DECISION #your #supersundaynotes

Which of your decisions made you experience life on a new level?
#meet #mrLoc #founder of #apicoo

“Hi Jen, after thinking about the last Tet holiday, I decided to take on the role of an 'entrepreneur' this year”.

That is the response of Mr. Loc - founder of Apicoo (with a mission to help people reduce repetitive tasks, to focus on tasks that require more intelligence) - a project which was part of the program: Lab2market 2022-2023, that Jen is in charge of. (Apicoo makes grippers for use with cobots - collaborative robots).

Mr. Loc - one of the founders Jen respects - a brother, a research enthusiast, a fellow student from the Polytechnic School.
Before the Lunar New Year, Jen asked Mr. Loc, 'With a new goal, when joining Lab2market, to be able to bring a new smart robotic gripping tool developed in the lab into real life, what will change in you?'
'I don't know…', Mr. Loc said.
Jen told Mr. Loc that the two brothers were thinking about this – making the decision to change something, not done before, to get results that weren't there before.

After Tet, when we met, Mr. Loc told me that he had been thinking about the 'things he hadn't done before’ and had decided to commit himself to entrepreneurship in this early stage to commercialize the smart robotic gripper.

And Mr. Loc continued to engage in this project in recent months, following his decision. Mr. Loc joined the meeting with investors and listened to feedback; He also participates in meeting trade partners, listening to feedback. Mr. Loc went to the factory to meet his partner…even though he wanted to just continue researching new product lines in his lab…

Recently, he was invited by a developer of cobots to join the research team looking into new lines of robots. He also brought in more angel investors to become his business development partners… He also had more young associates, helping him to start pushing sales on LinkedIn, email marketing… He still didn't feel real. He loves those things, but because it's important and necessary, for him to continue to nurture his passion, and because he's decided to commit himself to the task – he did it.

Mr. Loc and Jen both feel that a new journey has just begun, and if they keep going, everything will have its answer…when they have a new decision.
The decision to switch roles and prioritize the entrepreneurial role – to commit himself to bringing products to market – led him to continue to do things he had not done before, to achieve goals he did not have previously.

What decision did you make last week that has helped you continue to take your life experience to new levels?
When we make decisions, our own, we open the door to new actions. Those decisions serve as a guide for us to contrast direction and action.

Make decisions, from everyday choices – who to meet, what to do, … to bigger decisions – what role to play, what job to do.
Whatever you decide, Jen believes you'll do well, if it's your decision – you feel it’s right and you own it.