Bumo Founder | Joan Nguyen

Wonder Podcast: Empowering Women Entrepreneurs to Change the World

Description:

Joan Nguyen is the co-founder and CEO of Bumo, a platform that aims to revolutionize the childcare industry by offering accessible, free, on-demand services to support busy parents. Bumo offers parents a peaceful, beautiful workspace with education-based childcare and preschool. Growing up raised by refugee parents, Joan spent much of her childhood living in poverty. Her parents raised her with the understanding that education was not only important, but also a privilege. Her passion for education and learning also drove her to start MeriEducation, an INC5000 company that provides educational services such as SAT prep and academic tutoring. Listen in as Joan shares her story and how Bumo is having an incredible impact on families everywhere.

Timestamps:

03:24 - Origin story

06:26 - Bottom 5%

13:26 - Looking forward with Bumo

17:06 - Connecting everything together

19:51 - Challenges

24:22 - Target audience

25:49 - Branding

27:49 - Women in the workplace

31:24 - A typical day

37:19 - Finding a co-founder

40:24 - Celebrity investors

41:29 - Let’s Talk

43:02 - Dreams

45:49 - MeriEducation

47:45 - Advice for women entrepreneurs

Links: Bumo: https://www.bumowork.com/

Joan’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/joan.bumo/