When Shu Kim and Khanh Pham met working at Lehman Brothers seven years ago, they became fast friends.
"There are great success stories, " says Michel Tuan Pham, associate professor of marketing at Columbia University.
"I'm confident in our business, but there's so much uncertainty in today's market, " says Pham.
BillShrink itself also has to keep its expenses down, says Chief Executive Peter Pham.
"For me, Chrismukkah represents our relationship at its best, " Pham said in a CNN iReport.
"I heard Facebook is going to be in town that weekend, a small group, " Pham said.
It is almost fashionable to "find oneself" these days, and Pham approaches his pilgrimage painstakingly.
Pham--founder of Mydrugrep.com, a B2B site providing pharmaceutical data--took home the five mil for an undisclosed equity stake.
After marrying his college sweetheart Pham decided to remain abroad to try to take advantage of post-Soviet opportunities.
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Once in Vegas, Pham hoped to hook up with employees from another start-up.
Dr. Pham says he's looking forward to being able to start a pharmaceutical company and a medical clinic in Vietnam.
Pham, the Z hotel guest, said travel to Manhattan was easy, between subways, cabs and Z's free hourly shuttle bus.
"One of the reasons we were able to raise capital is we launched the company with very little burn, " Pham says.
Pham's sister Chi was a person thrice dislocated: once as an immigrant, twice as a transsexual, three times as a runaway.
Ms. Pham said the penthouse is priced well below similar condos in a new luxury condo, Ian Schrager's 40 Bond St.
The last to join their number is Jean-Baptiste Pham Minh Man of Vietnam, who Vatican officials said was due to arrive Thursday.
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Peter Pham, director of the Africa program at the Washington-based Atlantic Council.
Peter Pham is Director of the Nelson Institute for International and Public Affairs at James Madison University in Harrisonburg, Virginia.
Pham, too, had taken an unlikely route, one of thousands of smart people with no intention of working in finance that Wall Street sucked in.
And just as important, while even other real estate developers back in the game face massive delays, Pham completes his projects on time.
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To Pham these are Vietnamese who, but for the hand of fate, could very easily have switched places with him in life's lottery.
Pham and several co-workers planned to jet to Las Vegas for a weekend of heavy partying after Slide's dinner in San Francisco last Friday.
Ultimately, Pham understands that achievements like this will serve as his legacy in the increasingly capitalistic country where his mom supported him making tea.
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Another good friend of mine Hung Pham Do, the first Vietnam born Massachusetts CPA, was on the last plane out of Tan Son Nhut.
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Cassie Pham, of Los Angeles, California, and her boyfriend of two years moved in together recently, making this the first year they merge holiday traditions.
The teenage girl he meets on a train to Nha Trang who can't fathom the beauty Pham sees in the rice fields outside their window.
"I would definitely stay in Long Island City again, " Pham said.
Pham offers an entertaining and often humorous account of his adventures.
The reason for this effect, suggested by research team lead, Dr. Michel Tuan Pham, is that in a relaxed environment your brain does not perceive a threat.
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Peter Pham cut his tech chops at various tech start-ups, then moved to Photobucket before becoming CEO of consumer-bill analyzer BillShrink and cofounder of photo app Color.
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