Made in China Podcast: International Business | Crowdfunding | Entrepreneurship

Description:

With her book releasing, Rico chats with Nicole Webb, author of the “China Blonde.” In this episode, they talk about the story behind the book, moving to a foreign country with no one but her family, and her sheer persistence to get to the life she wanted.

Important Notes:

- Moving out from New Zealand to Hong Kong, raising a kid in Hong Kong

- How amazing the landscape and culture in Hong Kong, moving to Xi’an

- Their first encounter on Cross Border Summit as an emcee

- Starting a blog, being a journalist and the voice of her blog, and monetizing it

- The story behind her book, “China Blonde”

- The language barrier she encountered in Hong Kong

- The contrast between Mainland China and Hong Kong

- Interviewing locals and expats on the start of her blog and book

- Difference between writing for journalism and writing a book

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

Music in the Podcast:
7 Days by Craig David
Successful by Drake (feat. Trey Songz & Lil Wayne)
Shumaya by Dbn Nyts (feat. Zinhle Mgidi & Trade Mark)

Description: Manila is back on lockdown and Rico sits down and shares his thoughts on the Sourcing climate. Tune in to know what are his thoughts and make sure to share this if you can relate.

Important Notes:

How is sourcing done by then?

The “Anti-China” Sentiment/Stigma Globally

Getting Online presence to attract customers

Location-based Sourcing Company pros and cons

Shipping is still a nightmare

Watch out for surprise Customs inspection in China or other parts of the world

What then for Sourcing in 2020 and beyond

As mentioned in this episode, similar to the 2008 recession, a lot of products or businesses will be launched after the pandemic. If you are one of the people forced to work from home or work online, this is the best time to think about launching a business/product. Tune in to this episode to know more.

Important Notes:

- Being location-independent, being a Brand Marketer, Starting a career from producing videos to E-Commerce

- Creating your own Brand rather than selling on Amazon, their Million-Dollar Product from Kickstarter

- Trying out the Digital Nomad lifestyle, living in Asia, Being an Amazon FBA Guru

- Struggles in Launching a Crowdfunding, Infringement in their first Brand of Silicone Rings

- A solid launch strategy doesn’t guarantee success, losing lots of money on multiple products they launched

- The Crowdfunding Climate: Then and Now, 2016 was the Golden year to launch a crowdfunding

- The Pandemic forcing people to work at home, and launch a commerce product

- Misconceptions in Crowdfunding, Pros, and Cons of Crowdfunding Platforms

- Personal Life struggles during the pandemic

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:

Around the World by Daft Punk

Grown Up by Danny Brown

Miss U (Jai Wolf Remix) by Kitty

Rico got to sit down with Eric Yang, Founder, and CEO of Lead Next Gen Summit. In this episode, they talk about China’s history of power, Starting from nothing, and why he thinks college is not for Entrepreneurs.

Episode Notes:

Moving to the West to pursue his Entrepreneurial dream, Living Like a King/Queen inexpensively

Entrepreneurial Scene in Asia compared to the West, Diversity in a company

China’s Land banking in the 20th century, China’s investments and deals with other countries

Existential crisis of the youth today, the difference in Mentality in the youth in China

Eric Yang’s “Fuck College” podcast, dropping out of college

Why school is not for Entrepreneurs, growing your network while you’re in college

Finding Mentors and Personalities that who you want to be like

Starting the Virtual Summit Business, Failing his book to start the virtual summit business

Virtual summits as a way to grow your email list and generate leads

Repurposing the content of Virtual Summit, reaching out for speakers and sponsors

Rico and ChinaMike 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:

Murals by Lupe Fiasco

I Wonder by Kanye West

I Got U feat. Jax Jones by Duke Dumont

Rico got to sit down with another female Entrepreneur, Debbie Arcangeles of The Offbeat Life. In this episode, they talk about growing up as an Immigrant in the West, Filipino Culture in General, and Create a living off of what you want to do.

Episode Notes:

Debbie on Digital Nomads, Difference between a Digital Nomad and a Location-Independent Entrepreneur

Growing up with hardworking parents and as immigrants, Filipino Expectations for their Family being Nurses

Working on 9 to 5 jobs to being an Entrepreneur, Dealing with Panic Attacks for several years

Starting a Podcast and quitting a 9-5 job, scaling the podcast and starting to earn from it

Creating a system to your business, the right mentality to implement on a business

Importance of getting people on board, and the consequences of doing the business all by yourself

Getting sponsorships quickly, getting on other people’s podcast for Marketing, getting featured in big Publications

Being a female Entrepreneur in the West, Females of being the head of the household