Episode 236: TMBA 236: Thoughts on Getting Your First Product Manufactured in China

Tropical MBA: Entrepreneurship & Founder Lifestyle

Dan Andrews; Ian Schoen

Digital Nomad, Business, Ecommerce, Society & Culture, Amazon, Founders, Cash Flow, Places & Travel, Founder, Business Owner, Cashflow, Management, Entrepreneurship, Million, Operator, Operations, Profits, Distributed Team

4.9 • 527 Ratings

🗓️ 20 March 2014

⏱️ 27 minutes

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http://www.tropicalmba.com/chinasourcing/ This week, one of our listeners challenged us to go more in-depth about Chinese manufacturing and how to get your first product manufactured. We're gonna dive right in and talk about where and how you can learn about outsourcing your product to China, and everything that it entails.

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0:47.8	MBA.com slash china sourcing. Boss man, how you doing, buddy? What's going on over in your neck
0:53.5	of the woods? We're getting ready to talk about a little China sourcing, my friend. Got a call in this week and said, dig a little bit deeper, fellas. Been doing business for eight years over there. You can't tell me a little bit more, just a little bit more? I know. People like, break a sweat, boys. What's going on? Let's listen to that call right now.
1:22.1	Hey, Dan, this is Braun. I've got a podcast called the Series 7 podcast, but this call is not about that.
1:29.3	I've got a product that I am in the process of prototyping, and I'm looking for a Chinese manufacturer or a U.S. manufacturer.
1:37.4	I've got my cost down in the U.S. but I was really interested in your last podcast episode about China factory sourcing strategies,
1:46.0	but I was bummed out that you really didn't give advice about how to outsource your product to China.
1:52.0	Could you give me some good sources on where to learn about outsourcing to China?
1:57.0	Do I need to take a trip over and talk to people? If I do, I don't have a problem.
2:02.5	It's a big country. Where do I go? And how do I talk to people? The product is an aluminum product
2:08.7	or a plastic product. It's a consumer product. Just love your podcast. Keep up to good work. Thanks.
2:15.6	All right, Franz. Hey, this is a really tough topic.
2:18.3	We're going to do our best to lay it on the table here.
2:21.4	So first off, congratulations that you want to manufacture your own product.
2:24.7	It looks like you want to do a consumer product, aluminum and plastic.
2:29.7	So what's made out of aluminum and plastic, Ian?
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