{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Manifold","title":"Molson Hart: China and Amazon, Up Close — #60","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/9ef87c54\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":5144,"description":"Molson Hart is the CEO of Viahart, an educational toy company. He has deep experience selling products manufactured in China, using Amazon and other platforms. He produced a documentary about the challenges Amazon's market dominance creates for sellers and buyers worldwide. His recent video about a recent trip to visit factories in China went viral, generating millions of views on X.\nMolson Hart on X: https://x.com/Molson_Hart\nAmazon Documentary: https://youtu.be/8L6MaNVNBuQ?si=YMRb4z5F12CoJJI3\n\nSteve and Molson discuss:\n1:22 Molson Hart's background, experience in China\n5:26 The IQ Question\n13:19 Entrepreneurship and China\n38:40 Selling on Amazon \n48:32 Alternatives and Competitors to Amazon\n50:40 The Future of Amazon\n55:30 Advice for Aspiring Entrepreneurs\n57:27 Understanding China\n1:07:43 China's Rising Global Influence\n1:16:12 Personal and National Identities\n1:18:45 Demographics: China's Future\nMusic used with permission from Blade Runner Blues Livestream improvisation by State Azure.\n\n--\n\nSteve Hsu is Professor of Theoretical Physics and of Computational Mathematics, Science, and Engineering at Michigan State University. Previously, he was Senior Vice President for Research and Innovation at MSU and Director of the Institute of Theoretical Science at the University of Oregon. Hsu is a startup founder (SuperFocus.ai, SafeWeb, Genomic Prediction, Othram) and advisor to venture capital and other investment firms. He was educated at Caltech and Berkeley, was a Harvard Junior Fellow, and has held faculty positions at Yale, the University of Oregon, and MSU.\n\nPlease send any questions or suggestions to manifold1podcast@gmail.com or Steve on X @hsu_steve.","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/3dN5jXpdPU-2tksLGunno-_3QSF26xY_bpkov6O7drs/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/LzI3Njg3LzE2NDI3/MjI3MjUtYXJ0d29y/ay5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}