Building an eHarmony for the manufacturing industry

Michael Lizanich, Manufacturefy, B2B, eCommerce, Marketplace, Physical Product

One thing I’ve noticed over recent years is more and more entrepreneurs selling physical products. And if you’ve heard any of my interviews with those founders, you know that it’s really tough to find a manufacturer for your products.

Well, joining me is an entrepreneur who thought he could come up with a better way. He looked around and said, “What if there was an eHarmony for the manufacturing industry? Someone who would take a creative with an idea and match them up with the qualified manufacturer.” So that’s what he created.

Michael Lizanich is the founder of Manufacturefy. They use artificial intelligence to connect manufacturers with products across all industries around the world. I invited him here to talk about how he came up with this idea, how the idea is doing, how he’s getting manufacturing companies, how he’s vetting them, all that stuff.

Michael Lizanich

Manufacturefy

Michael Lizanich is the founder of Manufacturefy, a platform that intelligently connects manufacturers directly with products.

Andrew: Hey there, freedom fighters, you know me. My name is Andrew Warner. I’m the founder of Mixergy where I interview entrepreneurs about how they built their businesses. And one of the things that I noticed over the most recent years is that there are more and more entrepreneurs who I interview here who are selling physical products. And if you’ve watched any or heard any of my interviews with them, you know that it’s really tough to find a company to manufacture your products for you. So many will end up . . . One case, I remember one guy just clearly shut down because he couldn’t manufacturer his products. And other cases, people have made products, they’ve got the first version, it absolutely sucked, they had to figure out how to do it again and all while paying and spending a lot of time waiting for this to come to fruition.

Well, joining me is an entrepreneur who said, “I think I can come up with a better way.” He looked...

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