Made in China Podcast: International Business | Crowdfunding | Entrepreneurship

Second part of our interview with Nick Ramil, founder of Enter China and founding team member of Brinc.io

Topics incl:

Why Rico stepped down from Enter China

How to start networking in China

4 pillars of entrepreneurship mindset

Reading people as a life skill

"To do Lists and MUST Do Lists"

Visualisation and Affirmation techniques

Journaling and Role Models

In this two part interview Rico talks with Nick Ramil founder of Enter China and founding team member of Brinc.io. Nick is one of Rico's China business mentors and one of the main reasons why he moved to China.

Topics Incl:

Who is Nick Ramil and why he is so awesome?

The Elevator Life and Enter China community.

Why Rico stepped down as a partner in Enter China?

Helping people and giving back through entrepreneurship.

Why run an IoT business in Hong Kong?

Focus on optimizing your main business before diversifying revenue.

In this episode, Rico chats with CrossFit trainer/entrepreneur Gus Mello, co-founder of HELE Fitness in Hawaii while sitting on the 91st floor of the Park Hyatt in Shanghai (hope you like the deep house in the background).

Topics Include:

Traveling to 5 different cities in China in 10 Days

Being an SFA client

How to look like a dude?

The CrossFit Equipment Business Philosophy

Why come to China when you have people there?

"Lower your expectations so you can get results that you want in China," is one of the most memorable quotes from Rico's first ever turn as a podcast interviewee. 

In this special episode (originally posted by the Four Seas One Family Podcast) you'll get to learn a bit more about the personal elements throughout Rico's life - that led him to leave the comforts of Canada and head to China: 

Topics Incl:

Rico's preference of PS3 over exploration on his first trip to Guangzhou

How entrepreneurship is part of his DNA

The differences between "American" Chinese Food & ACTUAL Chinese food

In this episode Nick Nerov, a big time Amazon FBA player making 5 figures a month in profit (USD) selling on the platform - will share pearls of wisdom with Rico and his listeners. These two good friends will share advice, laughs and experience.

Topics Incl:

The Spirit of the Entrepreneur

First steps to get on Amazon.

Bro-Hands...

What do when the FBA goldrush ends

The nuts and bolts of business growth

Importance of good suppliers

Praising Rico!!!

Rico EXPOSED!!!

The sequel to the #ThisIsChina #T.I.C. series. In this episode, find out what kind of adventures you'd find yourself in while traveling to mountain villages in China.

How NOT to order beer in when a small town bar up in North China how Chinese culture always seems to have a new surprise for Rico and ChinaMike. 

Topics Incl:

* When you`re 6 ft tall in the middle of a Chinese village.

* How to say no to cigarettes and keep saying no, again and again and again.

* Ordering Heineken's and getting...well, something else.

This episode was inspired by an article I wrote for Enter China called "Do Contracts Matter in China?" - I actually interviewed Andy Church (a 15 year China vet) for the article but, ultimately felt that he had so much more to knowledge to share than what ended up in the article. Topics Incl: When you should have contracts in place What info should be listed in the contracts What can go wrong How enforceable the contracts are The common mistakes buyers make when it comes to contracts in China.

In this historical episode, Rico spoke with Heather Shuster (the podcast's

first ever return guest) about her successful and ongoing (as of April 6th,

2017) OLLI Fair Trade Rubber Flip-Flip Kickstarter campaign.

Topics Incl:

* The importance of pre-campaign prep work.

* How they secured her first $3k in sales prior to the campaign.

* One clever hack OLLI is using to speed up her shipping process.

* How Holly Shuster's duck face game fairs on Instagram

* Now that she's got the money, what's up next for her business?

In this episode ChinaMike & Rico dig deep to share their successes,

FAILURES from 2016, what they learnt and their goals for 2017.

Goals Incl:

* Content Schedule! (Yes, the podcast will be more consistent!)

* Financial Targets

* Cohesion Between Multiple Businesses

* Ambitious Fitness Goals

* Potential Internships

In this episode we interviewed Nick Lenczewski (Len-chess-key)  the author of Ultimate China Guide: How to Teach English, Travel, Learn Chinese & Find Work in China. He writes books and makes movies to help people discover the incredible life that living and traveling in China brings. Made in China Podcast listeners can download the first 30 pages of Ultimate China Guide for free here. Topics Incl: Eating Chicken Feet at  7 / 11 Going from 0 words to being a medical translator of Mandarin to English How he found and now helps foreigners find non-teaching jobs in China Opening his own English teaching school in China Dating and being treated like a celebrity in China Getting a Chinese Driver's License