Today on the podcast Mitko is joined by Wes Kao the cofounder of Maven - the first course platform focused specifically on Cohort-Based Courses. Wes came up with the idea of cohort-based courses while she was working with Seth Godin and together they launched the AltMBA which was the first cohort-based course of this kind on the internet. During this conversation you will learn how Wes ended up working with Seth in the first place, the problem with the current generation of Massive-Open-Online-Courses or MOOCs, and how running your courses through a cohort helps boost your revenue, helps improve completion rates, and most importantly helps students implement what they learn.
Today on the podcast Mitko is joined by Lauren Razavi the author of the new book Global Natives which is out now at Holloway Books. She is also the Director of Special Projects at SafetyWing where she heads the Plumia project which is on a mission to build the first country on the internet. During this interview, Lauren and Mitko discuss how her Iranian background influenced her to become a digital nomad in 2013, what digital nomads as a community can do to tackle many of the issues plaguing local populations of cities that have become nomad hubs, and Mitko and Lauren discussed her work at Plumia and their goal to create the first Nomad Border Pass by 2025.
Today on the podcast, Mitko is joined by good friend Chase Warrington, the head of remote at Doist and the host of the About Abroad podcast. This was a wide-ranging conversation during which they explored topics like traveling with a pet, why we’ve reached the age of long-term nomading, the appeal of vanlife, and what Chase and Mitko's plans for the rest of the year look like.
Today I am very excited to introduce you to Stefan Palios a freelance writer, coach, and author of the best-selling book The 50 Laws of Freelancing. During this conversation Stefan and I did a deep dive on all things freelancing and how to build a profitable and sustainable freelance business. Stefan shared his 3 most important pillars of freelancing, how to get your first client and develop a never-ending stream of inbound leads so you never have to hunt for your next client. If you are a freelancer or planning on starting a freelance business this is interview is mandatory listening!
Today's episode is a collaboration with my friend Neel Parekh the founder of MaidThis.com and the host of the Remote Local Podcast which is focused on showing you how to run a local business completely remotely! During this conversation, we talked about which locations Neel and I think are either already mature for digital nomads, and which ones are just starting to become popular.
Today on the podcast I am very excited to introduce you to Chris Cerra the founder of RemoteBase a newsletter focused on helping digital nomads and remote workers killer Airbnb deals. You can kind of think of RemoteBase like Scott’s Cheap Flights for Airbnbs! During this interview Chris shared how he discovered that if you looked in the right places there were some incredible deals on Airbnb, he shared his top tips for finding and negotiating deals on Airbnb, and we also discussed what the future of the hospitality industry looks like in a remote work powered world.
I am so excited because today on the podcast I am joined by my friends Marc Forster Algas the founder of Karisma Living and Gui Perdrix the director of Co-Liv which is a non-profit association of coliving professionals. Marc and Gui were both speakers at the Co-Liv Summit which took place last month in Bansko, Bulgaria and they joined me on the podcast to share with us their biggest takeaways from that event. We talk about the trends they are seeing in coliving post-COVID and how we can expect this to affect the future of living. We also discussed the different ways in which the hospitality industry and homeownership could change as more and more people start working remotely and embark on the digital nomad lifestyle.
Today on the podcast I am very excited to be joined by Dylan Redekop the founder of Growth Currency newsletter which helps creators start, grow, and monetize their newsletters. During this interview, you will learn how to grow an audience on Twitter that is interested in what you’re working on, how to launch and promote your newsletter, and what the best way to actually write and publish a newsletter in 2022 is. If you’re interested in growing an online newsletter business then this is an episode you do not want to miss. As always if you enjoy this podcast, make sure you subscribe, leave a review, and share it on social media! I love to see what you found interesting in each interview and will reshare your posts and may even read your review here on the podcast!
Today on the podcast I am very excited to be joined by Rob Rawson the CEO and Co-founder of Time Doctor and Running Remote, the world's largest remote work conference which is taking place next week May 17th & 18th in Montreal, Canada. During this episode Rob and I discussed why he decided to pursue entrepreneurship after studying to become a doctor, why he became so interested in remote work in the early 2000s, why they decided to start Running Remote and who the conference is for, and finally Rob shared what remote work trends he’s excited about.
Today on the podcast I am joined by my friend Neel Parekh, the founder of MaidThis, a cleaning franchise that helps residential homeowners and short-term rental hosts (Airbnb, VRBO, etc) with their cleanings. Neel is actually a past guest of the podcast and was originally featured in episode 10 of this show almost exactly 3 years ago! Today Neel is back on the podcast to talk about the evolution of his MaidThis into a franchise and why he decided to make that switch. We discuss why a local remote business can be a great lifestyle business, how to get involved in a MaidThis franchise if it sounds like something you might be into and we also shared ideas for other industries where a “local” remote business could be successful