Made in China Podcast: International Business | Crowdfunding | Entrepreneurship

Rico and China Mike come up with the idea to provide better support to their followers consistently. Through Discord, members will have exclusive access to special contents — the latest China updates, strategies, workflow, and more. All information and assistance will be available whatever your timezone is.

POINTS OF DISCUSSION

Working with SMEs to larger companies

Inability to travel and meet face to face that transitions to outsourcing

Quality vs Quantity (employees and clients wise)

Launching Discord

Discord membership and channels

Discord discussions, chats, calls, and live streaming

DESCRIPTION

Rico and China Mike talk about the struggles they went through during COVID that hindered the consistency of podcasts for Source Find Asia. They also share how personal issues of people during pandemic impacted their availability to work and do business.

POINTS OF DISCUSSION

Getting people and delegating works

When great employees start to crack

Reasons why tasks are left undone

Meeting and talking to people in person versus online

Making use of old recordings for contents

Finding reliable people for the job

Getting calls and comments from people waiting for new contents

Description

Part 2. Due to Covid, events company, Event Fuel, ventured into digital events. They tapped Source Find Asia for their giveaways. In this episode, Rico and Alan talk about their experience so far working with the Irish company.

Points of Discussion

Finding clients through industry-specific websites

Getting clients from the podcast

Tapping established networks in China

How vital factory visit is nowadays

Virtual conference experience

Face to face events will come back

Evolving the sourcing office

Description

Part 1. Due to Covid, events company, Event Fuel, ventured into digital events. They tapped Source Find Asia for their giveaways. In this episode, Rico and Alan talk about their experience so far working with the Irish company.

Points of Discussion

Major issue to deal with at the beginning

Doing quality control on the products

Helping the company save a lot of money

Payment methods for suppliers without international licenses in Mainland China

Business lessons from Covid

Adjusting the business model due to corona

Description

With millions of existing businesses around the globe, what will make you thrive? In this episode, Cory tells Rico about being a remarkable entrepreneur, plus the books that inspire him.

Points of Discussion

Meeting other entrepreneurs and their impact on Cory

Running Woodies on autopilot

Doing other businesses while exploring other interests

Being an efficient businessman: working on things that count over and over and are always useful

Cory’s Game Changer books

How covid affected his business

Making your business remarkable

Description 

Running a business is hugely demanding in many ways. In this third part of Rico with Cory Stout, he tells of the key people who help him with the business and how they make life a lot easier for him.

Points of Discussion

Finding the right tools for your business

Automate your business

What happened when his mother handled the customer service

Why Cory recommends hiring Filipino VA

Spending time in China

Changes brought by commerce in China

Description

Part 2 of Rico with Cory Stout, owner of Woodies Sunglasses. For Cory, having a vision for the business and flexibility enabled him to achieve his business goals. If you’re a budding entrepreneur, you wouldn’t want to miss this episode.

Points of Discussion

Working with Kendall Jenner for a photoshoot

Selling outside Amazon

Why new e-commerce entrepreneurs should start on Amazon

Achieving his first 6-figure sales

What to sell on Amazon

Description

Rico chats with Cory Stout, owner of eco-friendly sunglasses, Woodies. Cory shares how he started selling products at Amazon which now earns 7 figures annually. Listen to the practical tips he shares in this episode.

Points of Discussion:

How Woodies started

Jumping to Amazon

Comparing Amazon then and now

Amazon as a great business platform

How Woodies started getting more sales

Sustaining the growth over the years

A “Most Important” area that many Amazon sellers don’t pay attention to

Description:

This is Part 2 of Rico at Renaud Anjoran’s podcast. They talk about entrepreneurs planning to get started with manufacturing in China but ON A TIGHT BUDGET. 

Maybe you’re one of them and having the same questions as:

How do you reduce the cost?

Should you hire consultants or just do it yourself?

What budget do you need?

Discussion Points:

Taking responsibility for your own product approval process.

Before you start production…

Which products are not for you if you are a first-time manufacturer on a budget.

How adherence to compliance regulations can be expensive.

Packaging compliance

Shipping & Logistics

Renaud Anjoran is the CEO of Sofeast Ltd which helps companies to develop their own products. Links in the resource section.