Rico & ChinaMike - Product Development Consultants
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Hear the ins and outs of sourcing, procurement, product development, and brand building as two international entrepreneurs based in South China share a free-flowing conversation and bring experts on the show. Hosted by Michael and Rico, both of whom have lived and worked throughout the world before ending up in the world’s largest manufacturing hub, which is Guangdong province. Besides sharing their expertise in sourcing they focus on online & social media marketing, crowdfunding campaigns, consulting, team management and overall life as an expat in China. Whether you’re just visiting China, living there or planning to relocate, this podcast is f...
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A practical sourcing conversation about trust, positioning, and cross-border seller realities.
Gary Huang and Rico keep the focus on cross-border e-commerce fundamentals: sourcing, trade shows, and the way first impressions shape business conversations.
A focused look at how design intent holds up under high-volume manufacturing.
Ryan Flynn, a designer at a multinational sportswear company, is used to the friction that appears when products move into high-volume production.
A casual founder check-in that treats entrepreneurship as pressure, not branding.
Rico's year-end review feels most alive when it stops trying to sound polished and just talks straight about SourceFindAsia, the past couple of months, and the goals he keeps measuring against.
Rob Walling on bootstrapped SaaS growth, plateaus, and exits — with founders who lived them.
Abbey Ashley's playbook for turning your job skills into a virtual assistant business.
Naval Ravikant on epistemology, startups, and crypto, from David Deutsch to Vitalik Buterin.
Alex Theuma interviews SaaS founders and investors on scaling to $10M-plus ARR.
Guy Raz traces founders' origin stories and fields live advice-line calls from entrepreneurs.
Alex Blumberg interviews guests like Megan Phelps-Roper and Shane McAnally about failure and reinvention.
Ryan Flynn, now the design director and creative director for a lifestyle footwear division, describes how he moved from retail and freelance work into footwear design at the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York City.
Rico, CEO of SourceFindAsia, uses EP 251 to review 2022 goals, including revenue, marketing, Discord, and a new executive assistant hired in October.
Rico interviews Gary Huang, a seven-figure Amazon seller and conference organizer, about his journey from sourcing in China to expanding e-commerce into Japan.
Rico, CEO of SourceFindAsia, says hiring Crystal as a live-in personal assistant freed him from apartment repairs, calendar administration, email triage, and pet errands after two months of work.
Rico, CEO of SourceFindAsia and host of the Main Genome Podcast, interviews Aladin Farre about documentary, news, film, and online media production in China.
Rico and Mike mark the 100th Made in China Podcast episode by compiling guests’ answers to Tim Ferriss’s question about the smallest action producing the largest result.