My city was filling up with digital nomads, so I converted my family home into a business

"I felt drawn to the community. I didn't have money or experience, but I had motivation. In early 2024, I spoke to a friend who owned a hotel with an unused floor. I offered to manage a coworking space there. I told her that I could try working there for two months for free."

"I had never seen anything like it before - people from all over the world working on laptops, speaking in English, and sharing ideas. Something clicked immediately. I felt drawn to the community."

"I was born in the countryside of central Vietnam and, in my teens, moved to Da Nang with my family for college. After graduating in 2016, I found a job in a local pharmacy. It was the typical job for many Vietnamese graduates: stable but low-paying; not especially challenging but also very boring."

Hana Nguyen, a Vietnamese pharmacist, discovered coworking through a chance encounter with a foreigner while hiking in Da Nang. Unfulfilled by her pharmacy job, she became inspired by the international community and collaborative environment of a coworking space. With minimal experience but strong motivation, she convinced a hotel owner to let her test the coworking concept in unused space at no cost. After proving the model's viability, she persuaded her parents to support her in launching her own coworking business, Hana's Coworking, in their family home, transitioning from building someone else's business to creating her own venture.

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