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Episode 355: Vy Nguyen – Avocado Green Mattress, Top Organic Mattress

Vy Nguyen, the Co-CEO of Avocado Green Mattress & Avocado Green Brands, joins the show to share his journey from growing up in his family furniture business to creating the top organic mattress. Hear how to offer a high-quality organic product, how to stand out as a brand, how to inspire repeat customers, how to take a 1-minute nap, and where to travel in Vietnam. This episode covers everything from furniture to pho. Here’s a small sample of what you will hear in this episode:

• How hard is it to bag mattresses
• What are the core pillars behind Avocado Green Mattress
• Why does the story of Avocado Green Mattress resonate with consumers
• How did Vy learn to juggle or semi-juggle
• What’s a California King

Connect with Vy at AvocadoGreenMattress.com and on LinkedIn.

Enjoy the shoooooow! Check out the show notes below for much more detail. You can also find the full transcript here.

Show Notes

• Intro & Family Furniture Business
  • [0:28] Email me at max@maxpodcasting.com to save time with your high-quality podcast and use it as a business-building tool
  • [0:38] Connect with Vy at AvocadoGreenMattress.com and on LinkedIn
  • [1:38] Love you, Dana!
  • [2:30] What foreshadowed Vy being in the mattress business
  • [2:45] What type of furniture business did his dad have
  • [3:12] How did Vy help out the business in high school
  • [3:28] How hard is it to bag mattresses
  • [4:00] Did people wear back braces lifting mattresses
  • [4:08] What opportunity did Vy see in the furniture industry
  • [6:35] What are the perks of keeping a big asset in the family
  • [7:14] What is Brentwood Home

• The Avocado Green Mattress Story
  • [8:54] What are the core pillars behind Avocado Green Mattress
  • [11:29] How do you offer a high-quality organic product
  • [13:52] How do you stand out as a brand
  • [16:17] How do you inspire repeat customers
  • [18:25] What should your priorities be as Co-CEO
  • [18:47] What are Rocks in EOS (Entrepreneurial Operating System)
  • [19:38] How do you get better at finance
  • [21:56] What has Vy learned about marketing & creativity
  • [22:52] Why does the story of Avocado Green Mattress resonate with consumers
  • [23:43] The Wild Business Growth podcast is on YouTube! Subscribe @MaxBranstetter to watch full video interviews with Wild entrepreneurs like Vy every Friday
  • [23:45] Sign up for the Podcasting to the Max newsletter at MaxPodcasting.com/Newsletter and receive How to Edit Your Podcast in Audacity. It’s where podcasting meets entrepreneurship – and terrible puns
  • [23:46] Such an honor speaking at Podcast Movement ’23 in Denver! Sign up to grab the slides from my session at MaxPodcasting.com/PM23

• The Unusual: Weird Talents & Pet Peeves
  • [24:00] What’s a Quirk Vy has
  • [24:48] How do you take a 1-minute nap
  • [25:58] Jocko Podcast with Jocko Willink of Extreme Ownership
  • [26:29] What’s Vy’s Biggest Pet Peeve
  • [27:44] What’s a Weird Talent he has
  • [27:58] How did he learn to juggle or semi-juggle
• Rapid-Fire Q&A
  • [28:31] What’s Vy’s favorite memory from USC (University of Southern California)
  • [29:38] How did he stop hanging with the wrong crowd
  • [30:33] What’s something surprising about the furniture industry
  • [31:15] What’s a California King
  • [32:11] What is Chef’s Special Pho
  • [32:37] What’s the most underrated Vietnamese dish
  • [33:00] How spicy is Bún Bò Huế
  • [33:15] Where should you travel in Vietnam
  • [34:20] Connect with Vy at AvocadoGreenMattress.com and on LinkedIn
  • [34:54] What are Vy’s Final Thoughts
  • [35:21] Follow the Wild Business Growth podcast and tell a friend about the podcast. And show love (or roast me) by leaving 5 stars on Apple Podcasts and/or Spotify
  • [35:25] The Wild Business Growth podcast is on YouTube! Subscribe @MaxBranstetter to watch full video interviews with Wild entrepreneurs like Vy
  • [35:26] Check out the Wild Business Growth podcast on Goodpods, where you can see what your favorite people are listening to
  • [35:27] Connect with me on LinkedIn, Instagram, Twitter (aka X), and Threads @MaxBranstetter and TikTok @WildBusinessGrowth
  • [35:28] Save time with your high-quality podcast. Email me at max@maxpodcasting.com to bring your podcast to life and use it as a business-building tool
  • [35:31] Sign up for the Podcasting to the Max newsletter at MaxPodcasting.com/Newsletter and receive How to Edit Your Podcast in Audacity. It’s where podcasting meets entrepreneurship – and terrible puns
  • Theme music: Freestyle Percussion Magik – “Jungle Tribe” – provided by Jamendo

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Thanks for listening to Vy Nguyen on the Wild Business Growth podcast. To hear more Wild stories like this one every Wednesday morning, follow the Wild Business Growth podcast and tell a friend about it. And buy them an Avocado Green Mattress. Until next time, Let your business Run Wild…and Bring on the Bongos!!