A founder answers

What was Robert's biggest regret with Nook?

Not pivoting sooner. Robert looks back fondly on the impact Nook made and the team he upskilled, but says "My biggest regret was probably not pivoting sooner."

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Robert Huynh · Nook / Reforge
EP 7 · Co-founder, Nook (now Reforge Labs)
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Not pivoting sooner. Robert looks back fondly on the impact Nook made and the team he upskilled, but says "My biggest regret was probably not pivoting sooner."

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Robert names the cause of the downfall as the number of hidden costs and profitability issues — and the deeper problem that he "never thought that we'd work in a field that I had no expertise in, in a market I had no expertise in, in a language that I'm like only semi comfortable speaking and working in a professional setting in." Despite that, he looks back fondly because Nook brought lots of jobs and upskilled a team he's still proud of. His regret is the timing: "My biggest regret was probably not pivoting sooner."