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Vision & Mission

TS. Phạm Minh Tuấn Founder & CEO, Topica Edtech Group

• Startup mô hình gì?• Case Study: Gọi vốn không cần sản phẩm (Topica và Noi.vn)

tfi.topica.edu.vn

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Bill Gates & Deputy PM

Phạm Gia Khiêm Launching

TOPIC64, 4/2006

First-in-the-world Google

Glass app for English

Speech Tutoring,

launched 3/2014

Graduates of TOPICA

Founder Institute,

2012

Online English Speech

Tutoring As-Much-

As-You-Can

• 16 Hours a Day,

Everyday

• 100+ Native Teachers

• 300 Modules of

Multimedia Courseware

• CASEC Online English

Skills Test

Finalist, 2007

INTERNATIONAL

AWARDS

Winner, 2011Finalist, 2008

Young Global Leader Honoree,

2012

Established: 2008 | Team: 500 Full-time; 100 Part-time; 1400 Instructors

TOPCA signs agreement

with AMA, largest univ in

Philippines, 5/2014

Topica Uni Partnering

with 2 Philippines Univs,

for Philippines Students

• Partner AMA (largest

university in

Philippines, 300k

students) and Palawan

State University

• Provide Topica's 12

systems, 300 processes

• 10+ other universities

in negotiation

High-Quality Online

University Programs

• 7 University Partners

Including Top-tier

• Bachelor's Degrees:

Accounting, Banking,

Business, IT, Law

Vietnam Chapters of

Silicon-Valley

Accelerator Network

• "The Accelerator" in

VN: grads raised 8

million dollars to

date

• Who's Who of

Accomplished

Founders &

Investors Served as

Mentors

First-in-Asia

Smartwatch App for

English Vocab

Learning, 12/2014

Free App For Learning

Vocabulary, Grammar

• 120k users in 3

months pilot

• English-VN, French-

VN, German-VN

• Developing Thai,

Indo versions for

English

English Teacher Award

Ceremony covered by

Thai media, 4/2015

Topica Native for Thai

Speakers 

• Launched 3/2015,

first mover in

Thailand

• Explosive growth

• Thai sales, support

staff

• Thai user interface

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Vietnam Startups Investments 2014:

Still Accelerating,

Although Deals Are Smaller

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Tên lửa, Non-IT:• Ngân hàng, BĐS, Tiêu dùng...• Trẻ cũng làm được: Franchise

(Highlands, UrbanStation), Chứng khoán

Vision&Mission Startup mô hình gì?

Tham vọng hay Sống khoẻ?

Tên lửa:- Doanh thu $10-50m sau 5 năm - Tăng trưởng 50-100%/năm 

Máy bay:- Doanh thu $1-5m sau 5 năm - Tăng trưởng 20-30%/năm 

Kinh khí cầu:- Tăng 10-20%/năm - Thoắt lên, thoắt xuống 

Tên lửa, IT/Internet:• Dò đá qua sông: FPT (hồi đó) • Tàu vũ trụ cất cánh từ máy bay: VTC

Online, Vivas• Quan hệ chính trị khủng: MV Corp• Lao xuống vực lắp máy bay: Socbay • Không cần đầu tư: Mắt Bão • Bí hiểm: MWork, Betting sites, XXX,

Bitcoin

• Thiên tài đột xuất: Flappy Bird

Tên lửa: Gọi vốn, trường tồn 

Global First: Việt Kiều Khủng  Local First: Chiến binh dày dặn 

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Nam Do, Emotiv

• Du học ở Úc, đã exit công ty Mobile VAS• Top 10 doanh nhân trẻ Úc• Startup ở Silicon Valley, ủ mưu 6 năm, gọi vốn 3 lần 

• Khách hàng là James Cameron (Titanic)Sonny Vu, Misfit Wearables

•  Đã exit ở Mỹ (Agamatrix)• Co-founder là John Sculley (CEO Pepsi, Apple)

Inkredible

FuzelKlout

Divmob 

Global First: Việt Kiều Khủng 

“Việt Kiều Khủng” 

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7

• Get older and more experienced: Started at 28.8; 78% started up 2+ times, or had 2+ jobs

• Get some international exposure: 45% had worked or studied abroad

• Customize: 100% “inspired” by existing biz models from overseas 

• Run marathon: average 5.7 years working on current startup

Local First: 30 "Successful" Startups in VN(Successful: 100+ staff; $2m+ revenues; $10m+ valuation; Series B+; Exit)

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Ngon ai cũng biết:• Xiaomi, Uber, AirBNB, Snapchat

Ngon ít người biết • 5 năm >$500m; 7 năm>$1B 

•  Đã lên sàn hoặc bán • Gọi vốn Series D, E, F 

Tìm ở đâu 

• Danh sách 100: đoạn giữa • Nhật, Hàn, TQ, Châu Âu 

Local First:“Inspired” Biz Models 

http://fortune.com/unicorns/

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•  • Các môn phái trong giang hồ • 4G: Gươm giáo, Giống Tây, Giành thời cơ, Gọi vốn • Gọi vốn không cần sản phẩm: Topica và Noi.vn

Tiếp theo: • Topica Biz plan• Noi Biz plan