🎬 I Built Rotten Tomatoes... for Jackie Chan (& nearly collapsed) | Senh Duong (Co-Founder, Rotten Tomatoes)

When Vietnamese refugee Senh Duong fled after the fall of Saigon, he could never have imagined he’d one day co-found one of the most influential movie sites in the world - Rotten Tomatoes.

A kid who grew up on Hong Kong kung fu flicks, Senh was obsessed with Jackie Chan.

So when Jackie tried to break into Hollywood again, Senh went looking for honest reviews...

But couldn’t find any.

Every critic said the movies were great (even when they weren’t).

So Senh decided to build a site that told the truth.

What began as a side project coded through sleepless nights turned into a cultural phenomenon - one that raised $1 million (2 months before the dot com bubble burst!!), sold for $10 million, and changed how audiences everywhere judge movies.

In this episode, Senh opens up about:

🔸 Fleeing Vietnam and growing up in a refugee camp in Hong Kong

🔸 How Jackie Chan inspired the birth of Rotten Tomatoes

🔸 Almost quitting Rotten Tomatoes due to burnout

🔸 Being treated as “second-class citizens” by film publicists at screenings (and when that changed!)