🎯 Serial Failure Collector & Occasional Optimist

99% Failures
1% Still Here

If failure really is the mother of success, then I’m basically running a whole kindergarten.

The good news? I’m still standing — and apparently, that counts as progress.

So yes, I trip a lot. But somehow, I manage to fall forward.
Dr. Le V Pham - Professional
CEO (Chief Endurance Officer)
Professional Stumbler | Hope Dealer
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Graduated From the School of Oops

I tried fixing systems and broke a few more. Every mistake handed me another degree in humility — the kind I don’t hang on a wall.

I’ve built, failed, hired wrong, and been wrong. Every wrong turn taught me this: failure isn’t the opposite of success; it’s the fee I pay for it.

And in practice, money is logical. People aren’t.

After enough wins and wipeouts, I stopped chasing “perfect” and started building what matters: people, purpose, and the kind of laughter no slide can explain.

I still believe in people — not because it’s easy, but because it’s the only way any of this makes sense.

Turns out, the best things I’ve built weren’t companies. They were connections. And success feels lighter that way. Almost human.

Le V Pham, Ph.D.
Le V Pham, Ph.D.
Optimism isn’t my nature; it’s my rebellion.

Numbers Don't Lie

Data looks clean. Life doesn’t. But I keep counting anyway.

15+

Years Of Glorious Fails & Comebacks

Every year taught me something no degree could. Success gave me dopamine, but failure built the muscles to try again.

100+

Ideas That Looked Brilliant at 2AM

Some made money. Some made memes. All made perfect sense - until daylight showed up.

5000+

Emails That Changed Nothing

But a few started friendships, which changed everything. Not ROI, but ROH: Return on Humanity.

20+

Crazy Ideas Backed & Executed

Everyone said “too risky.” I said “why not?” Some crashed spectacularly; all reminded me to believe when others don’t.

Pivots, Only a Few on Purpose

The best plans? Usually stubborn accidents. I eventually called them “strategy.”

1

Goal That Never Changed

To keep trying, even when logic says stop. Because hope is a better fuel than fear.

I stopped chasing wins when I realized failure had better stories. The bruises fade, but the lessons don’t.
— Philosophy 101: Taught by life, graded by time.

Someone once gave me a chance I didn’t deserve. I promised myself I’d pass that luck forward — one person, one coffee, one “you’ve got this” at a time. Most won’t remember me, and that’s fine. I just hope they remember how it felt to be believed in.

Fancy Papers & Real Scars

Where academic achievements meet street-level bruises

Academic Overachiever (Recovering)

2022

Ph.D. Financial Economics

Learned every model. Then watched reality ignore all of them.

2017

B.S. Business Administration

Learned textbook strategies. Real business never read those books.

2014

B.S. Psychology

At least this one explains why I keep doing this to myself.

Professional Certifications

Collected like trading cards—entertaining, rarely profitable, but kept me curious about everything.

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Supply Chain Management

To study global chaos — and accidentally join it.

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Real Estate

Teaches two things: timing and therapy.

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Health Insurance

Basically an advanced course in patience and paperwork.

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Fixing laptops is way simpler than fixing people.

Each certification: A reminder that learning never stops, even when profitability does.

Principles I (Try to) Live By

The compass that sometimes points north, sometimes spins wildly

Truth over Comfort

Awkward truths age better than sweet lies. Failures, flops, and rare wins — better shared than hidden.

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Progress by Stumbling

Falling forward still counts as motion. Every crash is just experience in disguise.

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Lift as You Climb

Every failure taught me empathy. Every win taught me gratitude. Climb higher, but leave a hand reaching down.

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Actions Prove Everything

Words are auditions. Actions get the role. Talk less. Show up more.

SKILLS ACCIDENTALLY ACQUIRED

Things I Learned By Doing Them Wrong First

Every disaster came with a lesson attached. Some I ignored. Some I actually listened to. Here's what survived the filter and might actually help you avoid my specific brand of detours.

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Critical Thinking & Team Management

Learned that problems don’t solve themselves — especially the ones you avoid. Stripping issues to their core hurts the ego but saves the team. Logic isn’t sexy, but it keeps the chaos at bay.

  • Find root causes, not scapegoats
  • Decide from data, not drama
  • Build habits that outlast motivation
  • Process > panic

💬 Real “leadership” mostly means listening longer and reacting slower.

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Brand Building & Storytelling

I never planned to do this — I just liked figuring out what makes people care. Now I help teams talk about what they actually do — not what the pitch deck says they do. Still figuring it out, but here’s what usually works better than buzzwords:

  • Simplicity does more work than slogans
  • Honesty sounds messy, but people remember it
  • Real data beats nice adjectives
  • Consistency beats cleverness

💬 Marketing is easy. Making people care is the hard part.

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Blockchain & AI Innovation

I chased both tech waves — fell off a few. Stopped worshipping buzzwords, started shipping things that worked.

  • Tokenomics with a survival instinct
  • AI with utility, not just vocabulary
  • Filter noise from actual opportunity
  • Integrate without overcomplicating

💬 Innovation’s fun — until someone asks for ROI.

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Startup & Venture Survival

Built startups, broke a few, learned that optimism needs math. Coaching founders taught me that hope is a strategy — just not the whole one.

  • Pitch decks that survive investor silence
  • Know when to pivot before it’s heroic
  • Financial models with actual decimals
  • Fund creatively when “no” becomes background noise

💬 Startups don’t die from failure. They die from denial.

💬 Still Reading? You’re Either Curious or Courageous.

If you think my collection of expensive mistakes might save you some pain (or at least provide entertainment), let's talk. No guarantees, but at least you'll get honest answers.

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Still Think This Might Work Out? Me Too!

I’ve stumbled enough times to know progress rarely looks graceful. But if you’re still here, odds are you believe — like I do — that it’s worth trying anyway. Let’s make something real. Even if it explodes, at least it’ll be interesting.