Travel Like a Boss

This week's guest is Philippe Bourdeau, the owner of Hammock Universe, an online store that started as a dropshipping site and now does over half a million dollars in revenue per year.  Learn how  HammockUniverse.com  started, meet the relaxer in chief, and find out how you too can start a dropshipping based online store, and move out to Thailand while working location independantly.   Resources: ...

Dave Asprey talks about the Secrets to Butter and the Bulletproof Coffee, about the new Bulletproof Diet book and shares how he makes his coffee at home. We also get into how to free up energy to become a location independent entrepreneur, his travels around the world and how he almost become a digital nomad himself even before the 4-Hour Workweek became popular.     We talk about how to overcome...

Nicolas Gregoriades wrote a $40 Ebook that has sold thousands of copies and has allowed him to travel the world.  What seems like an overnight success was really 15 years in the making.  In this episode we talk about why he didn't write  The Blackbelt Blueprint  sooner and what finally needed to be in place to have the right mindset to launch a hugely successful book.

It's not easy managing a business while traveling, especially when you're on a tiny tropical island with terrible wifi. So why do we do it? Because we can. We're now location independant, and these trips, experiences and challenges give us the motivation and reasons to work hard, and build our businesses.  Larissa finished her PADI Open Water Certification and learned a lot about managing anxiety,...

I'm really excited to have my girlfriend Larissa on the show this week.  She quit her job a few months ago and has been starting her location independent entrepreneurial journey ever since.  We talk a little bit about our Udemy course, how she's adjusting to her new life as a digital nomad, but talk about Borneo for most of the episode as it is an incredible place that everyone needs to visit.   G...

Tung Tran was born and raised in Vietnam.  He built his first wordpress site when he was 13, taught himself English, and supported himself off of his internet earnings since he was a teenager.  He makes Amazon affiliate sites and have sold them for as much as $20,000.   In this episode we talk about growing up in Vietnam, learning how to build profitable websites, and the hardships and successes o...

Chris Laub and I met a year ago here in Chiang Mai and since then he's been living in Costa Rica, Surfing, and doing both Copywriting and eCommerce.  In this episode we talk about Amazon FBA, eBay Dropshipping, and the live of a digital nomad in Chiang Mai vs. the beach towns of Costa Rica.  We also mention Saigon, Bali and other hubs for location independent entrepreneurs.  Resources:  www. Johnn...

Parker Morris  and Riley Bennett are childhood friends from Seattle who were a few of the attendees at the 2014 Drop Ship Lifestyle Retreat (Hosted by Anton from the  AntonMethod.com )  They talk about how this trip is basically a study abroad program and how every week is like packing a year's worth of learning into 7 days.  We give shout outs to both the speakers and the guests from this week's...

Two days ago Thai Immigration detained 14 Digital Nomads after raiding the popular coworking space, PunSpace here in Chiang Mai. I was one of those 14, and in this episode we talk about the experience as well as why it might be a win for location independent entrepreneurs in Thailand.  Also this is the official announcement for the lineup and schedule for the Drop Ship Lifestyle Retreat arranged b...

Owner of a fitness gym in Holland, Daniel Stegehuis talks about being inspired to run a location independent business, making the move to Chiang Mai to join the Army of Entrepreneurs, what he learned from doing a 10 day silent meditation retreat and eating Paleo in Thailand.   We talk about how Daniel booked his flight on 9/11, the crabs in a barrel syndrome, how we deal with negative people, how...

Christopher Wah Chiu from New York left his job on Wall St. to train Muay Thai in Phuket, Thailand.  From there he traveled to Peru, and back to Chiang Mai for a Silent Meditation retreat.  Fast forward 18 months, he has joined the entrepreneur army and recently made his first two sales in his new dropshipping store.  Go to  www.travellikeabosspodcast.com/episode-list--show-notes.html  for show no...

Guess who has a new uDemy course?  My girlfriend Larissa and I have been working on it as a side project for the past couple of months, and after getting off the phone with this week's guest, Grant Weherley, we implemented all of the changes he suggested both on and off air as well as some of our own and went from 52 to 1,466 students overnight.   The first 100 TLAB listeners get our new course fo...

