Made in China Podcast: International Business | Crowdfunding | Entrepreneurship

In this week’s episode, Rico chats with Roe And Evan from Brutal Buddha who started in big finance in Hong Kong but then share how they shifted and are now launching a men’s yoga pants brand. Let’s have a listen to these inspiring Entrepreneurs.

Topics incl:

How Roe and Evan came to HK

What inspired the Entrepreneurship journey

Starting Brutal Buddha

Why The Yoga Niche

Campaign Launch

Customer Discovery

Resources Listed As Mentioned:

Source Find Asia Youtube Channel

Brutal Buddha Website

Tony Robbins Master The Game

The Hard Thing About Hard Things

Man’s Search For Meaning Book

Shoe Dog Book

Alibaba The House That Jack Ma Build Book

Madison's Instagram

Brutal Buddha Facebook

Brutal Buddha Instagram

Brutal Buddha Calendly

Man Flow Yoga

Man Flow Yoga Youtube

Email: [email protected]

In this week’s Podcast, Rico speaks with Riley Bennett to learn about how he's built his successful Amazon FBA business to live the 4 Hour Week Life as a digital nomad. From Traveling and working whenever in whichever country he likes. Let’s have a listen to another inspiring Entrepreneur.

Topics incl:

How Riley To Asia

Early Straggles

What’s Made Him Successful On Youtube

Riley’s Online Course

Amazon’s Changes

Living The Nomad Lifestyle

Resources Listed As Mentioned:

Source Find Asia Youtube Channel

Casey Neistat -Youtube Channel

4 Hour Work Week by Tim Farriss

Joe Rogan Podcast

Livin That Life Youtube

Contact Info: Livin That Life Instagram

In this week’s episode, Rico chats with Gerard Nieuwenhuis. Gerard and Rico discuss Gerard’s journey that touches on many topics from how he discovered selling online to running his company remotely. Let’s have a listen to another inspiring Entrepreneur.

Topics incl:

Early Days Selling Online

Coming to China

Relationships w/ Manufacturer

Running a Remote Team

4 Hour Work Week Mindset

In this week’s episode, Rico chats with Nick Zieber of Enter China. Nick shares about how he discovered Asia and Hong Kong, along with talking about Enter China and what its all about. Let’s have a listen to another inspiring Entrepreneur.

Topics incl:

Coming to Hong Kong

Learning Chinese

Early work days in Hong Kong

Working with Startups

Working at Enter China

Launching a product w/EC

Sourcing in China

In this week’s episode, Rico chats with the incredible Daniella Santana. She shares how she came to China, what kept her in China and how and why she found her purpose. Let’s have a listen to another inspiring Entrepreneur.

Topics incl:

Coming to China

Changes in Social Media in China

Sourcing in China

Networking

Finding purpose

Building a brand through Linkedin

For this week’s episode, we get to hear Part 2 of an interesting story about the journey of Lorenzo Payman. In part 2 he shares his thoughts on China, The importance of sales funnels and learning to say no. Let’s have a listen to another inspiring Entrepreneur.

Topics incl:

Building up events for Global From Asia

Increasing cost of living from HK to compared to GZ

Working with Global From Asia

Sales funnels

Business Success in China

Importance of saying no

In this Episode, we listen to the conversation that Rico had with Mark Ramos an Amazon FBA veteran and Internet marketer. Here he chats with Rico about the importance of coming to China as an ecommerce seller in 2019 and the benefits of coming out and meeting suppliers, Understanding the culture and tapping into the Chinese business network.

Topics incl:

Source FInd Asia Webinar

Advantage of meeting Supplier in China

Coming to China before VS now

Should you still attend the Canton Fair?

Cross Border Summit

The Canton Fair Pre-Accelerator

Building a Brand

In this episode, Rico talks to Fredrik Gronkvist of China Importal to talk about his journey from Sweden to China. Fredrik shares a lot of his experience and insights on how he made it in China and the the future of where he believes things we go. Let’s have a listen to another inspiring Entrepreneur.

topics incl:

-How he got started doing what he does
-How he came from Sweden to China
-Registering a company in China
-Learning by doing it in China
-Establishing systems in China Importal
-Staying relevant in the sourcing game
-How the trade war is affecting manufacturing
-Sourcing short falls of other countries VS China

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For the week, we get to hear an Interesting Story about the Journey of Lorenzo Payman, A Good Pal of Rico. His adventures from working in Corporate Canada then to the Oilfields and then as a Football Coach will be shared. Let’s have a listen to another inspiring Entrepreneur.

Topics incl:

Getting laid off and Coming to China from Canada and Being one of the first to join Enter China

Elevator Life

Work as a Xray Inspector andr Difficult Conditions at the oilfield

Life after Oilfield back to Corporate Canada

Coaching Football in Hangzhou

Moving to Shenzhen and starting his Entrepreneurial Life

The early years of Enter China Community

Cheering on fellow Entrepreneurs "The world needs Entrepreneurs"

Organizing Football Camps

Getting Royal Treatment at Guangdong