/ BUILD TO EXIT Cohort capped at 9 seats
/ BUILD TO EXITEvery cinema, hotel and aircraft you've ever entered was built with one sign for the moment it matters most. Most businesses never get one — because most founders are taught only to go in, never how to build their way out.
Applications reviewed personally by Tommy SIM. Not open to the general public.
For years, the belief was simple: entrepreneurship means moving forward. Work harder. Sell more. Hire people. Build the office. Learn marketing. Fix operations. Solve one problem after another.
For many founders — especially across Vietnam's fast-moving economy — this is how a company gets built: by doing everything yourself. Resourceful. Resilient. Fast-learning.
But resilience can also become an expensive trap.
We become so good at surviving inside the business that we forget to ask a far more important question: what exactly are we building this business toward?
A venture capitalist once asked: "Do you know what makes Silicon Valley so powerful?" His answer — talent, ideas, and capital — is the same answer most operators in this room have never been formally taught to think in.
A company cannot depend forever on the founder's passion, energy and personal sacrifice. If the business only works because you keep pushing it every day, you may own a business — but you have not yet built an asset.
Passion can start a company. To turn a company into a valuable business, you need a financial mindset — capital, ownership, governance, and how enterprise value is actually created. Most of all, you need to understand your exit before you become trapped inside what you created.
"How do I make my company bigger?"
"How do I build a company that becomes more valuable, more transferable, and less dependent on me?"
How to build your entire empire — under 5 years
From personality to magnetic leadership & generational succession
Build to last. Structure to scale. Exit or IPO on your terms.
Go deeper, not wider — build a bankable empire
Tommy SIM is a serial entrepreneur with a proven track record building and scaling businesses across Pharmaceuticals, Trading, Education & Training, Healthcare, and Luxury Resorts. As a seasoned venture capitalist, he has managed investment portfolios exceeding $100 million — guiding portfolio companies to significant growth and market leadership, evidenced by a notable double exit valued at $21 million.
His diversified investment portfolio spans:
Tommy SIM's most recent classroom — The Company 101, three intakes between 13–16 August 2026 at the JW Marriott Saigon — closed with a feedback form from every seat. Every quote below is publicity-authorised by the participant who wrote it.
"It will change my life forever."
"Great and interactive. Realistic examples, content straight to the point."
"Learn new things — so useful."
"Energy."
Only 9 places are available for this cohort. Every application is reviewed personally by WD Capital's Team before acceptance.
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Only 9 seats are held for this cohort. Please complete the bank transfer below within 24 hours to confirm your place — after that window, the seat may be released to the waitlist.
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