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In-depth conversations with today’s most interesting world travelers, location-independent entrepreneurs, and digital nomads.  Matt Bowles travels the world full time to find the most fascinating people on the planet, draw out stories of their most epic adventures, and unpack the skills, tactics, and strategies they use to build their remote businesses and design their lifestyles.  Ranked the #1 Digital Nomad Podcast by Web Work Travel and the Top 1% of all podcasts by Listen Notes, each episode pulls out actionable tips and advice you can implement in your own life each week.  You’ll meet diverse travelers from every continent who share their personal journey to location-independence as well as their reflections on identity, the power dynamics that shape our world, and how we can be more thoughtful, conscious travelers as we move through it. SUBSCRIBE ON YOUR FAVORITE PLATFORM:

Dec 3, 2018

Hipster Investments founder Ali Boone shares her story of leaving her top-secret government job as an aerospace engineer to move to the beach and start a real estate investment company. She talks about her path from rocket scientist to real estate investor to location-independent business owner. Ali opens up and shares the inside story of her business building journey, including details about her financial struggles in the early days of building Hipster Investments. She talks about her setbacks, failures, going broke and even getting on food stamps in the beginning of her entrepreneurial journey. She gives advice for planning your transition out of the corporate world and how to set expectations for yourself and endure the difficulties of early-stage entrepreneurship. She talks about how controlling her time and her mobility is now more important to her than the income she makes. Ali then talks about hiring and management tips for business-building, emphasizes the importance of relinquishing control, and gives tips on avoiding the self-employment trap. She talks about the required confidence to know that its ok not to know how to do something and the importance of hiring people who are smarter than you in certain areas. Ali also talks about her first skydiving experience, what the scariest part was, and why she continually pushes herself outside her comfort zone.