Wilson Chan is the CEO of Buyandship. The largest cross border e-commerce enablers in Asia. Buyandship has expanded to Japan, China, Taiwan and Macau, with the rest of the Asia Pacific region in the coming future, serving over 800 members in the APAC region. If you are looking to find out about that state of e-commerce in Asia Wilson is the person to demystify it for you. In this episode he discusses how e-commerce is changing in Asia and reveals his vision for e-commerce over the next 5 years.

“I want someone I trust to tell me what I should buy.” - Wilson

Timestamps:

2.34 - Discover how Wilson got to where he is today

6.59 - Wilson as a fixer rather than innovator

14.21 - Find out how e-commerce is changing in Asia

22.32 - How the marketplaces look in Asia

27.01 - Wilson reveals his vision for e-commerce over the next 5 years

32.19 - The 4 pockets of logistics

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Connect with Wilson Chan

• Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/buyandship.en/

• YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBp1zeSb1Ss5fB3eYOd7YpA

• Website link - https://www.buyandship.today/en/

• LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/wilson-chan-a130ab21/?originalSubdomain=hk

• Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/buyandship.hk/

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Connect with Aero Wong:

• Personal website: http://aerowong.com/

• Instagram: @aerowong

• Twitter: @aerowong

• LinkedIn: @aerowong

• Facebook: @aerowongfb

• Clubhouse: @aerowong

Karthik Vijayakumar is the managing partner of Design Your Thinking Labs and is the host of a top 100 entrepreneurship podcast on Apple podcasts. He reveals the ways in which podcasting can be used to grow a business. As well as how to create a cohesive business through the power of saying yes.

“Saying yes has brought me to where I am today.” - Karthik

Timestamps:

2.35 - Karthik’s story on how he got to where he is today

9.13 - Karthik reveals what he was trying to achieve by starting a podcast

12.57 - The moment Karthik built a career around podcasting

18.41 - How to synthesise everything to make a cohesive information product business

24.02 - Karthik on his free training

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Connect with Karthik Vijayakumar

• Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/DesignYourThinking/photos/a.1461014907269741/2843457809025437/?type=3

• Website link - https://designyourthinking.com/

• LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/karthikvijayakumar/?originalSubdomain=in

• YouTube – https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCTBlA3e9y8woccN0JUI9Ydg

• Twitter - https://twitter.com/kartvee?lang=en

• Listen to Karthik’s Design Your Thinking Podcast -https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-design-your-thinking-podcast/id1165020553

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Connect with Aero Wong:

• Personal website: http://aerowong.com/

• Instagram: @aerowong

• Twitter: @aerowong

• LinkedIn: @aerowong

• Facebook: @aerowongfb

• Clubhouse: @aerowong

Mike Belsito is a start-up product and business developer who loves creating something from nothing. He is the Co-Founder of Product Collective which organizes INDUSTRY, one of the largest product management summits anywhere in the world. Many e-commerce business owners are looking for ways to grow their business. In this episode, Mike discusses the importance of building a community to enhance customer loyalty to be able to do just that.

“No matter what you're doing, you have to figure out how to do these things that sort of feed your soul and feed your family you know, so even in those cases where maybe you keep going, and you're not finding success, you’ve still got to find a way to put food on the table.” - Mike

Timestamps:

3.49 - Mike story of becoming an entrepreneur

12.05 - Mike reveals what he hoped to achieve at the beginning

16.31 - The challenges Mike faced on his journey

19.37 - The internal struggle

32.17 - How to set up a profitable event

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Connect with Mike Belsito!

• Website: productcollective.com/author/mikebelsito

• LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/mikebelsito

• Twitter: twitter.com/belsito

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Connect with Aero Wong!

• Website: aerowong.com

• LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/aerowong

• Twitter: twitter.com/aerowong

• Instagram: instagram.com/aerowong

• Facebook: facebook.com/aerowongfb

• Clubhouse: @aerowong

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Resources:

Listen to Mike’s Podcast Rocketship FM - https://rocketship.fm/

Ellen Chisa is the founding investor of Boldstart, she's also the CEO and co-founder of Dark, a programming language coupled with its editor is an infrastructure that raised 5.5 billion in capital. Ellen gives her views on what brand management is and the evolution of the product manager. If like many e-commerce business owners, you want to know how to let more people know about your e-commerce business and how to work out the life cycle of your products this episode is a must.

“It’s really important to test things out first and make sure your product lives up to your brand” - Ellen

Timestamps:

1.37 - What is Brand Management?

3.44 - The relationship between brand management and marketing funnels

6.14 - How can I let more people know about my e-commerce business?

11.40 - Is brand management taught within product management?

12.46 - The evolution of the product manager

16.27 - The difference between branding physical, software and information products

18.03 - What is the product life cycle?

Connect with Ellen Chisa

• Twitter - https://twitter.com/ellenchisa?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor

• Website link - https://www.ellenchisa.com

• LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/ellenchisa/

Connect with Aero Wong:

Personal website: http://aerowong.com/

Instagram: @aerowong

Twitter: @aerowong

LinkedIn: @aerowong

Facebook: @aerowongfb

Clubhouse: @aerowong

The CEO of Algorand Foundation. Founded by cryptographer and Turing award winner Silvio Micali, Algorand aims to solve the technical barriers of existing blockchain infrastructure.

