On this Podcast episode

Thong is a talented Ph.D. and serial entrepreneur who developed 5 patents in Computer Vision and Al during his time as a Ph.D. researcher. He founded his first startup venture with Arimo, a Big Data company based in California. The startup was recently acquired by Panasonic US and ranked as one of the top ten most innovative tech startups in Big Data and AI by Fast Company.

Following this successful exit, Thong moved back to Vietnam to start Palexy. Data analytics is where offline retail is substantially falling behind and losing the battle. Thong saw a great opportunity to help traditional offline retailers, offering a full package technology solution that allows them to see the big picture as well as their online competitors.

He started Palexy in 2020 with one obsession: to put the technological potential of Vietnam to use, and shake up the traditional retail market. The startup has bagged US$1 million in a funding round recently and is currently helping major customers such as PNJ and Highland Coffee.

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With…

Thong (Tony) Do is a serial tech entrepreneur and data scientist. Prior to moving back to Vietnam, he co-founded Arimo, a Big Data company based in California, recently acquired by Panasonic US and ranked as one of the top ten most innovative tech startups in Big Data and AI by Fast Company.

Palexy is an AI-powered SaaS tool to empower brick and mortar retail to digitize the in-store experience and optimize operational efficiency.

Chapter overview

1:21 Career journey

6:45 Transforming Vietnam’s brick and mortal

10:28 Covid-19 crisis & accelerators

14:40 Hiring talents

16:42 Building a startup and challenges

19:59 Lessons learned

Quotes

“Building Start-up is a series of trials and errors. Naturally, that’s a lot of mistakes which we have to make along the journey”

“Over the last decade, retail has been shifting from selling product distribution to focus on customers. People refer to this new trend as new retail”.

Episode Details

May 10, 2021

Duration: 25mins

Follow Thong & Palexy

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/thongdo/

Palexy:  https://www.palexy.com/

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