On Tuesday, November 15, 2022, I had the pleasure to be accepted to attend a private Amazon Global Selling Dinner event in Chiang Mai, Thailand. There were quite a few representatives from Amazon there from all parts of Southeast Asia – Thailand (their office is in Bangkok), Singapore, Vietnam, and some people from the Philippines and Malaysia. It was more …
A Handy Timer Used For Pomodoro – GymBoss
Since 2014 or 2015 I have been using this interval timer day in and day out. This is my fourth one now so I want to make a video to showcase how I use it and what I am using it for. As I type up this blog post, I am watching the count down as it is clipped on …
Need Your Input – Logistics Quotes To Get Out Of Nightmare
Need your help and Input! One of our Amazon investments is in a logistics nightmare – and we need to get more quotes on receiving a container to a LA warehouse to show our old warehouse (it’s stuck there) Check out the full story at www.globalfromasia.com/logistics-nightmare and if you have data/quotes you can share about your 3PL rates – please …
Book Review – Ecommerce Reimagined: Retail and Ecommerce in China
Here’s my writeup of Sharon Gai’s book, Ecommerce Reimagined: Retail and Ecommerce in China – a great read for anyone targeting Chinese consumers – online as well as offline! Helpful and Logical Flow to Understand Intricacies of Chinese ecommerce Sharon’s experience both on East and West – having been born in China and gone through both education and work experience …
Trip to the Chiang Mai Waterfall Wang Bua Ban Pond
Family day, family trip. Decided to take the vlog camera with me and share this trip for those curious on the waterfall in Chiang Mai named Wang Bua Ban Pond A rather simple hike (or maybe we didn’t know how to find otherwise a longer path) around the falls. It had many small “pools” where people were dipping their toes …
Future of Baby Management? Launching Smart AI Baby Camera BeckyAI
My kids are too old for this – but it is something all parents in the future age (feeling old) should know about and consider. A smart baby camera – not just one of those that you can remotely dial in and watch them from your phone – but one that knows if the baby has rolled over, is overheating, …
Family is an Investment
Life just keeps throwing things at ya and you need to react and adjust. But one that I am set on is to be the best father and husband I can be. Some have noticed the struggle and pain I went through sticking it out in China for 2.5 years (even returning in March 2020 in the first place). Staying …
Looking for Online English & Business Teachers for our GFA Kids Club
Wendy, my amazing wife and better business person than me by far, is doing amazing with the approximately 1 year old GFA kids and online learning club initiative. Over 120 students now recurring and a great team and group of teachers. She is asking for my help to find more teachers! English teachers are in biggest demand, but also have …
Unboxing Videos As An Amazon Influencer
The thing about creating, there will never be an end for it. Building, making, tweaking, improving. And today’s blog is no different. My buddy and advisor and business partner at Blimp Method – Meir – gave me some tips on using all the product videos and unboxing I have been making and apply it to my Amazon influencer account Over …
Rest in Peace, Uncle Bill
Got word from my dad that Uncle Bill has passed away – 9:45pm EST on Oct 18, 2022. 87 years old, and will live on in our minds and our hearts. I will take some previous blog posts and photos I’ve collected over the year and use this blog post as a reference for me, and anyone else, to remember …
Planning Manila , Philippines Trip in December 2022
So planning my Manila trip – and will be there from Midnight Tuesday Dec 6 (so technically Dec 7, Wednesday) and flying out on Monday late afternoon December 12. Dec 7 to 9 I am 100% focused on our amazing Shadstone team retreat. Will drive up to Tagatay resort where as many our team are there will focus on team …
Relaunching the old New York Bar Store
One of the first e-commerce businesses I ever started (technically there was 1 or 2 that didn’t make it too far before – part of the process ha!) – New York Bar Store – we are bringing it back to life. This business is a labor of love for sure. Started in a New York City studio apartment with Andrew …
Trip to a Mountain Factory in North Thailand
With just under a month in Thailand – can’t help myself and had to do a factory visit. This is the factory of one of our brands – Akitai, handmade jewelry. Andres our business partner flew up from his home in Phuket Sunday morning, where we meet in Chiang Mai airport and drove 4 hours to a lake in the …
Kicking off OffChain Social Networking Meetups in Chiang Mai
I’ll be speaking about web3 domains and decentralized hosting at the second Offchain Chiang Mai, Thailand Meetup on Thursday, Sept 22, 2022 Catch you there! Just can’t help myself – need to network and connect with people – and doing that right off the bat here in Chiang Mai, Thailand. Been attending Offchain (formerly Crypto Drinks) meetups in Shenzhen a …
Putting Thailand Life Back Together Again
So made it back to Chiang Mai, Thailand – took over 48 hours end to end to travel from Shenzhen, China to Chiang Mai, Thailand – pre-covid would have been about 6 to 8 hour travel time. But it is what it is – I am recovering from days of travel with a family – and we are here. Kids …