“You add on this additional layer and it opens up a new world for e-commerce merchants to really tackle into.” - Sean

Timestamps:

1.35 - The evolution of e-commerce

2.04 - The next phase of e-commerce

4.15 - Converting loyalty points into tokens

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Connect with Sean Lee

• LinkedIn - linkedin.com/in/sean-lee-4b7a98/

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Connect with Aero Wong:

• Personal website: http://aerowong.com/

• Instagram: @aerowong

• Twitter: @aerowong

• LinkedIn: @aerowong

• Facebook: @aerowongfb

• Clubhouse: @aerowong

The visionary in the supply chain industry. He is not only the Cofounder and Chairman of BuyAndShip, but also the Cofounder and Director of multiple supply chain companies, including: ZhenHub, Pakpobox, LHT Express. And the board member of Morning Express & Logistic Limited.

“Consumers are smart, and they have the desire to buy different things, but we need to address that problem.” - Sheldon

Timestamps:

1.23 - Sheldon’s secret to successfully scale an e-commerce business

3.10 - Addressing the problems

4.43 - Finding out the real issues

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Connect with Sheldon Li

• LinkedIn - linkedin.com/in/sheldon-li-85b21a96/

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Connect with Aero Wong:

• Personal website: http://aerowong.com/

• Instagram: @aerowong

• Twitter: @aerowong

• LinkedIn: @aerowong

• Facebook: @aerowongfb

• Clubhouse: @aerowong

The VP of Product of Osaro, an applied Artificial Intelligence company, automating the global manufacturing and supply chain through advanced robotic vision and control. He leads the product team in continuing to develop and refine the products to drive more scale and efficiency for the global supply chain.

“The key to really scaling an e-commerce business is identifying ways to make the logistics and supply chain efficient at scale compared to their ability to drive demand.” - Rob

Timestamps:

1.14 - Discover Rob’s secret to scaling an e-commerce business

3.08 - The importance of driving demand for the product

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Connect with Rob McGrorty

• Twitter - twitter.com/robmcgrorty

• LinkedIn - linkedin.com/in/robmcgrorty/

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Connect with Aero Wong:

• Personal website: http://aerowong.com/

• Instagram: @aerowong

• Twitter: @aerowong

• LinkedIn: @aerowong

• Facebook: @aerowongfb

• Clubhouse: @aerowong

The CEO of BuyAndShip, the largest cross-border eCommerce enablers in Asia. BuyAndShip has expanded to Japan, China, Taiwan, and Macau, with the rest of the Asia Pacific region in the coming future, serving over 800,000 members in the APAC region. Their warehouses are located across the globe, including US, UK, Japan, Korea, China, Taiwan, Italy, Australia, Thailand, Indonesia and Canada.

“You need to know what the pain points are and very specifically address those pain points, otherwise you are not really doing anything.” - Wilson

Timestamps:

1.32 - Wilson shares his number 1 secret to scaling an e-commerce business

2.34 - How to get into the world of e-commerce

5.53 - The common misconception between product/market fit

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Connect with Wilson Chan!

• Website:- buyandship.today

• LinkedIn - linkedin.com/in/wilson-chan-a130ab21/

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Connect with Aero Wong!

• Website: aerowong.com

• LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/aerowong

• Twitter: twitter.com/aerowong

• Instagram: instagram.com/aerowong

• Facebook: facebook.com/aerowongfb

• Clubhouse: @aerowong

The producer and host of a Top100 Entrepreneurship podcast. He is also the Managing Partner of Design Your Thinking Labs, which helps brands and businesses use branded podcasts & transmedia storytelling to drive business results.

“Scaling any business lies in your ability to scale 1 on 1 interactions.” - Karthik

Timestamps:

1.21 - Karthik reveals his number 1 secret to scaling an e-commerce business

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Connect with Karthik Vijayakumar!

• Website: designyourthinking.com/

• LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/karthikvijayakumar

• Twitter: twitter.com/kartvee

• Facebook: facebook.com/DesignYourThinking

• YouTube: youtube.com/channel/FreeYourVoiceLive

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Connect with Aero Wong!

• Website: aerowong.com

• LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/aerowong

• Twitter: twitter.com/aerowong

• Instagram: instagram.com/aerowong

• Facebook: facebook.com/aerowongfb

• Clubhouse: @aerowong

The Cofounder of Product Collective, a community serving 30,000+ technology product management professionals. He’s also the co-host of Rocketship.fm, one of the longest running and top-downloaded podcasts for entrepreneurs and product management professionals. It has been featured in media outlets such as Entrepreneur, Inc, Forbes, and elsewhere.

“It’s about talking to customers 1 on 1 and really getting a deep understanding from them on how your product is actually making a difference for them.” - Mike

Timestamps:

1.39 - Mike’s number 1 secret to scaling an e-commerce business

3.36 - Don’t become a big boy before you are a big boy

4.16 - Knowing what your customer wants to be able to scale

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Connect with Mike Belsito!

● Website: productcollective.com/author/mikebelsito

● LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/mikebelsito

● Twitter: twitter.com/belsito

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Connect with Aero Wong!

● Website: aerowong.com

● LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/aerowong

● Twitter: twitter.com/aerowong

● Instagram: instagram.com/aerowong

● Facebook: facebook.com/aerowongfb

● Clubhouse: @aerowong

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Resources:

Listen to Mike’s Podcast Rocketship FM - https://rocketship.fm/