{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"","title":"Episode 8: Moving into a new territory to start a company w / Co Founder of Blue Smart, Alejo Verlini","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/5b8f075fde801aef1a935f85/6ec148dbbbacae7f45d8330833bfb2cb.jpg?height=200","description":"Ever had to move into a new territory just to start a business? \n\n\nAlejo and his team has. When starting Blue Smart, Alejo and his co founders were challenged with moving to China to manufacture their product. This was completely unknown to them. \n\n\nThey didn't know the native language, they had to understand the culture fast, and they had to adapt to living conditions outside of their own comfort. \n\n\nTune in to hear how Alejo and his team were able to crowdfund and build a kick ass brand in another country while attracting the eyes of many people including celebrities such as Tony Hawk, and Usain Bolt. \n\n\nFor anyone that is interested in Blue Smarts Luggage the link is provided here: http://www.bluesmart.com/\n\n\nTech forward luggage with USB ports, GPS locators for the bag, and weight technology. \n\n\n----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nA huge thanks to Go Moment, Quake VC, Strtupboost for helping me put this together: For founders who have a seed stage company, looking for funding, please apply to the Quake Accelerator (link below).\n\n\nwww.quakecapital.com/\nwww.gomoment.com/\nwww.strtupboost.com\n\n\n\n\nPlease Subscribe and leave a review! We would love the feedback, so we can build a better podcast for Founders:)\n\nPlease click here to sign up for updates and our newsletter: https://www.theunsexystartup.com\n\nThank you for your support!","author_name":"Sumay Parikh"}