P21: 🎊 Group Call VII 🎊 BuiILDiNG a SeX PRoDuCT in CHiNA

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Background:

Your host, Austin Peek, brings you another hot and sizzling Group Call episode.  This time with Brian Sloan of VIECI and the inventor of Autoblow A.I. BJ Machine. If you want to hear more of Brian’s story and his sex toy business, you can check out Episode 77 of our podcast.

Here’s a little bit more info about Brian. Coming from a non-business background, Brian moved to China, hired people from all over the world online, and built a $7m a year worldwide e-commerce business selling sex toys. Brian is one of the few entrepreneurs in the adult industry to successfully use crowd funding for his products. He is also the inventor of the first sex toy that uses artificial intelligence to replicate human movements, and appears as a pitchman in infomercial style videos for most of his products and contests.

Time-Stamped Show Notes:

• [0:31] Brian: graduated from law school but he never wanted to work as a lawyer. Today, he runs a sex toy company, which produces sex toys for men.
• [3:59] Brian: did 8 million in sales last year and expects to make about XX million this year. The current situation boosted the demand for the porn and sex toys industry.
• [7:39] Layne: has been working on a product but he needs to source a local manufacturer.
• [11:10] Brian: Offers some comparison between manufacturers in China and the US when it comes to small customers with new products.
• [14:31] Austin: gives some info on searching for manufacturers in Alibaba.
• [16:08] Rommel: wants to know Brian’s marketing strategy when launching a new product.
• [16:22] Brian: uses news websites to promote new products. He creates a story for his product that is newsworthy.
• [22:08] Austin: asks Brian if any of his products have malfunctioned.
• [22:37] Erica: poses the question of how AI (artificial intelligence) was incorporated into Brian’s new product.
• [23:43] Brian: explains the science and technology behind their newest sex toy with AI.
• [29:00] Daryl: building a platform that uses live streaming as the core of the business.
• [32:51] Brian: has never been secretive about his business.
• [37:22] Austin: talks about the bribing of quality control people in the manufacturing business.
• [38:25] Erica: raises an idea about partnering Brian’s business with vending machine companies.
• [46:06] Austin: thinks that regular employees would accept early retirement but it’s a different story for entrepreneurs.
• [47:20] Torrey: points out some hilarious stuff that he heard from the first Brian Sloan interview.
• [48:58] Layne: is nervous putting his product on the market because it is plain looking.
• [55:57] Kuo: offers some tips on doing business with Chinese manufacturers.

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Key Point from Our Group Call:

• Brian: “I think it’s important to, at least once a year, go to the factory and hang out for a day or two with the people you are working with. It needs to be like a personal connection.”

Resources Mentioned:

• LinkedIn: @veryintelligent
• Wikipedia: Brian Sloan
• YouTube: The Autoblow
• VIECI.com
• Autoblow.com
• Autoblow.com/documentary 
• Clarity.fm – Brian Sloan
• Autoblow A.I. Copies Human Oral Sex Techniques 
• Brian Sloan, Autoblow Inventor, Publishes Open Letter Against Discrimination by CES

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Group Call VII (ft. Mr. Brian Sloan)