Had the pleasure of attending the Hong Kong Forked event, May 8, 2024 – right off the plane! From their site, https://frkd.io/ FORKED is designed as a combination of activities happening concurrently, focused on helping founders’ projects to grow: from industry leaders sharing insights on stage to Founders & VC networking in the matchmaking zone, facilitating the birth of new …
Reviving Original Ecomm Site, Photo Shoot, and more!
Saturday afternoon and the hustle and grind never stops – we have been preparing for a photo shoot for one of our main brands on Amazon – Esatto Products – and made it a fun little event at the same time. As we keep plowing through the ecommerce “gladiator” arena on Amazon, we realize we must go to multi-channels, and …
Featured on the Chiang Mai Podcast by Ash Pemberton
It is an honor to be one of the first guests on Ash’s podcast – CNX Podcast (Chiang Mai Podcast) The Chiang Mai Community Podcast. Where businesses, brands and interesting people get heard. Hosted by MC Ash Pemberton Links: facebook.com/CNXpodcast https://www.youtube.com/@CNXPodcast/videos
Sharing About Individual Vs “The Group” on Blunt Clarity Podcast
Mom, I’m sorry if you don’t agree with me on the points I share on this podcast. Probably many of my friends from my hometown may not even agree. Maybe I have become some crazy conspiracy theory person during my 17 years in Asia. But today I am sharing a podcast where I was a guest speaking about thoughts on …
Delhi, India Sourcing Trip (First Time To India)
Finally – a trip to India! Meghla and the team at India Sourcing Trip have been doing amazing things with the event and conference and this time I was able to participate and share with the group! What an intense place and experience! Landing late on Saturday night and arriving at the hotel about 2am local time – Sunday we …
(Our Loss, Your Gain) Need a Favor – Amazon Lost Our Shipment
As an ecommerce seller, there is never a dull moment. Over the years we have been through the good, the bad, and the ugly (aka ecommerce gladiator). One of our newer brands, Plumepas, has taken a headshot right in the first round of the ecommerce gladiator battle, right at the kickoff to 2024 in early Jan this year. Amazon logistics …
Unboxing: Plumepas Pampas Bouquet Set For Home, Office, & Wedding
Looking for some nice decor for your home, bathroom, office, or to use as wedding decorations? The Plumepas pampas bouquet set is what we are showing you today in this unboxing video. Made in Thailand, from various local farmers, and assembled and prepared at a specialized flower and dried grass facility, this is a combination of assorted flowers and grass …
CBS2023, Cross Border Summit, As It Is Happening
Feels great typing this up because IT IS OVER! Ha, such a stressful and high-anxiety thing to do – put together a conference. The build-up to the event almost cracked me this time more than any other conference we have done and it made me doubt and question everything. But you know what – we made it, and in my …
EO Bangkok Breakfast – Meeting Entrepreneurs Organization at Museum Siam
Sometimes you need to seize the opportunity and I feel it was done this time – Raj who organizes EO in Bangkok – and someone I have worked with during the COVID lockdowns remotely – invited me down to Bangkok for an entrepreneur breakfast. Even with the Cross Border Summit next week (cannot believe it so quick), I felt I …
Pressure and Anxiety: 1 week Til Cross Border Summit 2023
The last few months have been learning a lot about myself – from the list of conferences I’ve attended and spoken at, to the build-up for the “open border, new beginnings” Cross Border Summit organizing – even at 42 years old I am learning about myself. In today’s vlog, I bring you with me to our “at least monthly” e-commerce …
DCBKK 2023 Bangkok, Lifestyle Business Owner Conference
Well now I feel completely “back” since covid – making a return trip to DCBKK (Dynamite Circle Bangkok) since 2019’s. They had one last year in 2022 but I missed as I was just “recovering” from getting out of China. As always, the event didn’t disappoint – arriving on Wednesday Oct 18 and intense meetups, workshops, and just informal mastermind …
Speaking: Insider Tips: Reliable Alternatives in Asia: HKTDC Webinar
Excited to share I’ll be a speaker on Aug 31, 2023 (check link for your local timezone) online webinar hosted by HKTDC on Tips for finding alternatives in Asia. Expect my presentation to be about my experiences sourcing and shipping in Thailand. The transition to Thailand from China, and the good, the bad, and of course the ugly during it. …
Bangkok Factory Trade Show (Is It Like Canton Fair?)
On the road AGAIN – and as always – here’s a vlog of the Mega show BKK deep in the summer of 2023. Last minute trip, in our Chiang Mai Ecommerce Whatsapp group (join at https://events.globalfromasia.com/chiangmai ) Jason Green mentioned about a factory trade show he saw in Bangkok happening – and I figured this is a great chance to …
Entering a Whole New Chapter – Uniting the Ecommerce + web3 Worlds
As we enter the second half of 2023, a career changing announcement was just made – Loadpipe has Acquired PurseIO. The deal is a career changer for me personally and all of our work and all of our projects. It represents the uniting of the ecommerce businesses we are in and the web3 / handshake businesses we are in. It …
Singapore with the Family in July 2023
Wendy wants the kids to be true international travelers – and took them to Kuala Lumpur while I’m here grinding in the summer of 2023. Yet she can’t have all the fun on her own – and as she and the kids travel over to Singapore I booked a flight to meet them for a few days before we all …