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Provide your email again so we can register this ebook and send you more of what you like to read You will continue to receive exclusive offers in your inbox To every Freedomist I’ve had the privilege of meeting around the world To my wonderful family and my loving partner, Josh Here’s to many more adventures together Contents PREFACE Choosing Your Own Adventure INTRODUCTION Why I Wrote This Book and Who I Wrote It For | ACT ONE | Welcome to the New World of Digital Nomads CHAPTER My Story–From Broke to $15,000 in One Month CHAPTER The Only Four Things You Need to Be Free | ACT TWO | How to Build an Online Business You Can Take Anywhere CHAPTER Why There Is No Better Time Than Now to Build Your Own Business CHAPTER Building an Online Business for Your Suitcase Entrepreneur Lifestyle CHAPTER Becoming a Citizen of the World and Setting Up an International Business CHAPTER The Best Systems and Online Tools to Run Your Business from Anywhere CHAPTER How to Use Social Media As Your Marketing, Sales, and Customer Service Team CHAPTER How to Build a World-Class Team You May Never Meet | ACT THREE | How on Earth Does One Become a Suitcase Entrepreneur? CHAPTER How to Become a Pro at Being Homeless CHAPTER 10 Deciding on Where to Travel and Your Preparation Checklist CHAPTER 11 The Art of Minimalism and How to Pack for Anywhere CHAPTER 12 Travel Hacking Tips and Tools to Save You Time and Money CONCLUSION Choosing Freedom in Business and Adventure in Life RESOURCES Your Go-To Directory ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ABOUT THE AUTHOR INDEX PREFACE Choosing Your Own Adventure The Universe rewards bravery—stop making excuses and get to it —NATALIE SISSON My friends thought I was mad buying a one-way ticket to Canada, to chase my dreams of working for myself, especially since I’d just got a raise at work and had bought an apartment in London, England But quitting that lucrative nine-to-five job and jumping on a plane seemed like a completely logical thing to in order to discover a new way of living This was in 2008, and the journey to achieving freedom in my business and adventure in my life since then has been one big unconventional roller coaster and I wouldn’t change a minute of it Sure, there were plenty of moments of doubt, of fear, of questioning my sanity But they only showed me that I was living life to the full and pushing my boundaries In this book I’ve set out to prove to you that you can live life exactly how you want to and to show you what’s possible I believe that there’s no better time than right now to live life on your own terms, and I’m on a mission to inspire you to build a business and a life that you love, using just a laptop, a smartphone, and an Internet connection It’s never been easier and more affordable to build a business from anywhere using online tools, social media, outsourcing, and a lot of hustle What’s more, you can choose to this while living wherever you want in the world—in your hometown or in another country or even from your suitcase I should know After eight years in the corporate world I’ve built a multiple-six-figure global business from scratch, starting with just a blog and close to zero investment For the last seven years I’ve traveled the world, living out of my suitcase while running my business, which is essentially teaching others how to build their own freedom business Since April 2017, on my business’s seventh anniversary, I took a business sabbatical, moved onto the property of my dreams, and got a gorgeous puppy and chickens This just proves that your version of freedom and the business you design around it can be anything you desire it to be So sit back, return your seat back to the upright position, switch off your mobile phone, and prepare for takeoff INTRODUCTION Why I Wrote This Book and Who I Wrote It For Do not follow where the path may lead Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail —RALPH WALDO EMERSON, “SELF-RELIANCE” We all have the right to create freedom in business and live life on our own terms, and that’s what this book will teach you to I’m not expecting you to exactly what I do, but I am expecting you to want to live life on your own terms That’s why I wrote this book—to ensure you have the tools and know-how to live the life you dream of, whether that’s sipping a mai tai on a tropical island while creating digital products or running a horse-training business via Skype and YouTube from your local café I built my business and community out of nothing but a blog and a desire and determination to fit my work around my dream lifestyle, not the other way around A NOVEL IDEA As you can probably tell, I like to buck convention I was never good with people telling me I couldn’t something; that just made me more determined to prove them wrong When I first wrote this book in 2013, I don’t think the traditional world was quite ready for what I had to say Yet people all around me were catching on to this virtual business revolution, and location independence was starting to become a common phrase, at least to those enlightened to living life on their own terms I knew if I waited another year to write this book, it would already be too late So I self-published this book in August 2013 and it became a number one Amazon bestseller To my delight, in 2017, North Star Way asked to publish it and get it out to an even greater audience, who needs to hear this message The North Star Way editors, like millions of others, have seen how this new way of living and working from