Summary: <div class="smart-track-player-container stp-color-ffffff-EEEEEE"></div> <p>Listen to this episode on <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-jay-kim-show-entrepreneurship-investing-startups/id1195300022?mt=2"><span style="font-weight: 400;">iTunes</span></a></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">What was your biggest insight from this week’s episode? Let Jay know in the comments or on Twitter: </span><a href="https://twitter.com/jaykimmer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">@jaykimmer</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">.</span></p> <h2><b>LINKS FROM TODAY’S EPISODE</b></h2> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Read the <a href="https://www.jaykimshow.com/2017/10/megan-cox-transcript/">full transcript</a> from Megan’s interview</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"> <span style="font-weight: 400;">Find Megan’s beauty products at </span><a href="https://www.amaliebeauty.com"><span style="font-weight: 400;">AmalieBeauty.com</span></a> </li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"> <a href="http://www.geniesupply.com"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Genie Supply,</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Megan’s consulting business</span> </li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><a href="mailto:Megan@GenieSupply.com"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Megan@GenieSupply.com</span></a></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><a href="https://www.quora.com/profile/Megan-Cox"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Megan on Quora</span></a></li> </ul> <h2><b>DETAILED SHOW NOTES</b></h2> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">(0:41) Megan’s quick description of her businesses and what brought her to China</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">(2:40) Megan describes the personal problem she had that led her to find a solution and develop her first product as a college student</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">(4:29) The packaging challenge that led Megan to get boots on the ground in China</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">(6:42) The challenges Megan faced when trying to find suppliers through Alibaba</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">(8:25) Megan describes her move to China and her process for finding sources for her packaging needs </span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">(11:37) Why Megan stayed in China</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">(13:12) Megan describes Genie Source, her consulting business</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">(15:17) Megan’s thoughts on why learning about Chinese culture is more important than learning Mandarin</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">(18:32) Megan describes the trend of mini-celebrity brands in cosmetics </span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">(20:49) Why Megan doesn’t sell her beauty brand to the Chinese market</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">(23:37) Megan’s future plans</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">(25:49) Advice for those considering China</span></li> </ul>
