Comments on: I’m Sick of Being a Traveler, I’m taking on Luxury Lifestyle Overhead

By: TropicalMBA

TropicalMBA — Fri, 21 May 2010 06:49:47 +0000

Ha, Kathy I think I've been apologized to on more than one occasion when somebody is like “I'm sorry I called your two monitor idea stupid!” hahah You kind of half to work with two monitors for a half day before you can really understand the benefits.

By: kathydobson

kathydobson — Fri, 21 May 2010 03:12:42 +0000

Hi Dan…just getting to this page
I laughed out loud when I read the paragraph about having “more than one monitor”…I've been harping on my new business partner to get a second monitor because it makes things so much easier…and, like you said quicker!

Maybe she'll listen to you

I'll never go back to one…unless I am traveling of course
Kathy

By: TropicalMBA

TropicalMBA — Sat, 27 Mar 2010 22:08:01 +0000

E- very cool, on $2,000 you'll be living like a king + have 500 every month to invest into something cool, like an internet business! Lots of guys here in the PH are making loot from things like books, forums, info products, consulting, etc. Tons of opportunities to have fun and get a little extra cheddar!

By: E from NY

E from NY — Sat, 27 Mar 2010 22:01:03 +0000

Those were the days (93-94), to be young and not have a care in the world–I was doing marketing for a cell phone co. and was making decent $$ ( about 7,500 pesos/month, but the exchange rate was 24 pesos to $1). I visited back-and-forth and crunched some numbers, but I noticed that the older I got, the less likely I was to trim my expenses (back then, taking the jeepney was ok, then I graduated to taxi cabs, now I would probably buy a car and have a PT driver). Anyway, my rock-bottom $$ to make the jump would be $2,000 a month, which I will thankfully have thanks to home equity and a 401k. I guess I'm not a hardcore entrepreneur, but I'm not risk averse either–I'm kinda in the middle.

E-

By: TropicalMBA

TropicalMBA — Sat, 27 Mar 2010 20:29:27 +0000

E, that's killer to hear. Love to hear about people bootstrapping online stuff while they work a job. Hope to be posting more practicalities about the PH over at outsourcetothephilippines.com in the coming months. Interested to hear more about it.. would love to see some of those old PH photos!

By: TropicalMBA

TropicalMBA — Sat, 27 Mar 2010 20:27:12 +0000

*Update. Ditched the traditional crocs for a pair of crocs flip flops. I just loove the brand. Also, I think they look sweet! May or may not post photos.

By: E from NY

E from NY — Sat, 27 Mar 2010 20:05:57 +0000

Keep-up the good work guys; I'm hoping to be back in the Philippines for good in 1-2 years time (I worked there for a year after college; I'm 37 now). I currently have an online side-business that I run PT fro NY; I'm planning on expanding it and getting into a few other things. Sometimes I regret not having made the jump sooner, but realizing how much I was able to save while working in the states, and the closeness of my goal (before age 40), I have zero regrets.

By: TropicalMBA

TropicalMBA — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 02:03:01 +0000

Wow David that's great! Give your head start, it probably won't be too much trouble or cost to scale your operation. You can check out my new blog outsourcetothephilippines.com for random information about this issue, I have a very detailed post that will be published @myeggnoodles within the next few days that will address your questions. I'll point everyone there once its finished.

By: DSW

DSW — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 23:37:07 +0000

Dan -

Hey, I'd love to hear about the costs of your new place, etc.

Right now I'm working with 5 VA all in the Philippines, and have been thinking about getting out there to set up something bigger.

Spent a month in Thailand last november, and would dread that 20 hour flight, but I'm interested in what life is like, living over there.

Thanks

David

By: TropicalMBA

TropicalMBA — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 13:20:16 +0000

True true, my real hope here is to take it to the next level… as our company grows in scale we can afford to keep offices and 'hubs' around the world rather than hotel hoping and packing up my backpack with everything anytime I want to move. As my business partner commonly says about all kinds of issues, “this is a revenue issue.”

I'm going through a mindset change from “Office escapist” to “global business grower” or someting. Ha. Gotta work on that.

Gotta say it has been really nice to hang out in some super nice semi-permanent digs, although I'm only 15 minutes from the airport and lots of islands!

On the Crocs– I can't tell you how many people have told me exactly that. We'll see the current pair is almost worn out for street wear, we'll see where the wind blows me next time I'm at the mall. I know I'll be hearing the voices of many well meaning friends and associates who have my best interests at heart.

Thanks for coming by the blog!