Made in China Podcast: International Business | Crowdfunding | Entrepreneurship

Here is another Back log Episode to Start 2019, Recorded Back in 2016, Rico puts his Staff namely; CiCi, Immigen and Sunny on the interrogation chair to get their feedback on how it is to be working for Source Find Asia and having Rico as their Boss and Mentor.

Topics Includes:

How it is working for SFA.

The difference working for a Foreigner and a Chinese Boss

Views on talking to Manufacturing Factories

Communicating with the customers using emails vs wechat app

Manufacturer's frustrations on SFA not sourcing specialized products.

This is not a “MAFAN” episode! Here Rico chats with Mr Mafan Himself over drinks. Aka Luigui Mangasha, an expat in China for the last 8 years, shares with us his experience working in Beijing then moving to Shenzen and as well as talking about his brainchild The Mafan Crew, a youtube channel he created for the Multi-cultured Expats living in China.

Topics Includes:

Mafan crew's purpose

What mafan means

Luigui Mangasha channel

Being Aware in China: watching out for spit!

Learning to be patient and accepting in China

Shenzen Vs Beijing

Networking through WeChat app

Learn to sell yourself

Why a Chinese would hire a Foreigner?

Competition improves a company

Misconceptions of foreigners on the business side of things.

Challenges working as a the lone foreigner

Designing toys as the next business move

Starting out the youtube channel

Vloggers.

"Make yourself different"

Youtube is Practically Illegal in China

MR MAFAN!

Youtubers in China WeChat Group

Advice to "young Youtuber" Rico

"Keep it real and believe in yourself"

"Gratefulness is the greatest virtue of a man"

This week’s episode, We coincide the SFA Youtube Video Channel and the Made in China Podcast to release the first VideoCast. Rico captured this moment chatting with Harrison Bevins, an Amazon FBA Reseller, who you can recall from previous Made In China Episodes; Lessons learned in China year 1 and the Reply all episode. Here they revisit their conversation on lessons they learned in China year 1 and discuss the continuing process and the adjustments made to adapt to the constant challenges of handling their business while in China.

Topics Includes:

The Adjustments made, From living in Taiwan to Mainland China

Discovering making money online, Drop shipping

Reply All Episode

Selling the drop shipping store through Flippa.com

Amazon FBA, Why FBA and Lessons Learnt while selling the Company

Product Photos from Rico's Source Find asia

Communicating in China. "WeChat App"

Biggest Lesson learned 2nd year in China

Rollercoaster of emotions comes with doing business

The Importance of having a community of like minded people surrounding you.

This week we continue to listen to Rico and Nick’s Critique on Black Panther and other topics about the MCU Characters and it’s Rival, DC Comics.

Topics Includes:

Marvel VS DC

Bucky's Story

Captain America's the ladies Man and The Ironman Scandal

Asian Superhero?

Marvel's renting their superheroes to other movie studios

Captain Canada and Deadpool

Marvel movies inspiring the real life superheroes of the future

Rating Top 3 Marvel Movies

Enough Business talk! This week we are releasing an old Podcast that didn't get released until now. Nick Nerov joins Rico to review Marvel's Black Panther that was released on China's Movie Theatres. They became movie critics in this episode and give their own observations and perspectives as well as sharing each of their favorite experiences of the movie.

Topics Includes:

Marvel Superhero Characters are still new to the Chinese Audience

Rico is being compared to Obama

Chinese's peception of a black man

Unassuming Africa's rich economic countries

Nick's and Rico's Favorite part of the movie

Rooting and being emotional for the Villain

Immigration issue parallelism

Superb Fight Scenes

Favorite supporting actor/ actress

Intrigued by Wakanda

Strong Females, Gender Equality properly portrayed in the movie

For this week we are reposting a quick episode from the youtube channel where Rico interviews his project manager Immigen and ask her questions on how she feels working for a foreign company in China

Topics Includes:

What her role is as a project manager

Comparing working for a foreign company to a chinese company

What she thinks about the company from when it started to what it is now

The future of the sfa company

Organizing a client's company

Being systemized is a necessity

Here's a repost from Michael Michelini's podcast China Business Cast where Rico switch sides from Interviewer to the Interviewee. They touch on topics regarding Original Design Manufacturing from its process and the steps.

Topics Includes:

What it takes to run a company

Critical to have a clear and detailed communication with your employees or suppliers”

“Molding”

The importance of coming to china to meet your manufaturer/ supplier

The Process - step 1 come to china: DFM (design for manufacture)

Step 2 : Create a Sample

Step 3 : Full Mass Production

Warning!!! This conversation contains Explicit topics!!! NSFW! It's a first in this Podcast where sex is part of the topic which was heavily discussed., Here they Introduce Molly which is made and distributed by a company that specializes in sex toys called Lovach, and gives a brief description and the benefits regards to the product as well as sharing more in depth issues about the sex toy industry, indiegogo crowd funding campaigns and the common challenges they experience when manufacturing products with chinese factories.

Topics Includes:

Starting out as a teacher in China.

"Focus on something you can control"

Product Features: 2 point stimulation

Benefits of sex toys in today's world and how it helps long distance relationships

Flaws from other products: Invading privacy and unregulated toys, “be careful what you put up in your @$%!

The Lovach Team and roles of each member

The steps to manufacturing the product

Issues with factory : best to get an industrial designer

indiegogo launching

Marketing Plans

Expectations on the campaign

Next product after "Molly"

In this sequel, Mark continues to share his experience importing from China and dealing with the Australia’s government’s strict customs policies. Later on the conversation, he gives positive details why he chose and continues to work with Rico.

Topics incl:

Customs Issues; “Tags on Bags”

What it means to be a Sourcefindasia Client.

Transparency needed between the client and supplier

Why he LOVES Working with Rico.