TMBA477: China From the Inside
Tropical MBA: Entrepreneurship & Founder Lifestyle
Dan Andrews; Ian Schoen
4.9 • 527 Ratings
🗓️ 24 January 2019
⏱️ 59 minutes
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Summary
One of Dan and Ian's goals heading into 2019 was to feature more stories about China on the podcast this year.
China is the primary location where many of the products that entrepreneurs sell are traditionally manufactured, and it has become a fulcrum for a lot of the stuff that online product-based businesses do.
On today's show, we are excited to bring you some insights from someone who has been living and working on the ground in China for the better part of a decade.
Brian Miller lives in Shenzhen, China, where he operates a third-party logistics company called EasyChinaWarehouse.com.
He also runs a mid-six-figure Amazon FBA business, as well as a small China sourcing agency, so he is pretty diversified in the sourcing and fulfillment model that we have discussed so often on this podcast.
What makes Brian's story unusual is that he actually started his working life within a Chinese state-owned enterprise or SOE, which is something that very few westerners have done.
This isn't just a conversation about manufacturing in China, though. Brian also shares his experience living in the country, what it's like to interact with the Chinese people, and much, much more.
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| 0:00.0 | We actually sold suspension systems. |
| 0:03.2 | So not very sexy, but vital to, you know, a lot of the transportation that we use every day. |
| 0:09.6 | I'm getting excited. |
| 0:10.7 | That's right up my alley. |
| 0:14.9 | Hey, podcast, listener. |
| 0:16.4 | Even if you are alone in your entrepreneurial journey, know that today, right now in your earbuds, |
| 0:21.0 | you are joined by thousands of entrepreneurs from all around the globe seeking to grow better, |
| 0:26.1 | more profitable, location independent businesses. |
| 0:29.0 | If you'd like to learn more about what we do and download our entire back catalog, |
| 0:34.2 | check out tropical MBA.com. |
| 0:46.9 | Thank you. catalog. Check out tropical MBA.com. A few weeks ago, we promised to bring more interviews from and about China. Where so many of the products that entrepreneurs sell are traditionally |
| 0:51.4 | manufactured, what happens in China affects so much what happens in this community. |
| 0:57.7 | So, Ian, when we've jumped on the horn today, the challenge I had for you is, |
| 1:02.2 | why should people listen to this episode about China if, say they don't currently do business in |
| 1:07.6 | China? |
| 1:08.6 | Talking to our guest today for me was very eye-opening, even as somebody that's |
| 1:13.1 | been manufacturing in China for many years and has gone to that country several times, |
| 1:17.9 | at one time living there for 30 days. |
| 1:20.5 | Because our guest today has an amazing insight based on the fact that he's lived there for |
| 1:24.2 | 10 years and he speaks to language. |
| 1:27.3 | I love talking to Westerners that |
| 1:29.0 | live in a foreign country and speak the language because they're able to go so deep. |
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