Episode Details

Today’s guest on the Expat Money Show is Johnny FD from Travel Like a Boss Podcast and the founder of the Digital Nomad super conference, the Nomad Summit. Johnny is a location-independent entrepreneur who began travelling the world in 2008. .

WHAT WE DISCUSSED IN THIS INTERVIEW:

• How to go from corporate America and making $50 K a year to being a Scuba Dive Master and then to a Profession Muy Thai Fighter - How does that happen!!
• Visa's and work permits around the globe
• The process of how to open and run a successful business
• Creating good karma
• What it was like living and working in Thailand in 2008
• Up & coming countries that are like Thailand
• Tbilisi, Georgia
• 8 years of running a Digital Nomad Summit around the globe and what that looked like in 2020
• What will happen in 2021 with the Digital Nomad Summit
• and tons more...

 

HOW TO FIND JOHNNY'S WORK

• Travel Like a Boss
• Johnny FD YouTube

 

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CONCLUSION

2020 has been a really tough year for so many people and businesses. As we know, travelling has almost come to a complete halt, but that's not going to go on forever. Listen to this episode with the mindset that 2021 and going forward will be awesome years. Reach out to Johnny if you love the idea of having a Digital Nomad Summit in 2021, I know he would love to hear from you!  

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