anywhere is becoming a huge trend People are waking up to realize they can design their own perfect lifestyle and a business to support it This new and improved version of my original book is thanks to their partnership and belief in my book, and my mission to impact a million entrepreneurs to create freedom in business and adventure in life! What I’ve learned in nine years of entrepreneurship is you can achieve anything you put your mind to, even if you don’t have much money You can choose your own adventure and make it a reality by harnessing the power of people, online tools, technology, and social media to change the way in which we business WHY YOU SHOULD READ THIS BOOK I want this book to challenge your current way of thinking and to show you that becoming a digital nomad is within your grasp, if you truly want it You don’t need: An office to run your business A permanent residential address to live at To work traditional business hours—ever Your team to be present or even in the same country or time zone To meet your clients or customers face-to-face More than $100 or twenty-four hours to start your online business An excuse to travel or to live in just one place Permission to what you want when you want and live a full life Who is this book for? It’s for you if you want to quit your job and create your own path to freedom, whether from your own home or from some exotic location on the other side of the world It’s for you, the business owner, if you are working hard to build a profitable company that makes an impact, but you want the freedom and flexibility to run it whenever and wherever you choose It’s also for you if you’re an employee who wants to go traveling and then come back to sell your services to the very company you left behind How should you read it? If you’re just starting out on the road of entrepreneurship or you need the motivation to quit your job, then I suggest you start at the very beginning and read how others, including me, have achieved their ideal lifestyle If you’re already in business, or on the verge of it, and wanting to free up more time and not be bound to one location, then skip to Act to tap into the different business models to make this possible, and the key tools and technology available to you to make it happen If you’re curious about how to pack up your life and business and go jet-setting around the world, then jump straight to Act There are many links provided throughout this book to references, tools, and services that you will find as invaluable as I have To make it supereasy for you, I’ve created a free companion course to go along with this book, with extended learning and all the resources referred to throughout this book (of which there are many!) You can access it anytime by heading to SuitcaseEntrepreneur.com/course and simply registering with your email I plan to keep it constantly updated with the latest and greatest tools, links, and advice Plus, you’ll become part of my Freedomist community of like-minded people around the world Let the journey begin! Cheryl Wood, MoonlightCreativeWorks.com Natalie MacNeil, SheTakesOnTheWorld.com Search on search.twitter.com Kirsten Hodgson, Kaleidoscope Marketing Filipe Dinis’s DesignHandyMan Karl Staib, Domino Connection Google Alerts is a free service that allows you to enter relevant keywords or phrases you’re interested in Viralheat covers every corner of the social web from Facebook, Twitter, real-time web, to YouTube, and lets you know your social media mentions Klout shows how influential you are across the social networks and gives you an aggregate score of how much clout you have in your area of expertise (based upon your fans and followers), compared to others Come hang with me on Twitter and Instagram on @nataliesisson CHAPTER Benny Hsu, GetBusyLivingBlog.com Jules Taggart, JulesTaggart.com Upwork outsourcing platform Jing and Zoom for online screen-sharing videos and meetings Kasia Zukowska, WPRockstar.net Tina Forsyth, author of Becoming an Online Business Manager and The Entrepreneur’s Trap Slack brings all your communication together in one place It’s real-time messaging, archiving, and search for modern teams “Rock Your Systems” mini-course is all about putting smart, simple systems in place in your business in under a week using the power trio of Asana, Google Drive, and Slack Kirsten Hodgson, kscopemarketing.co.nz Virtual Staff Finder Jason Van Orden, JasonVanOrden.com Zendesk customer service platform HireMyMom.com is a popular site, particularly for those wanting office managers and assistants who are trustworthy 99designs and CrowdSPRING for specific design work like websites, logos, and branding Fiverr.com community of freelancers doing small tasks for $5 SlideShare presentation on my 2017 Painted Picture CHAPTER TeuxDeux simple to-do list tool Freedom for MAC or Leechblock Firefox extension block out all distracting sites Schedule Once or Calendly online calendar booking service iYoga—yoga app Colin Wright interview with Kent Healy Meetup.com and Eventbrite.com for global events and meet-ups CHAPTER 10 G Adventures 2013 survey Alain de Botton, author of The Art of Travel TripAdvisor’s Traveler’s Choice of 2017 Big Mac Index theory of purchasing-power parity $100 Change program Piktochart infographic tool Skyscanner.net flight booking service Zufall Dice to help you make your next decision on where you next go Lessons on relationships, Mike Hrostoski Visa requirements Vaccinations Political stability Electricity supply Lonely Planet’s online travel resources World Nomads travel insurance