Week 10. Garcia, Moises

Start up Vietnam really spoke to me; when he mentioned that Vietnam first had to get rid of what it was known for, or for what the world saw Vietnam as. He went on to mention that the media portrays Vietnam in this form and that isn't really what Vietnam is, Vietnam is a place where people can share their ideas and create businesses from these ideas. The book talks about what it takes to go into the start up business. Vietnam has more than 1500 active start ups which is the 3rd largest entrepreneurial ecosystem in the world. I don't really want to speak on the book specifically but the message that he is trying to send, or at least the message that I am receiving from it. That is that a lot of these poorer countries automatically get seen as dangerous or the view of them just isn't to par to countries like the US or Europe. I am especially talking about countries like El Salvador to be more specific and connect with the die that he is trying to bring up; El Salvador as we all know is known for its gang worldwide because of news outlets, and even then you have to look it up to see what is going on. I like his idea of Vietnam wanting to be the start up capital of the world. He is able to be successful with his idea because he seeks help from all over like "governments of Vietnam, the United States, and Finland as well as private sector advocates (local and international investors, entrepreneurs, and developers) to further the development of the enterprise ecosystem".



Citations:
-Rowan, Andrew. Startup Vietnam: Innovation and Entrepreneurship in the Socialist Republic. GKTA Group, 2018.
-“Getting into Vietnam’s Startup Scene? Here’s 10 People You Should Meet.” Seedcom. Accessed March 21, 2019. https://seedcom.vn/blogs/seedcom-news/1000055319-getting-into-vietnam-s-startup-scene-here-s-10-people-you-should-meet.