Made in China Podcast: International Business | Crowdfunding | Entrepreneurship

DESCRIPTION

Rico talks to former employees, Luc and Vincent. They look back at their SFA days and how are they now.

POINTS OF DISCUSSION

Blockchain in Africa

Frustrations in doing business in developing countries

Living in different countries

Why the Philippines is interesting to live in?

Productivity in remote work

Work from home or rent an office?

Business milestones during the pandemic

Changes in Rico’s work-life balance

Dealing with burnout

DESCRIPTION

Rico talks to former employees, Lucy and Vincent. They look back at their SFA days and how are they now.

POINTS OF DISCUSSION

Pros and Cons of living in 2 different countries as a kid

On Relationships: finding someone with the same mindset

Starting a company and Investments

Love-Hate relationship with China

SFA customer base

Digital Assets

Marketing Shift

Expanding to the Philippines

Rico talks about personal long term plans

DESCRIPTION

Rico talks to former employees, Lucy and Vincent. They look back at their SFA days and how are they now.

POINTS OF DISCUSSION

Axie Infinity, Crypto in the Philippines

Keeping in touch with former colleagues

Ego, Foreigners, and English Teachers in China

Issues of living and doing business in China today

Guangzhou during the pandemic

Digital Relationships

How Covid affected their life and career

DESCRIPTION

Rico talks to former employees, Lucy and Vincent. They look back at their SFA days and how are they now.

POINTS OF DISCUSSION

How they got the job at SFA

Experience in Asia and working for SFA

What they learned from SFA

What are they up to

DESCRIPTION

Rico and ChinaMike talk about business payments in China. With all the stricter rules and regulations when it comes to payment transactions, it is becoming a greater challenge day by day.

POINTS OF DISCUSSION

Forecast about upcoming business difficulties in China

Why China will still be significant in businesses for years to come.

Anti-China vibe in the US

How to manage mass production as a company with no presence in China.

SFA on Discord

DESCRIPTION

Rico and Allan share more about doing business with Event Fuel and PayPal. On the side note, they also talk about wedding plans. No, it’s not Rico’s (yet).

POINTS OF DISCUSSION

Big companies take time to make payments

Why Rico enjoys working with “in between” companies

Allan’s assessment with Events Fuel project

Talking about Company Values: Fairness in Business

Personal Stuff: Allan’s wedding plans

Stoicism, Journaling, and Digital Detox

DESCRIPTION

Rico and Alan share updates about working on a project, Events Fuel and PayPal.

They discuss the challenges they had to go through especially the shipping. 

POINTS OF DISCUSSION

Issues with taxes in the Philippines

Big problem with the freight industry and the supply chain

Advantage of having an employee from the country where you’re doing business.

Major Obstacle: Shipping

Cultural barriers in business

Difficulty of starting sourcing business

Working In Your Business VS Working On Your Business

Another PayPal project for Christmas

DESCRIPTION

Part 2. In this episode Young Jaymee shares how she met Rico and eventually started working for SFA. And get to know what’s very special about our Content Manager. 

POINTS OF DISCUSSION

Young Jaymee “The Plug”

How Young Jaymee’s passion to help got her started working with Rico

Importance of Connections (part 2)

Young Jaymee as SFA Content Manager

Her unique skill set that landed her the job

Jaymee and Rico’s friendship over the years

How crazy can Jaymee get when helping others

Source Find Asia Discord Group

Young Jaymee on her future plans

Part 1. Get to know “Young Jaymee”, the newest addition to Source Find Asia’s family. Young Jaymee is the Content Manager from the Philippines. 

POINTS OF DISCUSSION

Jaymee’s passion to help people

Wanting freedom, running away from home, and more about her colorful background

Importance of connections in life in general

How and why she started her freelancing journey

How working online gave her a more balanced life

Common issues of hiring staff from Southeast Asia

How to find good online employees

Story of a wasted opportunity

DESCRIPTION

Two years into the pandemic, Rico asks Mike about the current business atmosphere in China where he is based. How different is the situation now in Asia’s economic giant for foreign businesspeople?

POINTS OF DISCUSSION

How the pandemic affected the Podcast release

What’s up with Mike almost a year after the last MIC podcast

Why it’s getting more difficult for high profile people in China

Why Rico won’t talk politics to Chinese people

Lockdowns in Shanghai and Shenzhen

Where is China heading?