Your Chinese manufacturing questions answered

Jacob Rothman, Platform88, Outsourcing, Physical Product

If you’ve heard me do interviews, you know I ask my guests personal questions. And people open up about them, no issues.

But there’s one question that makes founders squirm or put up resistance because they don’t want me to know. It’s when I ask them where they had their products manufactured. Because it’s hard! If you want to get something manufactured, it’s hard to find the right place to get it done.

Today’s guest has a business that aims to help make the difficulty of having your physical product created. He wants to make that whole process easier. His name is Jacob Rothman. He’s the founder of Platform88, which offers an all-in-one manufacturing services solution in China.

Jacob Rothman

Platform88

Jacob Rothman is the founder of Platform88, which offers an all-in-one manufacturing services solution in China.

Andrew: Hi, everyone, my name is Andrew Warner. I’m the founder of Mixergy, where I interview entrepreneurs about how they built their businesses. And you guys, if you’ve heard me do interviews, you know I ask them personal questions. I asked this one guy when he lost his virginity. Don’t worry Jacob, I’m not about to ask you that. I asked another person, actually multiple people how . . . sorry, you said it’s okay?

Jacob: No, it hasn’t happened yet, so I’m still waiting.

Andrew: I see. I asked, just a little while ago, I asked an entrepreneur about how his daughter was 2 years old and like with his girlfriend and the mom and like the whole situation, how it’s two different people and whether he’s sleeping with other people. A lot of personal questions. People open up about them, no issues.

Here’s the one place where people squirm or put up deep resistance, they don’t want me to know. Ask them...

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