The First Decade: My Journey from Blogger to Entrepreneur

The First Decade: My Journey from Blogger to Entrepreneur

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  • Type：Epub+TxT+PDF+Mobi
  • Create Date：2022-12-25 06:51:28
  • Update Date：2025-09-06
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  • Author：Vivy Yusof
  • ISBN：9815058800
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Summary

Not your typical business-autobiography-‘I’ve made it in life’ book


I started a blog。 I borrowed USD 16，000。 And now， I’ve built a multimillion dollar fashion company， garnered 1。8 million followers on Instagram and managed to squeeze in time to get married and give birth to not one， but four children。


Perfect for young entrepreneurs， this book shares the secrets of my entrepreneurial journey so far—from starting a business with my boyfriend （telling my dad sure was fun）， to fundraising， to managing a team of 400 people， to dealing with the good and bad of social media， and to pretending to nod when my tech team talks about cookies。


I share my proud wins for you to get inspired by， and my juicy failures for you to eat popcorn to。 Always a work in progress， my story is unfinished。
But for now， allow me to present to you， The First Decade。

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Reviews

Puty ，

Review by an Indonesian reader here！Vivy Yusof adalah seorang blogger asal Malaysia yang menuliskan kehidupannya di blog bertajuk #proudduck。 Seiring dengan pertumbuhan popularitasnya， Vivy juga merintis startup fashion bersama suaminya （then boyfriend） Fashion Valet。Buku 'The First Decade' ini merangkum perjalanan Vivy sebagai seorang entrepreneur。 Dimulai dengan kisah masa kecilnya yang sudah sering berjualan， hingga kini sukses mendirikan perusahaan dengan cabang di mancanegara。Melalui buku i Review by an Indonesian reader here！Vivy Yusof adalah seorang blogger asal Malaysia yang menuliskan kehidupannya di blog bertajuk #proudduck。 Seiring dengan pertumbuhan popularitasnya， Vivy juga merintis startup fashion bersama suaminya （then boyfriend） Fashion Valet。Buku 'The First Decade' ini merangkum perjalanan Vivy sebagai seorang entrepreneur。 Dimulai dengan kisah masa kecilnya yang sudah sering berjualan， hingga kini sukses mendirikan perusahaan dengan cabang di mancanegara。Melalui buku ini， Vivy menceritakan bukan hanya kesuksesannya dalam berbisnis， namun juga berbagai pahit dan kegagalan yang dia alami: mulai dari munculnya kompetitor 'raksasa'， kegagalan FashionValet di Indonesia， hingga dilema untuk pivot dan meninggalkan business model yang lama dan fokus kepada brand barunya。'The First Decade' terasa jujur dan personal。 Mungkin sedikit 'terlalu personal' bagi pembaca yang belum familiar dengan nama Vivy Yusof。 Namun， inilah yang menjadikan buku ini menarik karena advices & wisdoms yang dibagikan sangat manusiawi。 Misalnya， di buku motivasi bisnis， kita selalu dianjurkan untuk tidak takut dengan kompetitor。 Di buku ini， Vivy menggambarkan pengalaman dan rasa takutnya atas kehadiran kompetitor， baru kemudian dilanjutkan dengan pengalamannya dan ditutup dengan advice yang sesuai dengan pengalaman yang telah ia jabarkan。Satu hal yang pasti。 Walau perjalanannya seperti rollercoaster， Vivy seperti selalu bisa membuatnya jadi KOCAK 🤣 Yah seperti orang yang suka kasih celetukan buat kalimatnya sendiri。 If you're （or were once） a blogger， pasti terasa deh bahwa Vivy ini memang biasa menulis。 Flownya enak， cerita personal dan professional advice dipadukan dengan baik sehingga membuat buku ini tidak membosankan。Buku ini akan saya rekomendasikan bagi: tentu saja penggemar caption-caption @vivyyusof， para perempuan yang sedang merintis ataupun scaling up bisnis！ 🧡🧡🧡🧡 。。。more

Insyirah Amirul ，

If you enjoy reading Vivy's blog， you would enjoy this （AAAND， on top of that， you get to learn at least a few things about running a business）。 The book contains mostly her business journey and a bit of the emotional challenges she faced as a social media influencer （if you ask me， this was my least favourite part of the book but it was pretty short and still insightful）。 The reading experience was even better as a plenty of humor was included throughout the book。 If you enjoy reading Vivy's blog， you would enjoy this （AAAND， on top of that， you get to learn at least a few things about running a business）。 The book contains mostly her business journey and a bit of the emotional challenges she faced as a social media influencer （if you ask me， this was my least favourite part of the book but it was pretty short and still insightful）。 The reading experience was even better as a plenty of humor was included throughout the book。 。。。more