CHAPTER 11 Joshua Becker, Becoming Minimalist Dan Andrews, My Tropical MBA The Travel Doctor for medical resources and vaccinations OneSimCard is an International SIM card with free incoming calls in 150 countries and outgoing calls priced from 25¢ and data from 20¢ per megabyte GoSim has international SIM cards from $19, with cheap calls from 29¢ per and data from 49¢ per megabyte, and with coverage in 185 countries WorldSIM allows you to make and receive international calls on your mobile without incurring expensive charges SpareOne, the only mobile phone that you can use anywhere in the world TripAdvisor for travel recommendations and planning Airbnb for good accommodation deals Lea Woodward, locationindependent.com italki.com for free language exchanges or very affordable private lessons Language Hacking Guide from Benny Lewis Duolingo is an app to learn a language CHAPTER 12 Steve Kamb, Nerd Fitness Oneworld, consisting of American Airlines, British Airways, Cathay Pacific, Iberia, LATAM, Qantas, and several others Star Alliance, which consists of United, Continental, US Airways, Lufthansa, Swiss, and several more Skyteam, which consists of Delta, Air France, KLM, and many others Kylie Pengelly, AuthenticFootprints.com Chase Sapphire Preferred Amex Starwood Preferred Guest Citi Platinum Select Chris Guillebeau’s Card for Travel site Tripadvisor and TripIt application for travel planning and reviews Hipmunk and Airfarewatchdog for travel bookings Flightfox outsourcing flight search engine platform Dustin Main, TooManyAdapters.com FlightAware Flight Tracker for flight tracking and flight status application Airport Transit Guide is a traveler’s complete guide to some 460 airports around the world, covering just about all the options for airport access GateGuru will help you navigate through unfamiliar airports so you’re not left running to your gate Weather Channel gives you the weather forecast, both local and international, so you can plan ahead weeks, days, or even hours Weather Bug has more than 35,000 monitoring stations worldwide, so you can get access to hyperlocal weather updates Google Maps online or via a smartphone app is free and you get turn-by-turn GPS navigation for driving, walking, public transport, and sometimes bike routes HopStop gives you door-to-door public transit directions for subway, train, bus, ferry, bike, and taxi for the United States, Canada, UK, France, Australia, New Zealand, and Russia Uber acts as your private driver and MyTaxi allows you to book taxi drivers and rate and review drivers HostelBookers.com and Hostelworld.com for cheap accommodation MindMyHouse.com, HouseSittingWorld.com, or TrustedHousesitters.com Loralee Hutton, LoraleeHutton.com Hannah Alford, LovePlayWork.com Vacation rental sites HomeExchange, Intervac, or IHEN Airbnb connects travelers with places to stay that aren’t as expensive as hotels and are more like renting your own apartment or house Agoda and Priceline offer big discounts on hotels Expedia has great deals on flights and hotel Craigslist and Kijiji Living Social or Groupon offer daily deals on things to and see in a city Leading Hotels of the World Yelp and Foodspotting help you find great food and share ratings and reviews Akamai’s State of the Internet report for Q4 2016 Audrey Scott, UncorneredMarket.com Free WiFi Finder lets you search for free Internet hot spots anywhere in the world, both online and off Skype WiFi allows you to get online at over million Wi-Fi hotspots worldwide WhatsApp is a free app you install on your smartphone that allows you to text message anyone for free and send photos when you have Wi-Fi or data Private Wi-Fi is a virtual private network service (VPN) that encrypts your communications TrustGo Antivirus & Mobile Security is the best free app to secure your Android Prey Project is a feature-rich and stable open-source program to protect your laptop’s contents Susan Whitehead, familytravelbucketlist.com SKROSS World Adapter Pro + USB travel adapter Lifetrons High Tech Multi-Tool Adapter Dave Dean, WhatsDaveDoing.com Anker PowerCore 10000 can power your tablet, netbook, notebook, laptop, and smartphone Nomad Advanced Trackable PowerPack has a built-in Tile tracker, which enables you to easily find it via an app on your smartphone Asus ZenPower packs a massive 10050 mAh battery pack, so it can easily charge a smartphone and a tablet and have power to spare Seagate Backup Plus and My Passport Essential SE external hard drives EatSmart Precision Voyager Digital Luggage Scale 1Above is your inflight drink to cure or decrease jet lag, especially on those long-haul flights Español Podcast, Daily French Pod, Learn Italian Pod, My German Class, and Learn Chinese Pod for language learning podcasts Benny Lewis, Fluent in Months Duolingo, Memrise, Learning With Texts, TuneIn, Anki are language-learning resources WordReference for a much better word-specific dictionary Acknowledgments Fifty years from now when you’re looking back at your life, don’t you wanna be able to say you had the guts to it? —SAM WITWICKY I knew all those years of writing copious amounts of thoughts and experiences in my personal diaries would someday account for something, or that reading every single Famous Five book from Enid Blyton and epic adventure novel from Wilbur Smith, would amount to something one day Writing and publishing this book has been a personal childhood dream of mine When it was first published, I was grateful to my dear friend Matthew Kimberley for his fine editing skills and his ability to trim down my tendency for verboseness