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Originally Posted by noonereal
sadly I think you are swiming up hill
what I would do is fly over to wherever you could source it from and "sell" the product to one of the biggest potential manufacturers as a "personal investment"
This will raise private capital for you and insure you a reasonable, continual and quality controlled supply.
buying production time and struggling with quality control could make your entrepreneurial work worthless in no time
then take your profits and invest them in the local community to supply jobs
manufacturing here in the US something that is not time sensitive or high end niche will leave you with at a financial handicap that you will not overcome
depending on the complexity of production look to mexico
They can assemble (if applicable) for you, probably not manufacture
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The "swimming uphill" metaphor crossed my mind and makes me wonder if "non-essential consumer goods" really can be produced here long term. At any rate, our intent is to find a way to approach the same cost per unit produced here as opposed to there (Asia/Mexico).
This is the part I haven't thought through. I can visualize what paying a next door neighbor does to the local/national economy, but I'm not sure what happens when the production dollars and return freight go to Saipan or Sonora.