Successful young people starting a business is no stranger to everyone today, especially in the digital age. However, starting a business while still in school and succeeding is not easy. They have to start from zero, with minimal experience. They only have a great ambition, with a strong passion to guide the way. So what are the successful student startup ideas in Vietnam? Join us to find out in the following article!
1/ The guy who sells bread with IELTS 7.0, graduated with a bachelor’s degree in Banking
Opening the list of student startup ideas today is Dinh Van Cuong, born in 1987 in Ha Tinh. He graduated from Banking Academy, with IELTS 7.0. Thinking that he would apply to be a corporation or a large company, Cuong surprised everyone when he decided to sell bread.
He faced many difficulties in the early days of his career. With no capital, Cuong had to collect savings as well as borrow money from friends. Fortunately, he and his associates also had 50 million to open the first bread stall on Truong Dinh Street. After many hardships, after 2 years, his bakery has gained a stable number of customers. Even on peak days, the shop welcomes 400-500 customers.
Now, the bakery with the logo of cricket in love is located on Nam Dong street. Despite many years of development, Cuong has always put food safety and hygiene on top. Because of that, many customers trust and support him.
Cuong also shared that he wants to expand his bakery into a chain of stores. Not only that, he also actively participates in charity for upland children. The desire to grow to help children has given Cuong the motivation to rise up and become an inspirational story about successful student startup ideas in Vietnam.
2/ From 0 VND to the director of the company with nearly 40 employees and 700 orders
Next is the story’s two students successfully started a business by working together. Tran Minh Thang is an IT student at Hanoi Industrial College. After working as a business manager for a website construction company, Thang met Nguyen Anh Tu, then worked as a programmer at the company. The two brothers talked and grew closer, thereby realizing the common passion for entrepreneurship in both. So the two boys decided to quit their jobs at the old company and start a business together.
At that time, Tran Minh Thang was 24 years old and Nguyen Anh Tu was only 21 years old. The 2 boys founded the Website development team. The first customers of the two were all through referrals from friends Thang had at his old company. At first, most of the revenue was used to invest in rooms and equipment. Both companies were founded in 2010, with only 5 employees, and 20-30 orders a year. However, after only 2 years, the staff has increased 7 times and the number of orders is also 20 times higher than before.
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Understanding the customer’s problem is that the cost of website design is too high, Thang and Tu decided to focus on building a cheap website. It was thanks to this right direction that helped two young students start a successful business. They reach more customers, as well as bring this seemingly “expensive” service to more businesses.
As an example of successful student startup ideas, Minh Thang also added: “My brother and I started a business together from the beginning of nothing. Even if there is only 30% success for projects, I am willing to take risks. If you fail, do it again, if you don’t succeed, you haven’t reached the destination.” It is the determination and spirit of not being afraid of difficulties that have helped them to successfully student startup ideas as today.
3/ Excellent Bachelor of Fine Arts…selling bamboo pens
Another successful student entrepreneur is Mr. Nguyen Duy Thang (SN 1984, Hanoi). He comes from a poor farming family. His family was so poor that he had to go to school with scratch paper made from banana leaves, and a pen made from a ballpoint pen and a bamboo shell.
Also because of difficult circumstances, Nguyen Duy Thang had to give up his studies even though he had passed the University 3 times. However, thanks to his will to overcome difficulties, he still tries to work part-time to earn money to attend his dream school. He graduated with an Excellence degree in Fine Arts from Hanoi Open University and was even offered a job as a lecturer by the school.
Contrary to everyone’s expectations, he decided to refuse the lecture hall to start a business with bamboo art pens. From Thanh Hoa, Nghe An to Binh Thuan, Vung Tau, etc., everywhere he used to go to introduce his products. It is perseverance that is a factor that helps the student start a successful business. In 2012, he returned to his hometown and built a career. Initially, the number of workers in the factory was only 5 people. He instructs them one by one, to be able to mass-produce and supply to the stores across the country that he has contacted.
Up to now, Thang’s staff has nearly 20 people and is the partner of more than 200 different stores. In 2014, he established Dinet Trading Co., Ltd., achieving annual revenue of nearly 1 billion VND. He is a typical example of successful student startup ideas that we should learn from!
Above are 3 examples of successful student startup ideas, as well as examples of successful business models for young people. These models are not big, but they are the dreams and ambitions of these young people. Hopefully, through the article, you will get more inspiration to start your own business and become another successful startup student in the future!
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