Today on the podcast, Mitko (@mitkoka) is joined by Peter Fabor (@faborio), the founder and CEO of SurfOffice which facilitates remote working retreats for some of the top remote companies.

During this episode, Peter shared how a surf trip to Gran Canaria inspired him to start a coliving and coworking business, why coworking is a terrible way to make money, and some ideas on what the future of hospitality and workspaces could look like.

💬 Topics Discussed:

• What are some cultural differences between the US and Europe?
• Some of the challenges of working from home as a pet owner
• How did Peter start SurfOffice?
• Why doesn’t SurfOffice have its own properties for rental purposes?
• Coworking as a business model
• Using coworking spaces to build your network
• Building a community in a coworking space
• Ways of earning money in the coworking industry
• When did SurfOffice start with its first location?
• The growth of the coworking and coliving industry
• Developing and growing your ideas
• Efficiently organizing offsites with SurfOffice
• What do companies usually look for in an offsite?
• What are the red lines in terms of travel time to an offsite?
• Organizing individual flights VS Organizing flights for large groups
• What is the future of working spaces and hospitality?
• Developing solutions for digital nomads with kids
• The future of education for digital nomad kids
• Being a digital nomad together with your partner
• Can glamping be the next big thing with digital nomads?
• What’s the future of SurfOffice?

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🎒 Resources:

• https://www.surfoffice.com/
• https://twitter.com/faborio
• https://www.linkedin.com/in/fabor/
• https://www.peterfabor.com/
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9-n8R1eQ020&ab_channel=aboutabroad
• https://share.transistor.fm/s/8401d8c1
• https://www.linkedin.com/in/chase-warrington/
• https://www.kiwi.com/en/
• https://www.google.com/travel/flights
• https://share.transistor.fm/s/40ddb282
• https://share.transistor.fm/s/98b8c08c
• https://www.boundless.life/
• https://basecamp.com/

Today on the podcast, Mitko (@mitkoka) is joined by Weh’yee Barkon (@wehyeeba), a founder and investor, focused on developing the future of work in Africa. Weh’yee has been living in Africa for several years and in that time has used his start-up experience in the US to start multiple businesses, from a strawberry farm to a transportation business all while helping to popularize the African continent as a source of remote work talent and as a destination for digital nomads.

During this episode, Weh’yee shared how he transitioned from working with startups in the US to investing and founding African businesses, how to get started micro-investing, the best African countries and cities for digital nomads, and why Africa will be the next big source of tech talent.

💬 Topics Discussed:

• Having weird-sounding names in the US
• How Weh’yee got interested in startups?
• Why did Weh’yee move from the US to Senegal?
• Developing and fine-tuning your idea as an entrepreneur
• How did Weh’yee make the transition to being a consultant?
• Weh’yee’s tips for kickstarting your consultant career
• What made Weh’yee decide to stay in Africa long-term?
• What makes Senegal a great spot for remote workers?
• The cost of living in Senegal
• Hotspots for digital nomads and remote workers in Africa
• The development and rising popularity of Zanzibar
• Cape Verde as a digital nomad spot
• What is micro-investing?
• How did Weh’yee get into micro-investing?
• Finding micro-investment opportunities
• What micro-investments is Weh’yee currently focused on?
• Weh’yee’s approach to spotting investments opportunities
• Understanding when people are trying to take advantage of you
• Starting a transportation company in Senegal
• Raising money from the US to invest in Senegal
• The growing talent pool in Africa and the opportunity remote work provides to the continent
• How did Weh’yee come up with Internally?
• What is the goal Internally?
• How did companies react Internally?

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🎒 Resources:

• https://www.linkedin.com/in/wehyeeba/
• https://internally.co/
• https://twitter.com/wehyeeba
• https://www.instagram.com/wehyeeba/?hl=en
• https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYHkkKpj-JUXy4IZoRSxliA
• https://www.teachforamerica.org/
• https://www.amazon.com/Smart-People-Should-Build-Things/dp/0062292048
• https://www.cnbc.com/2022/08/06/this-digital-nomad-left-the-us-for-bangkok-and-lives-on-8000-per-month.html
• https://share.transistor.fm/s/98b8c08c
• https://www.nomadx.com/community/cabo-verde
• https://www.heygo.com/

Today on the podcast, Mitko (@mitkoka) is joined by Isaac, the founder of Overemployed.com. If you haven’t heard of over-employment yet, strap in, because this is wild. Overemployment is the idea of having multiple full-time jobs as a knowledge worker. At the time of this recording, the over-employed subreddit has over 135,000 members that earn top salaries from 2 or more full-time jobs without their employers having any idea.

During this interview, Isaac shared how he stumbled into over-employment and why he decided to start the website and Reddit community, the most jobs he’s ever heard someone holding on to at the same time (it’s way more than you think), how to hide that you’re over-employed from your boss, and how people manage to juggle so many full-time jobs at once.

💬 Topics Discussed:

• What does it mean to be over-employed?
• How did Isaac find out about the over-employed movement?
• What are some industries where over-employment is a regular occurrence?
• What are some of the craziest job stories Isaac has heard from the over-employed community?
• How do companies react when they find out about a person working multiple full-time jobs?
• How prevalent is over-employment in tech?
• What kind of income can people expect from having multiple jobs?
• Managing multiple jobs at the same time
• Efficient ways of organizing your work
• Can there be reference blowback if people find out you are over-employed?
• Shifting your mindset from the traditional, one-job approach
• What is the endgame for people partaking in the over-employment community?
• Balancing your costs when having multiple jobs
• Building an ideal work environment when you are over-employed
• Juggling multiple meetings at the same time
• Why not start your own business instead of working multiple jobs at the same time?
• Why did Isaac start the over-employed community?
• Defining the future of work

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🎒 Resources:

• https://overemployed.com/
• https://discord.com/invite/a8VGhbZyek
• https://www.reddit.com/r/overemployed/
• https://www.amazon.com/4-Hour-Workweek-Escape-Live-Anywhere/dp/0307465357