{"id":4373,"date":"2015-05-11T17:43:05","date_gmt":"2015-05-11T10:43:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/yup.edu.vn\/?p=4373"},"modified":"2016-08-06T21:51:25","modified_gmt":"2016-08-06T14:51:25","slug":"du-pho-kho-toi-se-mang-ganh-pho-di-khap-gian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yup.edu.vn\/en\/du-pho-kho-toi-se-mang-ganh-pho-di-khap-gian\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cKH\u01a0-ME\u201d PH\u1ede PROJECT\u2014I WILL TAKE MY PH\u1ede CARRYING POLE AROUND THE WORLD"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_4374\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4374\" style=\"width: 234px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/yup.edu.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/maihatradung.png\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-4374\" src=\"http:\/\/yup.edu.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/maihatradung-234x300.png\" alt=\"maihatradung\" width=\"234\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4374\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/span> <span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">\u201cI will take my ph\u1edf cart around the world.\u201d<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>I WILL TAKE MY PH\u1ede STALL AROUND THE WORLD<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">\u201cWill you take your ph\u1edf cart around the world?\u201d The words of her Japanese teacher inspired her Ph\u1edf 25 brand, and they were also his final words before the 2012 tsunami took away the teacher she deeply respected.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">From the material and emotional pain it brought. I seemed to see in her\u2014a woman old enough to be my mother\u2014a strange magnetism and intense love for Vietnamese cuisine. That is why I wrote the story of Mai H\u00e0 Tr\u00e0 Dung.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">She attended a performing arts school but did not pursue a film career, instead turning to business when she discovered that sales suited her better<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">At 35, she worked at Hitachi. This was where a fateful meeting with a Japanese mentor began her guidance in business. During this period, 1 sudden shock took her family from having everything to having nothing. She entered a crisis, carrying both debts and 1 unborn child.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">The crisis stage: she sold her house to repay debt, was pregnant, and faced the question of how to provide for her family if she earned only a company salary. Confronting this emotional collapse was 1 stronger self: \u201cWhat does not kill you makes you stronger.\u201d That was her thinking at the time.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">In 1994, with 100,000 dong in her pocket. \u2018T\u1ebft is almost here; what can I do to earn money for the family?\u2019 This thought began her journey selling \u2018all sorts of things\u2019 during that period. She traded in anything she could think of, from kerosene to heart-and-liver porridge.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">As she recounted this, I could almost feel the sharpness and joy in her eyes when she spoke about food, and the ever-open smile she offered the person before her. In those days, she had to rise at 3 AM to prepare a pot of porridge and avoid the shame of others' judgmental looks. Yet she did not face this for long: her neighbors, from children to adults, did not stigmatize her but instead supported and helped her. Her happiest memory from selling porridge was that the pot sold out completely in 1 day<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">The challenges began again: people would support her 1 or a few times, but not forever. Back then, they did not eat much porridge in the morning. That also meant she had to think of 1 other way to make money.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Around the same time, she heard that a friend had cancer and was in hospital. When she arrived, she learned her friend had little time left and wished only for one final bowl of ph\u1edf, but could not afford it. This was the beginning of the promise she made to herself: \u2018If I sell ph\u1edf, I will sell it at any price so poor people can eat it too!\u2019 With her last VND 20,000 in hand, she gave it all to the unfortunate woman's son so he could buy ph\u1edf for his mother. She returned with a head full of questions.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">At that time, ph\u1edf had been named among the 12 best dishes in the world's cultural heritage!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">1995: She took a chance and borrowed 2 ch\u1ec9 of gold from relatives to open a ph\u1edf shop. She began drawing on her earlier experience to develop her own ph\u1edf recipe. She honed her skills by \u201cselling ph\u1edf in the morning and learning the craft at a well-known local ph\u1edf shop in the afternoon.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Through many turbulent years, she and her family moved repeatedly, eventually reaching their 9th home. From there, fortune smiled on her, as the ph\u1edf shop in that location offered many business advantages. She then fulfilled her earlier vow: \u201cI will sell ph\u1edf to everyone so that poor people can eat it too.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">2011 was when Ph\u1edf 24 sold its brand to foreign owners. She could not help feeling regret for a homegrown ph\u1edf brand and began nurturing the idea of a brand to replace Ph\u1edf 24. That was also why she named her own brand Ph\u1edf 25. Today, she can live comfortably from other sidelines in real estate, but continues selling ph\u1edf because it is her passion. She also wants to expand the Ph\u1edf 25 brand in the future.