I met Marion a year ago when we were both just starting out here in Chiang Mai. She wanted to become a Voice Over artist and I needed an intro for the podcast, it was fate.  A year later, we both sit down and talk about how she built her business first with oDesk and eLance and how Fiverrr was actually more profitable than both. We talk about starting a location independent business, putting in th...

Ryan Daniel Moran, owner of Freedom Fast Lane and Zen Active Sports talks about how he picked the Yoga Niche, and became the #1 best seller on Amazon for Yoga Mats.  We discuss the pros and cons of manufacturing your own products versus drop shipping as well as if you should outsource everything and focus on what you're already good at, or if you should learn the ropes and put in the work. In this...

This week we visit Vienna Austria and Budapest Hungary, talk business in thermal bathhouses, check out some coworking spaces and talk about where in Europe is worth visiting and where we would live as a location independent entrepreneur.    We pick our favorite destination out of Berlin Germany, Prague in the Czech Republic, Vienna Austria and Budapest Hungary.  Check the blog for photos, videos a...

Location independent entrepreneurs travel through Europe talking business and seeing sights.  This week we talk about the pros and cons of Berlin Germany and Prague in the Czech Republic for traveling, things to eat, places to see and the liveability as a digital nomad.  We talk business, eCommerce, and about the upcoming Dropship Lifestyle Retreat in Chiang Mai.   Johnny talks about how one year...

Derek is the latest addition to the Entrepreneur army and created his first dropshipping store and got his first sale in just 3 short weeks.  He has a background in info products and decided to sign up for AntonMethod.com after meeting Johnny at PunSpace in Chiang Mai and combined with his work ethic and drive he managed to make $9,700 in sales within his first 2 weeks of opening his online store....

In the past month, Michael has moved from Hawaii to Chiang Mai, and is now growing his first online store to a goal of $5,000 a month in profit.  He's been in Thailand for a week and talks about the benefits of being surrounded by other successful entrepreneurs including Ben Finnigan from episodes 39 and 40, as well as Chris from Canada, and newcomer Derek who just started drop shipping 3 weeks ag...

Tons of people start Travel Blogs that never earn a penny, yet this week's guest makes over $3,000 a month while only updating once a month.  I sit down with Sabrina Iovino from JustOneWayTIcket.com and find out how she has not only gotten to travel for free all around the world, but makes enough money for both her and her boyfriend to travel full time with the income from her travel blog.  See th...

In just one short week bootstrapping entrepreneur Ben Finnigan has accomplished more, and spent less than he had previously dreamed of. With a budget of $750US a month, Ben's goal was to be up and running within a month, but what he failed to realize is how easy life is in Chiang Mai, Thailand.  Within 8 days Ben has launched two websites, brought his dormant eCommerce store back to life, made alm...

Ben Finnigan had to rebook his plane ticket three times, broke his leg, had to overcome lyme disease, and dug his way out of debt to just to make it out to Thailand. Listen to his inspiring story on how an average guy went from a normal 155lbs down to a sickly 105lbs, in debt, and struggling but kept fighting through, overcame obstacles, and took back his health and freedom.  Ben is currently a mu...

Is selling on Amazon becoming as easy as selling on eBay?  I used to think becoming a big brand and selling physical products on Amazon.com would be reserved for huge companies.  But this week Ben Brandes shows us how easy it is to find profitable products on Amazon, contact manufactures and build your own brand.    Ben is the guy who gave Mark Brenwall of Episode 37 the idea to start manufacturin...

Creating a facebook fan page, getting over 124,000 likes, and branding your own product to be sold through Amazon.com.  This is the future.  In this episode we discuss how Mark grew his fb fan page, tested the market selling products he bought off of eBay, and eventually created a better version of that product under his own brand name.  He has recently launched into the Amazon.com warehouses whic...

A former volleyball coach from Hawaii figures out how to make enough money online writing hotel descriptions while building his drop shipping business.  His goal is to make enough money online to support his new family wherever the world may take them. This is a fantastic story of how Michael Coghlan became a location independent entrepreneur and how you can follow his foot steps to do the same. M...

Married, Traveling the world with this wife and working just 2 hours a week? How in the world does Jesse Zagorsky do it?  Listen to this week's episode to find out.  We talk about how anyone can create a mastermind group from whatever business they are currently in, and why it may be a good idea for you to keep you current job instead of creating a location independent one. We get into the Vegan v...