How I Made it 5x Easier to Quit My Job and Start a Business
September 22, 2010
Yesterday I was brainstorming with David from Tropical MBA semester II about some ways to bring in revenue across a wide variety of sites we
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Global Arbitrage Smackdown – Thai Islands vs. Bali, Indonesia
September 10, 2010
Unless you want to live in Bangkok, which is an outstanding city, I believe Bali is the superior location for your beachy lifestyle design world
Can’t Get Started with Your Business Idea? 7 Common Hang-ups and Thoughts on Kicking Their Ass
September 6, 2010
Site updates: I’m currently in Bali, Indonesia with my business partner @AnythingIan. For me, Bali totally lives up to its billing. I am loving it
Internet Marketers in the Philippines – The Global Meetup and Semester II Begins
June 9, 2010
The two Tropical Sean’s and myself got together this past week to brainstorm ways to run the next semester of our program and to review
Semester II Open for Applications- Live on a Tropical Island For Free
May 26, 2010
You can live on a Tropical island for next to nothing. We will pay for room and board. Travel, gadgets, nights out on the town, and local transport are on you. How much you spend per month will depend on your budget and goals.
How to Make $10,000 in One Day
May 4, 2010
There’s a lot of important factors that go in to owning a business that makes 10K a day, but the most important one is mindset.
Live on a Tropical Island for Free – Semester 2 of the Tropical MBA Opens for Applications Next Week
May 3, 2010
Semester 2 of the Tropical MBA is going to be structured a little differently. That isn’t because we don’t believe in our 1st round model, in fact, Sean and I have talked seriously about doing something on it later this summer.
This time, we’ve got a much different and very special opportunity.
Looking for Your Passion? Consider Kicking Ass
April 26, 2010
I was just writing a post called “How to Make 10K in One Day (YEAH!!!)” I was excited. It was a “x tips” post. I’ll still publish it. Probably. But then I found out I got a new competitor. I got PISSED. And then I got pissed about my post. All this feel good shit about passion and business and whatever. Sometimes it just comes down to kicking the crap out of people who can’t create companies as good as yours.
How to Become a Lifestyle Designer
April 20, 2010
I’m often asked, “how can I become a lifestyle designer?” I’m not going to focus on what that means. If you are here and have a heartbeat you probably want tons of personal freedom, unforgettable experiences, and boatloads of cash. Let’s talk about how to get that done.
17 Reasons Why Living in Developing Areas of Asia Kicks the Crap Out of Living in the West
March 30, 2010
Let me just say: I am an American. The first amendment of our constitution requires me to believe that America is the best country in the entire world.
I believe that.
But three years ago I decided to uproot and live in Asia. Despite the fact that San Diego is one of the most prestine and pleasant cities in the world, I feel that my happiness and excitement levels have increased dramatically by making the move to Asia. I couldn’t have predicted this before I made the leap.
6-Figure Deals, Crazy for Manila, and How We Got Started in the Product Business
March 2, 2010
I’ve been SUPER busy trying to orient my actions on revenue-focused activities. Sean, Ian, and myself often use that sentence as a rubric for planning our days out. “Are these activities revenue-focused?” While part of me would prefer to be reading blogs, writing comments, and screwing around around on twitter, a lot of my non-revenue activties this month have involved banking, offices, personnel, and condos.
I’m Sick of Being a Traveler, I’m taking on Luxury Lifestyle Overhead
February 8, 2010
I spent the day visiting an impressively ambitious internet startup here in Manila. I found myself missing my office days– a little. It was tons of fun to see office comraderie, leather couches, power lunches, killer work stations, and big LCD screens. I realized my longing is well-timed with a few other rumblings in my behavior. Let’s call them”entrepreneurial nesting instincts.”
I Can’t Itemize the Important Stuff
February 1, 2010
Man, I’ve been blabbing on for weeks about how I’m going to share the nuts and bolts of what we are doing at the Tropical MBA. I am just talking a lot of junk.
Here’s the truth: I’m not even talking nuts and bolts with Sean.
8 Reasons to Quit Your Job and Travel the World Before You Are Ready
January 11, 2010
I made the jump to location independence before it made sense. My business wasn’t ready, neither were my friends, family, or business partners. Hell, I wasn’t even sure if I was ready. There are a lot of reasons why I was brought to finally take the plunge– but by living this lifestyle for two years now I’ve realized that a lot of my initial worries (and the warnings of just about everyone) weren’t that helpful or predictive of how things played out
One of the Cheapest Ways to Start Your Online Business
December 23, 2009
VIDEO INCLUDED: I love the idea of baselining your expenses and going into hardcore “start-up” mode. My whole business could blow up in my face and I could stay in a place like this for years before having to get a job. That would give me plenty of time to build another business that could fund a great lifestyle. Click the blog title to check out the video.
Where Gary Vee’s Ideas About the Hustle Meet the Location Independent Lifestyle
December 18, 2009
VIDEO BLOG: I believe in the next decade we are going to see a huge relocation of ambitious, talented, online business people re-locating to premier lifestyle locations in the developing world. Here’s the kicker: affordability is only one reason. I’ve got a slew of reasons why relocating to the developing world can help jump start your online start up, and I’ll be pulling together videos on that topic over the next few weeks.
Annoucing the Winner of the Tropical MBA Paid Internship for Digital Nomads
December 7, 2009
During the course of my corporate career, I’ve made the final call in over 20 full time personnel decisions. All high dollar employees, all in-depth hiring processes. I have never, in the course of 5 years, seen such high quality applicants for a position. To me this is striking, and definitely a strong entrepreneurial lesson.
Final Call
November 29, 2009
We are still alive and kicking and will be accepting applications until the last hour of November 30th. Thanks to everyone who has applied, we’ve
Introduction
November 17, 2009
Things get kick started December 1st. Stay tuned until then!