what is his fav set up...pv and atty....
how hard/ easy was it to start his business with $1,000
how hard/ easy was it to start his business with $1,000
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Great questions, thanks! I've thought about some of these as well. I know I'd buy stock in EM if I could
I think most of us would like to know the answers to the questions about the LR510s and other product release questions. His starting the company with $1000 and such are nice questions but not something I really care about. I'm happy for him but more concerned about the products I use of his and when they'll be available.
Announcements about product availability and new product releases are a carefully planned and timed procedure. These are only done at the proper times, for many reasons, one being because we don't want to set any dates if we are not 100% certain it will be on that date. 99.9% won't even cut it. If we set our own deadlines and then something happens to push it back, the uproar could be very difficult to deal with.
The second major reason for planning and timing announcements is "The Osbourne Effect" (from Wikipedia):
So hopefully that answers your questions on why this won't be a medium for announcements. The main purpose of this interview is to let the consumers get to know David as a person, and to give everyone a little bit of company background and previously little-known information about Eastmall.
If this isn't interesting to you, that's okay - it's not for everyone, and not everyone is going to care about David, Eastmall history, or the tour of the new factory. It's mainly intended for those who will find it interesting.
After the incident with the misjudged pre-announcement of the Obsession, we've definitely learned our lesson, and pre-announcements are handled a bit differently at EM now as a result. Honestly, I don't even think David could possibly give exact dates on the 510LR even if he wanted to, as phase 1 of testing has only just begun less than a week ago. But we have been authorized to say that it is very near, and at least a second batch is in production as we speak (the first batch had the resistance a bit higher than David liked).
See this thread for more info on the LR510 (starting with post #55):
http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/fo...ly-redesigned-510lr-atties-samples-way-6.html
See this thread for more info on the LR510 (starting with post #55):
http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/fo...ly-redesigned-510lr-atties-samples-way-6.html
Here's the list of questions so far - I'm going to try to set this up for tomorrow or Saturday, so please get your questions in ASAP!
1.) Your Western name is David Yang - how do you pronounce your real, Chinese name?
2.) When did you first decide to get into the ecig industry?
3.) What made you decide on ecigs when you decided to get into retail?
4.) What is your personal favorite EM product for your own everyday use?
5.) What is your favorite battery and atomizer combination?
6.) What is your favorite flavor of liquid?
7.) How difficult was it to start the company with only $1,000 USD?
8.) Do you have plans to make Eastmall a pubic company (sell stocks in EM)?
9.) You are currently in the first stage of testing for the new LR 510 atomizers. Anything you can tell us about your experience with these new ones so far?
10.) Is there anything you can tell us about the progress on the Obsession?
11.) Do we have any other new products coming in the forseeable future?
12.) Any hints on what we can expect to come?
13.) You recently purchased your own factory. What are you manufacturing there?
14.) Do you have any plans to expand your factory and do more with it at some point?
15.) When you aren't working, what do you enjoy doing in your spare time?
16.) Congratulations on your recent engagement to Selina! You're getting married soon - are Di and I going to be invited to the wedding (jokingly)?
17.) You agreed to give us a tour of the factory, can you do that for us now?
I'd like to get this up to a minimum of 20-25 questions.
1.) Your Western name is David Yang - how do you pronounce your real, Chinese name?
2.) When did you first decide to get into the ecig industry?
3.) What made you decide on ecigs when you decided to get into retail?
4.) What is your personal favorite EM product for your own everyday use?
5.) What is your favorite battery and atomizer combination?
6.) What is your favorite flavor of liquid?
7.) How difficult was it to start the company with only $1,000 USD?
8.) Do you have plans to make Eastmall a pubic company (sell stocks in EM)?
9.) You are currently in the first stage of testing for the new LR 510 atomizers. Anything you can tell us about your experience with these new ones so far?
10.) Is there anything you can tell us about the progress on the Obsession?
11.) Do we have any other new products coming in the forseeable future?
12.) Any hints on what we can expect to come?
13.) You recently purchased your own factory. What are you manufacturing there?
14.) Do you have any plans to expand your factory and do more with it at some point?
15.) When you aren't working, what do you enjoy doing in your spare time?
16.) Congratulations on your recent engagement to Selina! You're getting married soon - are Di and I going to be invited to the wedding (jokingly)?
17.) You agreed to give us a tour of the factory, can you do that for us now?
I'd like to get this up to a minimum of 20-25 questions.
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Please note that not all of these questions are guaranteed to be answered by him, and not all may even make it into the final interview question list. I did throw in a couple of "risky" ones for those who at least want some hints on the future. Don't expect direct answers or announcements though, if he agrees to give any answers to them at all, the most you can expect are likely going to be hints. You never know though - there could be a few gems in there! He might even divulge the newest coming product (don't ask me though - I know NOTHING, and if I told you, I'd have to kill you hahaha)!
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Ok. David - In the time Eastmall has been in existence there have been a few "bumps": monsoon, Icelandic volcano, package inspection, Beijing traffic jam, monsoon (happens every year), website hacked, LR510 fails. And that's just what we know about. We curse you, praise you and pity you all at the same time. Your family loves you. What do your friends call you?
hahahahaha we might need to make a "bonus content" section just for that question hahaha
Maybe he could talk us through all the steps required to bring forth a new product, from the initial idea to production-ready -- might give some people an idea why some products (hint, hint) take longer than desired to "materialize" and just how much of a nitpicker (read: perfeccionist) he is.
I assume that's a typo in question number 8?
No. There are big changes in the pipeline
I assume that's a typo in question number 8?
It's a question someone asked on page 3 of this thread:
I admit I missed it when I read the list and then had to pay attention when coinmaster mentioned it, but yeah.. there's a crucial L missing there..
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