Ha Lam is the Vietnam-based CEO of Triip.me, a travel company she founded with her husband and other friends in 2013. She worked as a tour guide while in college as a way to improve her English. That was her inspiration for starting up Triip.me. With the company struggling in 2014, Ha Lam and her husband sold their house and used the proceeds and personal savings to bolster the finances of Triip.me, which lets locals craft their own sightseeing tours and local activities and become the tour guide. To date, Triip.me tour guides have given over 4,000 tours in 60 countries. Ha Lam says the company is valued at $1.0 million...