Why “Shiny Object Syndrome” Prevents Offshore Success
Dateline: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Let’s take a short stroll through history and the Wright Brothers story. In 1903, aspiring aviation engineers around the world were in an intense competition to see who could build the first flight-capable aircraft. Most engineers...
Legal Strategies to Reduce Payroll Tax
Dateline: Bogota, Colombia Since the American Civil War, US citizens living abroad have had to deal with citizenship-based taxation. Whereas every other country in the world uses residential, territorial or even zero tax systems to determine taxable income, US...
The Blue Ocean Strategy for Nomad Capitalists
Dateline: Tbilisi, Georgia The Blue Ocean Strategy has fascinated me ever since I heard about it. The strategy, which is outlined in a book by the same name, was the result of an experiment that studied around 150 different companies. The researchers and book authors...
What are Bearer Shares? The Ultimate Guide
Dateline: Tbilisi, Georgia Have you ever heard of bearer shares? If you have been trolling around the depths of offshore forums and blogs, chances are that you’ve probably heard somebody talking about them. Bearer shares are, in a sense, the loch ness monster of the...
Stripe Atlas: A Bad Idea for Online Businesses
Dateline: Le Morne, Mauritius My parents never gave me an inheritance. They weren’t in the habit of handing out money simply because they had it. Instead, they gave me two invaluable principles for both life and business that have helped me make more money than they...
How to Maintain Your Business While Traveling Around the World
Guest Contributor Bio: Melissa Brock, personal finance expert, is the Money editor at Benzinga. She enjoys international travel, writing about personal finance and entrepreneurship — as a kid, she spent hours helping her parents run their small business. Ready to run...
Tax-Friendly Businesses to Start for New Entrepreneurs
Dateline: Yerevan, Armenia At Nomad Capitalist, most of the people I work with are six- and seven-figure entrepreneurs. They’ve already optimized their businesses, and they want to build on their successes by legally reducing their taxes, getting second...
The Best Countries for Outsourcing: Where to Hire Remote Workers
Dateline: Belgrade, Serbia If you’re a nomadic entrepreneur, hiring is one of the most important decisions you can make. The people who work within your organization can make the difference between success and failure. My friend Dan Andrews, founder of Tropical MBA,...
The Routines and Habits of the Most Successful Nomad Capitalists
Dateline: Tokyo, Japan I was a 19-year-old when I began my first real business. I was ambitious and had a lot of success, but there were also a lot of inefficiencies in the way I did things. At that point in my life, being able to run a successful business while...
Remote Working 101: Your Guide to Building a Location Independent Team
Dateline: Tbilisi, Georgia The end of the year is always a good time to reflect. Going into 2017, I decided that the Nomad Capitalist theme for the year would be “home.” Thanks to that focus, 2017 has been a successful year of searching for and cultivating...