Im currently living in Chiang Mai, Thailand. Low cost of living. Nice relaxed environment for when youre not working. I was previously living in Australia. Made a decent living from consulting work which may have been one of the reasons the product side of the business didn't do terribly well. Once I was out of the country consulting work got harder to get so I've had to devote more energy to products and that seems…
Ask HN: Anyone moved outside of the US to bootstrap your business?
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#72Im currently living in Chiang Mai, Thailand. Low cost of living. Nice relaxed environment for when youre not working. I was previously living in Australia. Made a decent living from consulting work which may have been one of the reasons the product side of the business didn't do terribly well. Once I was out of the country consulting work got harder to get so I've had to devote more energy to products and that seems…
I'm moving to thailand to geoarbitrage in feb/march
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#73I've done TONS of research on this and for me and my family, NZ makes the most sense. When we get there we'll look around at the various cities and towns, but we'll start in Auckland. The great thing about NZ is English, 4 hr time zone diff to west coast of US (+ 1 day, but really a 4 hour diff) and a great lifestyle balance. Plus, who wouldn't want to go to the place voted to be the most peaceful nation on earth!!
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Hey, do you have any feedback on where would be acceptable to short-stay live in Hawaii? I've had a hard time sorting out which islands/neighborhoods would be good to spend a couple months on, any input would be massively appreciated.
It depends on what you're looking for. Oahu has all the amenities since Honolulu is a pretty big city, but there's still plenty of beautiful beaches and rural places elsewhere on the island. There's also a small but blossoming tech scene in Honolulu. If you want complete peace and quiet, then I would suggest the Big Island or Maui. The Big Island is like being in the middle of the Everglades in Florida, with a few sm…
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#76Over the weekend I found another team that is already doing something similar in Europe & was planning to relocate to South America. They've already got a profitable product just a few months after launched. We hashed out a plan to get us all down to Costa Rica in early September.
I'm very excited about the opportunity & encourage anybody who is even considering something like this to do whatever you can to make it happen!
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There are a lot of business models out there. I'm sort of partial to making software people want and then selling it to them. If that sounds interesting to you, I have a blog linked in my profile.
Is there a consolidated list of business models being used on the internet?