Made in China Podcast: International Business | Crowdfunding | Entrepreneurship

Description: At Global Sources’ MATCH Event, Mike and Rico presented the SPIE Method, making its first debut in webinar form. Please take note that this is a videocast.

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Are you an entrepreneur looking for suppliers for your business? Rico answers important questions about supplier vetting. 

In this episode you’ll learn:

Where to look for suppliers aside from Alibaba

Alibaba VS other suppliers

Common mistakes entrepreneurs make during the first contact with suppliers

How to find the right supplier in the market

Important questions to ask potential suppliers

This interview is part of the Source Find Asia Digital Summit. To know more about the summit, check out the link below. 

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When John Graham Harper started a gym business that took a loan to fund his business. Until he got scammed by the “buyer” or the person that had a deal with him. This is an update episode of that saga.

Important Notes:

Barriers John dealt during the whole legal battle

People taking advantage of the legal system

Doing remote work

How COVID affected John’s gym’s business

Life after the legal battle

John’s future plans. Will he leave China after all?

On negativity and that big lesson he learned from the 4-year legal battle

Rico talks to social entrepreneur Payman Lorenzo about the ethics of social enterprise. He also shares where to begin your social enterprise journey.

This interview is part of the Source Find Asia Digital Summit. To know more about the summit, check out the link below. 

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When John Graham Harper started a gym business that took a loan to fund his business. Until he got scammed by the “buyer” or the person that had a deal with him. This is an update episode of that saga.

Important Notes:

Being stopped at the border because of an alleged court case

Loaning his way to fund his gym business and everything went south

Being threatened by about his life

What is it like fighting through China’s legal system

Gathering evidence to make the appeal

China’s enforcement court coming after him

Hustling his way to settle the case

The scammer using the loopholes in the system to get to John

Paying Lawyer fees, penalties and others

Staying positive throughout his experience

What is the Chinese Legal System as an expat based in China

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Rico asks Michael Michelini about creative launch strategy for e-commerce businesses.

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Importance of Brand Story

Content Creation and Brand Building

Advantages of Western Sellers

Recommendations on Affiliate Programs

This interview is part of the Source Find Asia Digital Summit. To know more about the summit, check out the link below. 

Vance Lee talks about Kickstarter - how it works, difference with Amazon,  and launching a successful campaign.

This interview is part of the Source Find Asia Digital Summit. To know more about the summit, check out the link below. 

Rico interviews Francois Jaffres of Noviland about shipping and logistics. He gives advice to first-time shippers and buyers about choosing freight forwarding companies, necessary paperwork from China to the US, among others.

This interview is part of the Source Find Asia Digital Summit. To know more about the summit, check out the link below. 

Here is one of the topics that we will cover at the Summit. This videocast tackles on certain Product Compliance Policies and what is the impact of Amazon Business in COVID-19. 

Fredrik is a co-founder of Asiaimportal Limited. This interview is part of Source Find Asia Digital Summit. To know more about the summit, check out the link below. 

Rico talks about how conscious are they when choosing their Outro Music in the early days of Made in China Podcast. In this bonus episode, they talk about how relevant it is to them and how would you understand them through music.

Music in the Podcast:

Fire and Desire by Drake

Controlla by Drake

Tell Me by RL Grime

Flashing Lights by Kanye West