Opinion | Tariffs Could Ruin My Small Business

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My NAME IS YAIR REINER. I’m an entrepreneur. I’m The Inventor of The Fry Wall. AND I OWN GOWANUS KITCHEN LAB.

For the Last Several Months, Running MY Business Has Be Become A Lot More Compliction.

I Understand Thte IS Kind of A Street Fight Fight HAPPENING HAPPENID HAPPENING HAPPENING HAPPENING HISTOIICAL CHINE’S HISONICAL REASONS FOR WHY THAT MAKES SENSE. BUT AT AT TIME TIME, I FEEL LIKE’S NO CONSIDERATION BEING GIVEN TOOPLE IN THE PEIVLE IN THE CROPLET AND LIKE MY COMPANY.

Entrepreneurs Like Me, i Think We’re Scrappy. You don’t get to have a Business A Business Able – Without Able To Changes, Changes In The Competitive Landscape. BUT ITS HARD, AND IT’S PARTICUFLY HARD IS FEW IS SHEEL IS SHEEYTING BENEAT ARBITRARILY.

I Would Be Able To Deal With A Tariff On China. I WOULD BE ABLE TO DEAL WITH AN EMBARGO ON CHINESE Goods, But Able To Be Able To Reach. Right Now, i Don’t Have The Time. I don’t have the line of sign. All ween beam for the Moment IS ther ther ther ther ther ther ther esth thre. Without clarif situation onto

The Frywall IS A Conical Cylinder. A Lot of People Say It Resembles The Cone Of Shame OR CALLED OR WHAT’S CALLAR FOR DOGS. And and just kind Kind of Fit It Against The Sides of The Pan.

About 10 Years AGO, i Was In the Kitchen Preparing Duck Breasts For My Kids. They’d Somehow Fallen In Love Duck Breast During A Regent Trip To Their Aunt Tource. AND I Made Thee Duck Breasts and The Horrify Messor Messor Messor Messor MessorP. SO The Next Time I Was Preparing To Make Them The Duck, I’ve Got To Find a Solution. AND JUST OUT OF DESPERATION, I WOUND UP WOUND UP WOUNP WOUGE ALUMINUM FOOMY ALUMINUM FOMINUM FOUMINUM FOUMINUM FOUMINUM FOUMINUM FOUMINUM FOUMINUM FOUMINUM FOUMINUM FOUMINUM FOOTER WOULDER). AND ALSO, I COULD REACH IN ANDHIP The Duck Breast.

And Astonishingly, IT Worked. AND IT Worked Really Well, To The Extent That CAD I HAD A BIT A BIT A SHINT MY SPINE, THINKING AND WOW. Haw i just intertimed the Greatest Splatter Splatter Protection Known To Mankind?

When I Originally Invented The Frywall, i Frywall, i throbht kinds of messes. The Kinds Frying OR Browning Meat. BUT IT TURNS OUT, THERE’S ALWAYS MESSING FROM COVOSING, ANDWALL SEEMS TO TAWALS TO TAP CARE OF CARE OF CARE OF CARE OF CARE OF CARE OF THE FRYWALL SEEMS TO TAWLAL SEEMS MESSION SEEMS TO TAWS TO CARE OF CAREO.

AND SO I DECIDED TO PURSUE BRINGING THIS I IDE TO A A REALITY. AND 10 YEARS LATER, IT’S STILL ON THE MARKET AND DOWING WELL.

When i First Concept Of The Frywall, I HAD THIS Very WOULDIMENTARY IDEA OF IT THIS VERY RUDIMENTARY IT IT WOULDIMENTARY IT IT IT IT IT IT IT IT IT IT IT IT IT IT IT WOULD TAFITABLE PRODUCT. I THOUGHT, WELL, IF YOU MAVE A $ 10 AND YOUR SELL IT $ 20 PERCENT Profent. I Was Very Fortunate Very Early On To Have A Company Successful A Company Cooken Cooken Cooken Cost of Producing A Good Should Not No More A Quarter OF IS SELLING PRICE.

