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Colin Landforce

Serial entrepreneur and content creator with more than 15 years of experience building consumer brands. Co-author of Product Sourcing Secrets.

Last reviewed October 22, 2026

01About Colin

Colin Landforce is CEO of LTRMN (acquired in 2023), managing partner at Valuable Information and cofounder of Cut30. He makes content at the intersection of golf and marketing.

He has brought over containers of packaging and electronics, selling products into hundreds of stores in Oregon, while continuing the ongoing quest for designing the perfect hat.

02Experience

CEO, LTRMN (acquired in 2023)
Managing partner, Valuable Information
Cofounder, Cut30
Previously CTO, Unrivaled Brands
Previously president, LTRMN Inc
Previously director of digital, 3DR

03His factory directory

Colin keeps a public factory directory: who makes what, by product and by the brands each factory is documented making for, from golf bags, balls and gloves to headwear, apparel, packaging and merch.

04On ProductGods

Colin is one of the two instructors of Product Sourcing Secrets, with Oren John. The guides below carry his byline.

Guides by Colin10 guides

Guides by Colin Landforce

Start a brandHow to start a hat brandHats are one of the easiest physical products to start with and one of the hardest to get exactly right. Here is how to go from a decorated blank to a hat that is yours.Colin Landforce · 10 min Start a brandWhite label vs private label clothing: what is the difference?Both put your brand on clothing someone else makes. The difference is how much of the garment is yours, and who else can sell the same thing.Colin Landforce · 7 min Find a factoryHow to find a manufacturer for your productFinding names is the easy half. Here is how I find factories that have already made products like yours, how to check they are real, and the other routes worth your time.Colin Landforce · 12 min Who makes itWho makes golf balls? Golf ball brands and their factoriesA handful of brands own ball plants. Most others, store brands included, buy from a small number of contract factories. Here is who is on record for each, with dates.Colin Landforce · 7 min Who makes itWho makes Kirkland golf balls?Costco has sold Kirkland Signature golf balls since 2016, and the factories on record have changed. Here is what the USGA list, US import records and the golf press show, with dates.Colin Landforce · 8 min Who makes itWho makes Kirkland golf clubs? And who makes Strata?Costco has sold a Kirkland Signature putter, wedges, a driver and an iron set. Here is who is on record behind each, and the same answer for Strata sets.Colin Landforce · 6 min Who makes itWho makes Vice golf balls?Vice is a golf brand based in Munich that sells direct. We found no ball plant of its own. Here is the factory on record, with dates, and what the evidence can and can't tell you.Colin Landforce · 7 min Who makes itWho makes Maxfli golf balls?Maxfli is an old golf ball name that now belongs to a retailer. Here is who owns it, the factory on record for its balls, and what the records do and don't prove.Colin Landforce · 6 min Costs and termsWhat is MOQ? Minimum order quantity explainedMOQ is the smallest order a supplier will take. The number on the listing is the start of the conversation, and it often hides two or three other minimums.Colin Landforce · 6 min Costs and termsHow to calculate landed cost (with a worked example)The unit price in a factory quote is a starting input, not your cost. Landed cost is the number your margin, your price and your reorder decisions should come from.Colin Landforce · 8 min

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