{"id":6766,"date":"2021-06-18T16:44:32","date_gmt":"2021-06-18T15:44:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fashioninsiders.co\/?p=6766"},"modified":"2021-11-28T09:11:29","modified_gmt":"2021-11-28T09:11:29","slug":"26","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fashioninsiders.co\/podcast\/26\/","title":{"rendered":"E26: The Challenge of Finding the Right Fashion Manufacturer (Part 2)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe style=\"border: none; min-width: min(100%, 430px);\" title=\"026: The Challenge of Finding the Right Manufacturer Part 2\" src=\"https:\/\/www.podbean.com\/player-v2\/?i=4ks7c-111b622-pb&amp;from=pb6admin&amp;share=1&amp;download=1&amp;rtl=0&amp;fonts=Verdana&amp;skin=f6f6f6&amp;font-color=auto&amp;btn-skin=3267a3\" width=\"100%\" height=\"150\" scrolling=\"no\" data-name=\"pb-iframe-player\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>No matter how long you may have been in the fashion industry and the level of success you have as a business, if you are a product-based brand you will be having manufacturing problems somewhere along the line.\u00a0 Often these challenges are self-inflicted and can to a great degree prevented if proper selection and checks were made at the beginning &#8211; when the designer or founder was looking to select a manufacturer to work with.<\/p>\n<p><b>Part 1 of this topic covers mistakes made at the startup level. <a href=\"https:\/\/fashioninsiders.co\/podcast\/24\/\">Listen to episode 24 here<\/a><\/b>\u00a0for more tips and know-how.<\/p>\n<p><b>Episode Notes:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Discover what are the three core manufacturing sins most creative entrepreneurs make, that cause them so much terrible further on;<\/li>\n<li>Learn how to approach in the right way the selection of manufacturers to work with;<\/li>\n<li>Discover why being in the right head-space is essential when it comes to manufacturing your products.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Key Takeaways:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Take your time and do not make rushed decisions;<\/li>\n<li>Check your motivation and ego before making a decision and entering into a contractual relationship<\/li>\n<li>Ensure you look internally within your brand for what is leading to challenges and problems and not only blame the manufacturer you work with.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Resources:<br \/>\n<\/b><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.fashioninsiderstraining.com\/fmm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fashion Manufacturing Mastery Online Program<\/a> for Fashion startups and growth-stage fashion brands: https:\/\/www.fashioninsiderstraining.com\/fmm<\/p>\n<p><strong>Discover more great content on our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCDx5HDhSfXvbQ_Vi16XLVqA?sub_confirmation=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"s1\">YouTube<\/span><\/a><span class=\"s2\"> channel.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><b>If you enjoyed this episode, please leave us a 5*star* rating and a review on iTunes &#8211; it helps us get this podcast discovered by more listeners just like yourself. Thank you.<\/b><br \/>\nTo submit any questions or get in touch with topic suggestions, write to us at podcast@fashioninsiders.co<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>No matter how long you may have been in the fashion industry and the level of success you have as a business, if you are a product-based brand you will be having manufacturing problems somewhere along the line.\u00a0 Often these challenges are self-inflicted and can to a great degree prevented if proper selection and checks [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":51,"featured_media":6769,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6815],"tags":[6571,4073,4070],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fashioninsiders.co\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6766"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fashioninsiders.co\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fashioninsiders.co\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fashioninsiders.co\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/51"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fashioninsiders.co\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6766"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/fashioninsiders.co\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6766\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fashioninsiders.co\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6769"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fashioninsiders.co\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6766"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fashioninsiders.co\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6766"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fashioninsiders.co\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6766"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}