Due to increasing production costs and the uncertain political environment, many professional buyers realized that they should not source from a single place. As a result, more and more are turning to Southeast Asia as a sourcing alternative to China.

As part of our ongoing initiative to help businesses thrive amid the pandemic, we’re organizing a series of ASEAN sourcing webinars. Led by experts, the live seminars will give insights on managing Asian sourcing projects and best practices, as well as the advantages of implementing a China + 1 strategy. 

Join the webinar to learn from Richard which focus on risks that exist in managing global sourcing programmes and on best practices to mitigate those risks, while Michael and Rico will be sharing some key tricks for sourcing from other Asia countries.

A Chicago native, Mike first arrived in China in 2008 as a business exchange student from the University of Florida. After finishing school, he remained in Guangzhou to start his entrepreneurial career.  Over the course of three years, he began to get his feet wet with sourcing projects and also learned to speak Chinese.

In 2011, he founded Source Find Asia. Since then, he has been working with clients across dozens of product industries and has been a part of numerous e-commerce brands, most recently www.thezkit.com.

Rico Ngoma was born in Zambia, Africa. His family migrated to the US and eventually moved to Canada, where he finished his degree in Business Administration.  After watching all 100+ videos of the YouTube channel called the “Elevator Life” (now named “Enter China), he got the motivation and decided to move to China in September 2014. He got connected with Mike on that same year, and together, re-started Source Find Asia.

He and Michael will be presenting the topic “Sourcing During the Pandemic”. Together, they will be sharing tips on sourcing from other Asian countries, negotiating with factories, and more.