End Hype with Callye Keen
End Hype coaches brilliant misfits, innovators, and outsiders to transform product ideas into business realities from real experience without the fluff. We deliver business knowledge gained from developing and manufacturing 100s of products.
The information comes from hard fought experience working with high-growth startups and major corporations. This show is for entrepreneurs who want better lives, more impact, and greater results. We are for the outsiders who understand action is only path to making the future.
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- Business books with 200 pages of filler
- Gurus copying and offering useless content
- Venture capitialist bankers offering startup advice
- Fancy talk from fancy people with zero action
Of course not.
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Through collaboratively developing and manufacturing 100s of products, Callye saw a massive range of strategies, tactics, successes, and failures firsthand. He packaged this experience into the Red Blue Collective framework.
Callye has presented at national events, spoken at universities, and ran successful incubator programs. Clients have built 7-8 figure businesses, raised investment, and sold products around the world.
End Hype with Callye Keen
Finding and Vetting Suppliers and Manufacturing Partners
Make ideas into products at any volume.
Story
I was negotiating a deal with a new customer. The size of the order was large enough we could not meet the demand. We could manufacture and assemble all the custom parts.
The purchased components had high costs and long lead times. In some cases, we used more of the product than was widely available in the US.
I told the customer I would get on a plane, fly to China, and source the components. No distributors. No resellers. We would create a better supply chain to deliver what they needed.
A week later, I was in China.
Why did I offer this?
How did I know I could do it?
I had already built a skill and understanding and process for sourcing. I made products with suppliers all over the world.
Summary
Move beyond tinkering. Move past prototyping. Create quality products at volume.
- A step by step process to find a manufacturer for your product
- Strategies for vetting potential partners and spotting red flags
- Critical tips for managing the supply chain for long term results
Finding Potential Manufacturers
Define the product and service you need. Suppliers offering single manufacturing processes are different from contract manufacturers. The right supplier can produce your product in one place.
Searching Alibaba or ThomasNet is how most people find manufacturers.
We have a next level tactic giving better results in far less time. Finding manufacturing suppliers can be easier.
- How to find a manufacturer for my product in the US?
- How to find a reliable contract manufacturer in China?
- How do you know if they can produce your product?
The Vetting Process
Good manufacturing companies are hard to find. Most suppliers are not flashy on social media. The business owners do not create massive brands. Vetting factories requires a process.
- How to determine if an Alibaba supplier is legitimate?
- Do they produce similar type of product?
- How will they protect your intellectual property?
Managing the Supply Chain
Working with overseas manufacturers or people down the road is not as simple as demanding they make stuff. It also is not as complicated as corporate supply chain management want it to be.
- Why are suppliers not responding to my requests for quote?
- How can you trust suppliers with large product orders?
- How can startups build strong supplier relationships?
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