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b'Mike ran a design firm in Hong Kong back in the 90s, then was A Senior Design Lead at Sunbeam, then a manager at Hewlett Packard, and then spent 10 years with Dell running their entire business desktops design division.\\xa0 He has made over 50 trips to China for manufacturing sourcing, and has consulted dozens of hardware startups on overseas production.\\xa0 He is also a mentor at Techstars and Capital Factory.\\xa0 Today, Mike is going to share some valuable knowledge on how inventors, startups, and small manufacturers can best plan for and best execute on their first overseas manufacturing run.\\nToday you will hear us talk about:\\n\\nGreat manufacturing starts with great design.\\n\\nDon\\u2019t try and do it all as a hardware startup.\\n\\nHave a boots-on-the-ground relationship with your factory overseas.\\n\\nYou may be able to work with good factories when you have strong connections.\\n\\nWhat to think about in regards to financing your product development and manufacturing.\\n\\n\\nEpisode Links\\nThe Product Startup Podcast Links:\\n\\nWebsite: https://www.ProductStartup.com/\\n\\n\\nInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/ProductStartup/\\n\\n\\nLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/ProductStartup/\\n\\n\\nFacebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/ProductStartup/\\n\\n\\nFacebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/ProductStartup/\\n\\n\\nPinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/ProductStartup/\\n\\n\\nTwitter: https://twitter.com/ProductStartup\\n\\n\\nYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/MakoInvent\\n\\n\\n\\xa0\\nMike Morton Links:\\n\\nCompany Website: https://www.mortoncg.com/\\n\\n\\nLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-morton-design/\\n\\n\\n\\xa0\\nMako Design Links:\\n\\nWebsite: https://www.makodesign.com/\\n\\n\\nYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/MakoInvent\\n\\n\\nInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/MakoInvent/\\n\\n\\nLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/MakoDesign/\\n\\n\\nFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/MakoInvent/\\n\\n\\nPinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/MakoInvent/\\n\\n\\nTwitter: https://twitter.com/MakoInvent/\\n\\n\\n\\xa0\\nKevin Mako\\u2019s Links:\\n\\nInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/Entrepreneurs/\\n\\n\\nLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/KevMako/\\n\\n\\nQuora: https://www.quora.com/profile/Kevin-Mako\\n\\n\\nFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/KevMakoPage/\\n\\n\\nTwitter: https://twitter.com/KevMako/\\n\\n\\n\\xa0\\nThanks for tuning in! See you next time.'