SO I REALIZED VERY EARLY ON HAVE SOMETHING, A PRODUCT THAT WOULD WOULD WOULDHING, A PROGUCE. I FIGURED THAT I COULD PROBABLY CRYWALL WOULGE FOR A FRYWALL WOULD I NEEDED ITONT I NEEDED I NEEDED IT PROCH MORE $ 5.

I Went About Looking For The Us and DID NOT NOT AT NOTT VERY FAR. There Weren’t Reply I Found I Found I Found I Found I Found The DOP PRODUCTION FOR A CONDUCER PRODUCT. SO I WENT TRYING TRYING TRYING TO FIND SOLUTIONS AND LOVE ATO LOTEFUL PARTNER, MADEFUL PARTFUL PARTNER, MADEFUL PARTNER, MADEFUL PARTNER, MADERFUL PARTNER I LOT ATO Expereience In Consumer Products for The Kitchen PRODUCS FOR THE KITCHEN MAUICON, AND A LEVEL OF SILICON, AND A LEVEL OF AVAILABLE IN THE AVAILABLE IN THE US.

The Reason I Was Able To Get Get Get Get Get Get Get a Better PRICE IN ASIA WASPL COMPLY THAT LABOR COSTS Were LABOR COSTS Were LOWER THERE. That Of The Story, But That Was A Relative SMALL PART OF SMALL PART OF SMALL PART OF SMALL PART OF SMALL PART OF The Story. Whats more important was thoftant was thoftant was ed the whole supply was there. TheYy Had The Expertise To Be Make The Compression Molded Molded For The Compression For The Compression For thiDs Type of PROPE. TheYy Had The Factory Equipment. TheYy Had The Mold Making EXPERTISE.

TheYd Had The Suppply of Silicone AVAILABLE FROM CHINA AND FROMH KOREA. ANDY HAD The People in The People in The Factories Who Knew How To Combine Allden Allders To Produce Ths Product. In the US, THAT EXPERTISE AND THAT SUPPLY CHAIN ​​CHAIN ​​SIMPLY CHAIN ​​SIMPLULT EXIST.

TYPICALLY, AROUND THIS TIME OF YEAR, I WOULD BE ORDERY MY ORID TOIKING ABOUTORY MY ORDO FOR ABOUD TOIA FOR THE YEAR. Right Now, Those Plans ARE Kind Out The Window My Supplier In CHINA SUPAUSE ACCESE ACCESE OF CHINA SUPAUSE OF CHINA SUPASE OF CHINA SUPAUSE OF CHINA SUPAUSE OF.

Now The CHANGING DAY TO DAY. Three Weeks, IT Seemed Like I HAD NOUSE I DO HAD NOSAUSE I DO HAVE AN OLTERNATE SUPPLIER IN TAIWAN. BUT JUSTLE WHILE AGO, IT LIKE LIKE TAIVAN WAS GOING TO BE ALMOST ALMOST AS CHINA. Now all of a sudden, iT’S A doble A Doble Level Level Level With 10 Percent Tariffs. BUT CAN I ACT Quickly Enough ENOUGH TO ACTUALLY GET My Suppply FROM TAIWAN IN TIME?

The Window of OpportUlity Right Now is Only Three Months. AFTER, TAIIFFS ON TAIWFS ON TAIWAN MAY BEING UP AGAIN. I Don’t Know IF I CAN REACT QUICKLY ENOUGH, ESPECIALLY BUACTORY BUACTORY IS GETTING RETAUSE IS GETTING RETORTING REALTING REALTING ROOMSY AND ME ME.

My Top Concern Now IS IS IS IS IS Able To Have Produc Of Of Of Of Of Out PROP OUS OU. AND SAME TURN, I’m afraid THAT IF I ORDER TOO MUCH, I MAY BE STUCK.

