Ep. 84: Making An Original Design Manufacturer (ODM) Product For Entrepreneurs, with Rico Ngoma, CEO

Rico Ngoma is the Founder, CEO & Vlogger at Source Find Asia, a manufacturing consulting company based in Guangzhou China. They make sure their clients are working with top quality suppliers so they don’t have to lift a finger. Having spent over 10 years on the ground in Asia, their market experience allows them to tackle problems in ways nobody else can.

He is also a podcaster at Made in China Podcast and is super passionate about creating engaging and informational free content. He always aims to give value first.

EPISODE CONTENT:

• Shoutout to Tech Buzz China podcast by Pandaily, our friends Ying Ying Lu and Rui Ma. Both of them are in Silicon valley, giving their in depth view about China tech.

• Rico Ngoma was a guest speaker on Global From Asia back in the day for Episode 145

• Rico shares some of the challenges he has seen from people making a new product design

• What is a better way for people to put a real timeframe on manufacturing a custom product?

• A realistic budget! What are some of the costs you would remind people about?

• How do you work with clients, or hustling bootstrapping entrepreneurs, on making a product here? Do they need to relocate here for some time at least?

• Rico shares some of the major steps of making a custom product in China

• What are the biggest stumbling points that you've noticed?

• Rico discusses what he's currently working on and how people can engage with him

• How people can connect and work with Rico

Episode Mentions:

Intro

• Pandaily podcast

• China Business Cast Episode 15 - The Venture Capital Environment in China

• China Business Cast WeChat channel

Interview

• Rico's website - Source Find Asia

• Rico's YouTube Channel

• Made in China Podcast

• Cross Border Summit

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A big THANK YOU to our awesome production team: Boban, Jessa, Verena, Honey, Grace to make this happen!