You’ve read Tim Ferris‘ book The 4 Hour Work Week, had ideas on how you can develop a lifestyle business, exploit geo arbitrage, outsource tasks, and not be held ransom to email. On this ep the blokes talk with Michelle Matthews publisher of Deck of Secrets on what life is like as a Nomadic Entrepreneur .

Michelle has an instagram feed that will make you want to get on a plane and embraces new tech and trends faster than most.

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What you’ll learn from this podcast (which at times turns into the Bali Business Show)

• Are the principles actually doable or is Ferris just the word’s greatest self promoter.
• Does the business dictate the lifestyle or vice versa?
• How the democratisation of the tools of production help make outsourcing possible.
• How Michelle uses AirBnB, along with outsourcing manufacturing & distribution to spend 6-9 months overseas every year.
• Why wifi -which is only just starting to reach critical mass in Oz – is the key working o/s.
• How MM breaks up her working day whilst living in various idyllic locations.
• That Sean is controversially planning on outsourcing the blokes!
• What not to tell customs official is your profession if you don’t want to be detained.
• Scott outs Michelle as a Blackberry user whilst being an early iPhone app developer.
• Which Melbourne tech entrepreneur still carries an iphone relic in his pocket.

Links from the podcast

• What is geo-arbitrage & the other side of the story.
• Outsource your job to China and play SuperCoach all day.
• Managing virtual staff and remote teams: ReWork, how Buffer do it.
  
• iPhone activated locking system – Lockitron & where is this headed?
• Colin Wright Exile Lifestyle.
• Chris Ducker on how to outsource & hire VA’s.
• The daily routines of the famously creative.
• The cafe to work out of when you’re next in Madrid.
• Pat Flynn’s muse business Clickable Map.
• Lovers & Haters of the 4HWW.
• Michelle’s apartment on AirBnB.
• More on media darling Michelle.

On this BBB podcast were:

• Sean Callanan from Sports Geek
• Scott Kilmartin from Online Store Guys & Short Batch
• Jim Stewart from Stewart Media
• Connect with our guest Michelle Matthews @secretshq (Twitter & Instagram) and on Linkedin from DeckofSecrets.com

Thanks for the Insta pick Michelle

The beer of choice for this podcast was Monteith’s Golden Ale out of New Zealand. Download this episode here but we’d prefer you to subscribe in iTunes, Stitcher or this feed if you don’t use iTunes.

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