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301: Ryan Pyle – From Toronto to Shanghai (Founders in Asia FIA7)
Category: Business
Duration: 00:51:19
Publish Date: 2018-07-03 03:00:29
Description:

Podcast highlights:

  • 00:40 Ryan shares his backstory on how he ended up in Shanghai, where he is today, to what his business is and what he's doing
  • 24:40 How does Ryan go about the commercial aspect of his business? How does he go out there and work with partners to sell his programs and distribute content?
  • 44:25 "Television is gonna come back. The whole Kardashian era and the whole reality-tv era is coming to a grinding halt." - Ryan

Podcast notes:

  • 00:05 Welcome Ryan Pyle to Founders in Asia with Jodie Collins
  • 00:40 Ryan shares his backstory on how he ended up in Shanghai, where he is today, to what his business is and what he's doing
  • 06:15 Jodie had quite a similar experience with Ryan in China and found the Chinese people to be welcoming, friendly and helpful. Was that what Ryan found on his travels as well?
  • 07:30 What does Ryan do now? What is his business?
  • 09:45 How did Ryan arrive in his decision to follow his passion of photography and television? How did he get to think he's gonna give it a go and follow it?
  • 11:55 How did he transition from when he started as a freelancer, a contributor, who only got himself to worry about, and then building it into a production company where he has a number of people working for him?
  • 14:10 Ryan manages a team of 20 people based around the world. How does Ryan find these people and how does he build relationships with them?
  • 18:00 What type of productivity tool does Ryan use in order to run a remote team particularly?
  • 19:45 When things get tough, how does Ryan stay motivated?
  • 24:40 How does Ryan go about the commercial aspect of his business? How does he go out there and work with partners to sell his programs and distribute content?
  • 33:10 How does Ryan grow his business? Is he looking to expand through working with other partners and developing other types of content?
  • 38:00 One of the reasons Ryan started this is because the narrative about China was not what he was experiencing? Has that narrative changed?
  • 41:15 How does Ryan work with brands? Does he let them know where the line is?
  • 44:25 "Television is gonna come back. The whole Kardashian era and the whole reality-tv era is coming to a grinding halt." - Ryan
  • 49:25 What is Ryan working on now? And what's next?
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