Linh Pham left a career at Goldman Sachs in London to return to Vietnam and build LOGIVAN, a trucking marketplace often called the “Uber for Trucks.” Her company has raised over $8 million USD and connects more than 20,000 truck drivers and companies nationwide. We discuss Linh’s journey from Cambridge to Saigon, what she learned building in Vietnam’s opaque logistics market, and how she’s now combining logistics and AI with her new startup, FreightPilot.AI. Linh Pham is the Founder and CEO of LOGIVAN and FreightPilot.AI, two technology ventures transforming Vietnam’s logistics and supply chain. A Cambridge graduate and former Goldman Sachs analyst, Linh returned home to build where few dared — in Vietnam’s most traditional and challenging industry. - We discuss: 02:00 Why she left Goldman Sachs for Vietnam 05:00 Family business vs. forging her own path 07:20 Moving back home: fear, motivation, and opportunity 10:40 Discovering her passion for entrepreneurship 15:00 Finding the idea for LOGIVAN and validating logistics 19:00 Why logistics is a massive but broken market in Vietnam 21:00 The hard truths about building a startup here 24:00 Navigating Vietnam’s “gray zone” business culture 26:00 Relationships, trust, and doing business the Vietnamese way 31:00 Gender, age, and establishing authority as a young female founder 36:00 Lessons from building and leading teams in Vietnam 41:00 COVID, layoffs, and resilience in tough times 45:00 From LOGIVAN to FreightPilot.AI — the next chapter 49:00 How AI can fix logistics inefficiencies 56:00 Rethinking ambition, success, and the long game 1:00:00 Her vision for Vietnam’s tech and global software exports - Connect with Linh: https://www.linkedin.com/in/linh-cantab/ https://www.instagram.com/linhcantab/ Connect with Quang: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ovquang/ https://www.instagram.com/quang Join OV: https://joinov.com
