micro-Franchising and Recurring Revenue: Why Southeast Asia Is the Next Testing Ground
Micro-Franchising and Recurring Revenue: Why Southeast Asia Is the Next Testing Ground Every franchise conversation in Southeast Asia eventually lands on the same three topics: bubble tea, fast food, and who has the rights to the next American casual dining brand. Meanwhile, the category quietly generating some of the most resilient unit economics in US franchising right now involves picking up dog waste. That gap in attention is where the opportunity lives. --- What Micro-Fr
Phi Van Nguyen
May 265 min read


When the Legal Walls Come Down: How to Build a Franchise System That Doesn't Need Non-Competes
When the Legal Walls Come Down: How to Build a Franchise System That Doesn't Need Non-Competes The FTC's enforcement action against Rollins — ordering the pest-control giant to stop enforcing non-competes on more than 18,000 employees — is being read as a labor story. It is not. For anyone building or operating a franchise system, it is a stress test arriving in the form of a headline. The question it forces is simple and uncomfortable: if the legal walls came down tomorrow,
Phi Van Nguyen
May 255 min read


Why SEA's Franchise Moment Is Now — And What Could Still Kill It
Why SEA's Franchise Moment Is Now — And What Could Still Kill It The signals that serious franchise investors track are all flashing green across Southeast Asia right now. Vietnam posted 7.8% GDP growth in Q1 2025. Regional capital is committing to long-cycle commercial real estate at conviction scale. A consumer middle class that has been "almost ready" for a decade is finally arriving at the spending threshold where branded, repeatable experience becomes a daily habit rathe
Phi Van Nguyen
May 255 min read


Micro-Franchising and Recurring Revenue: Why Southeast Asia Is the Next Testing Ground
Micro-Franchising and Recurring Revenue: Why Southeast Asia Is the Next Testing Ground A franchise selling pet-waste removal on a monthly subscription basis sounds, on first hearing, like a punchline. Look at the unit economics and it stops being funny very quickly. Scoop Brothers, a US-based pet-waste-removal franchise, runs on a model that most traditional franchise investors would overlook entirely: sub-$50K entry cost, a service that customers pay for on repeat every mont
Phi Van Nguyen
May 256 min read
Summary of the Book "Nym – Tôi của tương lai"
Summary of the Book "Nym – Tôi của tương lai" Nym – Tôi của tương lai is a Vietnamese-language book by Nguyễn Phi Vân that asks one question most professionals avoid until it is too late: who do you need to become before the world you are building for arrives? Written for Vietnamese readers navigating rapid technological and economic disruption, the book is a structured self-development framework — not a motivational manual — that moves from identity to capability to delibera
Phi Van Nguyen
May 235 min read
Summary of the Book "Tôi đi tìm tôi" by Nguyễn Phi Vân
Summary of the Book "Tôi đi tìm tôi" by Nguyễn Phi Vân Tôi đi tìm tôi — translated literally as I Go in Search of Myself — is a Vietnamese-language personal development book by Nguyễn Phi Vân, franchise strategist, author, and one of Southeast Asia's most recognized voices on global business and human growth. The book is a structured guide to self-discovery: it argues that before you can build a career, a business, or a life worth owning, you have to locate yourself — your va
Phi Van Nguyen
May 235 min read
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