How do you protect your product IP and business interests when doing your product development and manufacturing in Asian countries? This is a common concern for entrepreneurs, hardware startups, and SMEs, and rightly so...after all, you don't want to go through the hard work of developing your new product idea and bringing it to market over many months only to be undercut by copycats. You also want to control your project, and not have suppliers taking advantage of you if they have too much … [Read more...]
From Prototype to Production: 7 Pitfalls for Tech Products
If you have already done the hard work of building a look-alike and work-alike prototype, congratulations! However, there are still these 7 most common pitfalls you have to avoid while going from prototype to production... … [Read more...]
Exploring Product Development Agreements For Importers [Podcast]
In This Episode... We explore product development agreements that clarify your expectations, protect your IP, keep leverage over your supplier, provide you with transparency and control over your supply chain, and make it 100% clear who is responsible for what when working with a supplier on developing a new product that is going to be manufactured in China or other Asian countries. Just hit the play button to start listening..! Listen to the episode right here 👇👇👇 🎧 Deep … [Read more...]
Are You Using A China Manufacturing Contract To Protect Yourself? [Podcast]
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The importance of a China manufacturing contract I've written about terms to negotiate with your contract manufacturer and the positive effects of signing a strong manufacturing contract before. And some commonalities between them include making expectations clear, protecting IP, and making your supplier accountable for their results in your China manufacturing contract. It's fair to say that many of today's buyers still start working with a supplier in China (or other Asian … [Read more...]