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">2012, the final phone call with her Japanese teacher\u2014she told me with tears in her eyes. These were the final words of the teacher she had always respected: \u201cCan you take your ph\u1edf stall around the world?\u201d The question filled her with inspiration and strong belief\u2014why not? She was no longer very young, but still had determination and hope. As long as people have those things, anything is possible. Yet from then on, she never received another call from this teacher. From that point, she set out on her own to find answers to the question: what makes the Ph\u1edf 25 brand different? The answer she found lay in its model, flavor and service<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">2012\u20132014, the following two years. She decided to spend time learning business knowledge and how to own a restaurant. During this period, Japanese students studying abroad brought her tragic news: her Japanese teacher had lost his life in the earthquake and tsunami disaster at the time of that final call. Once again, she suffered the loss of someone very important to her. She fell into a state of \u201cimbalance.\u201d She now seemed to have lost her most important living source of guidance\u2014the guidance that had accompanied her on a long journey. And now she stood before \u201cunclear\u201d paths, unable to tell which was which.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">\u201cIf you do not know the way, keep moving forward. You may meet other teachers who can guide you farther along this path. It was also because of her respected Japanese teacher that she chose to continue, as a way of honoring him. The road ahead will open on its own. Keep going, and you will certainly arrive!\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">That was also when she found YUP! From then on, her path opened up much more widely.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">It began when Dr. Nguy\u1ec5n Nh\u00e3 agreed to mentor her project and help introduce Vietnamese ph\u1edf to international friends. Professor Tr\u1ea7n V\u0103n Kh\u00ea also agreed to support her Ph\u1edf 25 brand. Now, her path seems to be opening onto 1 new chapter.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Could Vietnam have a Ph\u1edf 25 brand replacing Ph\u1edf 24 in the future? Let us wait and see. Whatever happens, I still believe this determined woman has many lessons for young aspiring entrepreneurs like us. Here, however, I will write the most important lesson she wishes to share with you.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Lesson:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Whatever profession you want to start a business in, understand it thoroughly<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">People become more prone to jealousy when one becomes wealthy<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">If you want to grow big, first pay off your debts<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">And Now, Having Accomplished Those 3 Things, \u2018I Am Ready to Carry My Ph\u1edf Stall Around the World,\u2019 She Shared.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/yup.edu.vn\/en\/article\/\">&gt;&gt; Great Articles on Entrepreneurship<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/yup.edu.vn\/en\/x-startup\/\">&gt;&gt; Business Startup Course<\/a><\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>T\u00d4I S\u1ebc MANG G\u00c1NH PH\u1ede C\u1ee6A M\u00ccNH \u0110I KH\u1eaeP TH\u1ebe GIAN \u201cEm s\u1ebd mang g\u00e1nh ph\u1edf c\u1ee7a m\u00ecnh \u0111i kh\u1eafp th\u1ebf gian?\u201d \u2013 C\u00e2u n\u00f3i t\u1eeb ng\u01b0\u1eddi th\u1ea7y Nh\u1eadt B\u1ea3n \u0111\u00e3 kh\u1edfi ngu\u1ed3n cho th\u01b0\u01a1ng hi\u1ec7u ph\u1edf 25 c\u1ee7a c\u00f4, v\u00e0 \u0111\u00f3 c\u0169ng l\u00e0 c\u00e2u n\u00f3i cu\u1ed1i c\u00f9ng tr\u01b0\u1edbc khi th\u1ea3m h\u1ecda s\u00f3ng th\u1ea7n 2012 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4374,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[46,117,129],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4373","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nhung-du-an-thanh-cong","category-paged-blog","category-story"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/yup.edu.vn\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4373","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/yup.edu.vn\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/yup.edu.vn\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yup.edu.vn\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yup.edu.vn\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4373"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/yup.edu.vn\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4373\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6679,"href":"https:\/\/yup.edu.vn\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4373\/revisions\/6679"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yup.edu.vn\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4374"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/yup.edu.vn\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4373"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yup.edu.vn\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4373"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yup.edu.vn\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4373"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}