Melissa Low ，

As a reader of proudduck since way back when， this book was what fed my soul。Vivy writes so honestly， you feel like you’re just having a chat with your close friend who is just caught you up on everything she’s been up to。She forgoes the use of bombastic words or jargons that many， many authors tend to abuse in their autobiographies。 At the same time， she opens the readers’ eyes to the world of an entrepreneur。An easy read that warms your heart and makes you think of the dream you have for yours As a reader of proudduck since way back when， this book was what fed my soul。Vivy writes so honestly， you feel like you’re just having a chat with your close friend who is just caught you up on everything she’s been up to。She forgoes the use of bombastic words or jargons that many， many authors tend to abuse in their autobiographies。 At the same time， she opens the readers’ eyes to the world of an entrepreneur。An easy read that warms your heart and makes you think of the dream you have for yourself —- why not me？ 。。。more

bookmehnia ，

{78/2022} 4/5🌟 Non-Fiction | 220 pagesBefore you ask， no， I didn’t pre-order this。 It just so happened that I was quite on the lowest point of my life， and reading Babel has taken half of my sanity （just kidding！）， and during an outing， my kids decided to enter Popular。 I didn’t have the energy （budget too 🥴！） to buy any new book - and upon entrance， there was a lot of ‘Vivy’s posing at the shelves staring at me。 I had never had any intention of buying but Popular is giving discounts for members {78/2022} 4/5🌟 Non-Fiction | 220 pagesBefore you ask， no， I didn’t pre-order this。 It just so happened that I was quite on the lowest point of my life， and reading Babel has taken half of my sanity （just kidding！）， and during an outing， my kids decided to enter Popular。 I didn’t have the energy （budget too 🥴！） to buy any new book - and upon entrance， there was a lot of ‘Vivy’s posing at the shelves staring at me。 I had never had any intention of buying but Popular is giving discounts for members and quite a good bargain too！ Ah， well。 I need something light 😅。 I am not her fan but that doesn’t mean I hate her and I do not have any Duck scarve in my possession - partly because most of their scarves are chiffon and chiffon and me have very complicated relationship。 However， I have been reading her ‘proudduck’ since very long ago and I have to admit that I have a penchant for her funny and witty writing style because I was beaming and laughing at most of her blog posts。 I just wanted to see if her book was any different。 I was not wrong。 It certainly felt like reading her blog the reason how I sailed through the book in one day。 The writing style caught me， in a lot of ways - and she didn’t use that much of difficult or over the top bombastic words which made the reading light and easy （except for some business terms）。 Most importantly， it made the audience felt closer to her， akin to a bestfriend sharing her secrets。 She shared with the audience how she started off doing the business since her background was in law and her husband， engineering。 She shared how Fashion Valet and Duck came into visuals。 She shared a lot of her business ups and downs which made me think that this would be a very good book to be read by budding entrepreneurs as she was very generous in giving her do’s and don’t’s in doing business。 I now understand why Duck scarves are Duck scarves。 She also made clear of some issues that she did not have the chance of clearing up - come to think that internet and social medias are definitely crazy places。 She also revealed behind the true story of her being labelled as “privileged” much to her chagrin。What I can summarise is that Vivy Yusof is the type of person who is very competitive， sometimes impatient and very passionate about what she’s doing。 My four-star score is mainly because of her writing style which I love when it comes to reading non-fiction。 I can’t judge based on the content because I don’t know her at personal level。 She is telling her side of story。 Whether you like it or not， she is already at the top of her place。 Most importantly， Vivy Yusof is only human。 If you think she made mistakes， we make mistakes too。 Humans are never perfect。 Recommended read if you are Vivy Yusof’s fan as well as one of the Duckies， and most importantly if you have the idea of doing business one day。 So， will I become her fan and own a Duck scarf after reading this？ 🤔 You’ll have to come and find me to know the answer！ #justreaddontbawang #DecemberReads #DecemberTBRs #bookmehnia #bookstagrammalaysia #bookstagrammy #malaysiamembaca #bookstagrammer #bookgram #bibliophile #bibliophilemy #bookish #bookaddict #bookaesthetic #bookish #readersofinstagram #goodreads #bookrecommendations #bookreview #bookworm #mybirthdaymonth #vivyyusof #thefirstdecade 。。。more

Reference

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