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    Why This Entrepreneur Left Tesla to Open a Tech Repair Franchise

    Minhthe Nguyen used to be an overworked Silicon Valley engineer. Now, as a uBreakiFix franchisee, he's still overworked -- but happier than ever.
    by Stephanie Schomer Mar 01, 2020 2 minutes
    Source: Courtesy of uBreakFix
    Courtesy of uBreakFix

    When Minhthe Nguyen started working at in 2012, he was overseeing a team of 20 at the Fremont, Calif., factory, which was producing a single car each week. Less than three years later, his team had grown beyond 400 people, and they were producing 1,200 cars a week. Having witnessed and contributed to that kind of rapid growth, Nguyen felt empowered to take a leap he’d appealing, and when he learned about — an electronics-repair franchise with 548 locations across North America — it seemed like the perfect fit for his skills and passions. Today, with his business partner and fellow Tesla vet Emmanuel Marti, Nguyen operates five locations across California. Their sales and staff are growing fast — but as they learned at Tesla, there’s always room to improve.

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