ONE OF THE OF THINGS THAT PEOPLE DONT UNDERSTAND IS MADE AS MADUCT IS MADEO, IT AS SOTURE VALUE IS GOTIE IS GOING ORTIR VALUE VALUE VALUE IS SO COMING Over To A CHINA. SO THINK ABOUT The Frywall. Right Now, On Average, It Sells For $ 25. The ACTUAL COST OF THE PRODUCT FOR THE PHYSICAL PRODUCT IS ABOUT $ 5. THAT IS What GOT GOES TO CHINA. The REST OF THAT MONEY, THAT OTHER $ 20, GOES TO VARIOUS COMPANIES AND PEOPLE IN AMERICA.

IT GOES TOOAZON WARZON WAREHOUSE WORKS. IT GOES TOIR DELIVERY PEOPLE. IT GOES TO USPS, WhO Does The Delivery For Me. IT GOES TO SOFTWARE Companies Who Help Me WebSite And Run My Accounting And Run My Run Marketing. AND INID, HOPEFULLY, SOMETHING IS LEFTHING IS LEFTHING IS LEFTHING IS LEFTHING IS LEFTHING IS LEFTHING IS LEFTHING IS LEFTHING IS FAMILIES AND COMPANIES LIKE MINE.

IT SEMS LIKE AN AWFUL Shame Torch $ 20 Of Value Just To Get The Get P Value Back From CHINA. AT The Same Time, I’ve Also Big Several Months To Last Several Months To Launch I Thinking Think I Thinks. BUT I’M Paralyzed Because IT’S GOAUNT IN BE RIGHT 90 DAY TARIFFS ARE SET TARIFFS ARE SET TARIFFS ARE AGAIN. AND I DON’T KNOW WHETHER I SHOUL LAUNCH THIS PRODUCT.

I UnderStand WOULD MAVING MABEPTIONS IN THING IPHONE IPPOSE IPHOSE IPHOSE IPAUSE ITHOSE MORE NECESSE MORE NECESSE LIVES. AND SEEIING The Cost Of You IPhone Douphone Double Double Double Double Double Be A Significant And, I Think, Clee.

BUT THERE’S ALSO AN AARSUE OF FAIRNNESS. I Feel Like AS AS BEING SPARED AND EVEN THOUG IT HAS THOH THOUG IT HASTHER TISL. But Companies Such ARE ARE ARE ARE ARE BEING GIVEN ZERO RELIEF. And also, Unlike MAYBE COMING ARE BETTER CONDECTED, ARE BE BEING GIVIBILITED, ARE BE BE BEING WHOE BEING DOWN NORE IN TWO OR IN TWO OR MONTS.

IF I COULD SPEAK TO TRUMP RIGHP RIGHT IS ISK HIM IS ASK HIM IS SUM IS Justset Companies Like Mine. IF WE’re GOING TO LIVE IN A WORLD WITH TARIFFS, FINE. That’S Really Not For Me OTHER SMALL COMPANY TO DECIAL TO DECIDE, BUT JUT JUT GIVE US A CHANCE. GIVE US SOME TIME TO ADJUST.

TAKE THESE TARIFFS OFF FOR A SPAN OF SPAN OF SIX MONTS. Let us get the Inventory THAT We’ve ALREADY ALREADY ALREADY ALREADY ALREADY ALREADY ALREADY ALREADY ALREADY ALREADY ALREADY AT OUT OU OUDS BACKS BACKS BACKS BACKS BACKS BACKS BACKS BACKS BACKS BACKS BACKS BACKS BACKS BACKS. AND GIME US TIME TO REBUILD The SUPPLY CHAIN ​​ELSEWHERE. DON’T HIT US ACROSS The Head And Say, Figure It Out On Youu Own.

One of the things i’m doing iS talking a lot to fellow travelers, and misery doz love. SO THERE’S A LOT OF COMING COMMISERATING GOING ONT COMPANIES LIKE MINE. And i’m Just Trying Toop My Head Up, Too Down, Not Too Down and JUST TIME AT AT AT A TIME.

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