Thanks also goes to those who helped edit my first cut, including Ed Sharlow, James Wightman, Inga Spouse, and Yasmine Khater, who consistently read every single chapter as it was released to provide much appreciated feedback and amendments Also thank you to those who supported the original crowdfunding campaign: Guillaume Ceccarelli, Prime Sarmiento, Beverlee Rasmussen, Stephanie Katcher, Karen Martin, Nancy Lynn, Pamela Slim, Caroline Ceniza-Levine, Kylie Pengelly, Ashok Amaran, Sandy Gerber, Roger Boyd, Alexis Neely, Kieran McDonogh, and Liz Dickinson Thank you for your belief To all the amazing members of my Suitcase Entrepreneur community for your continued support for my work and for every reader of this book for investing in you and taking the time and energy to put this book into action for yourself I’m grateful to the countless friends and family who supported me on this journey and to all of you included in this book in one way or another Thank you so much for allowing me to share your stories, case studies, and insights—this book is richer for it Thanks also to my agent, Giles Anderson, and to the wonderful team at North Star Way for your unwavering support and energy in getting the message of this book out to the world in an even bigger way than I could have imagined And finally to my father, Peter, whose love of the English language and daily crosswords sparked my curiosity for how to make an impact through stories and the power of words You are forever in my thoughts About the Author Natalie Sisson is a New Zealand entrepreneur and adventurer who currently lives on her dream lifestyle property in her home country, and the rest of the time out of her suitcase, traveling the world and running her business and going on adventures She is the CEO of The Suitcase Entrepreneur, an online education site established in 2009 with a mission to ensure million entrepreneurs create freedom in business and adventure in life by 2020 She’s a bestselling author of this book you’re reading, The Suitcase Entrepreneur , and a soughtafter speaker, having spoken at TEDx Royal Tunbridge Wells, Problogger, FinCon, Social Media Marketing World, SociaLight, and more, and the Huffington Post named her one of 50 Must-Follow Women Entrepreneurs in 2017 She has a dedicated community of Freedomists who have been following and engaging in her work since 2009, which includes 950+ blog posts published to date, and well over 300 podcasts (and over 1.5 million downloads) In January 2017 she started her Quest for Freedom podcast and blog at nataliesisson.com to chart her personal journey in uncovering true freedom in business and in life After eight years in the corporate world, Natalie Sisson left her high-paying job that was sucking the life out of her creativity and ability to put a dent in the world, and flew off to another country to play World Championship Ultimate Frisbee and start her first business After cutting her teeth in the entrepreneurial world as a cofounder of a technology start-up, she went on to take her blog, The Suitcase Entrepreneur , and turn it into the thriving multiple six-figure lifestyle business she can run from just a laptop and her smartphone Driven by her desire to obtain what most value so highly but few achieve—ultimate freedom—she spent the first two years hustling like crazy, making the same mistakes most new business owners do, and learning a lot of hard lessons before she developed the blueprint to building a thriving online business and her dream global lifestyle Now, through her blog, podcast, lifestyle videos, coaching, digital products, and programs with a reach of over 100,000 people per month, Natalie teaches thousands of entrepreneurs around the world to fast-track their own business success and design a lifestyle they love through becoming leading learners, mediapreneurs, and masters in outsourcing, social media, and online tools Natalie is a contributor to Forbes and the Huffington Post and has been featured in many other publications and media outlets including 60 Minutes, Yahoo Finance, The Guardian, the Daily Mail, The Sydney Morning Herald, American Express Open Forum, Mashable, Visa Business Network, Social Media Today, and PayPal Originally from New Zealand, Natalie has citizenship in the United Kingdom and permanent residence in Canada She has traveled to seventy countries to date and lived on five continents, all while running her business and living out of a suitcase, winning a gold medal in Beach Ultimate Frisbee, and breaking a world record in dragon boating FOR MORE ON THIS AUTHOR: Authors.SimonandSchuster.com/Natalie-Sisson MEET THE AUTHORS, WATCH VIDEOS AND MORE AT SimonandSchuster.com Facebook.com/NorthStarWay @theNorthStarWay We hope you enjoyed reading this Simon & 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Provide your email again so we can register this ebook and send you more of what you like to read You will continue to receive exclusive offers in your inbox Index A note about the index: The pages referenced in this index refer to the page numbers in the print edition Clicking on a page number will take you to the ebook location that corresponds to the beginning of that page in the print edition For a comprehensive list of locations of any word or phrase, use your reading system’s search function adapters, 221 Agoda.com, 193, 212 Airbnb, 193, 211–12 Airport Transit Guide, 206–7 Amazon, xiv, 13, 35, 39–40, 57, 91, 223 Andrews, Dan, 187–88 Animoto, 38 anti-jetlag drink, 224 Apple, 20, 32, 34, 36, 40, 76, 119, 206, 218 Asana, 95, 97, 124, 127 backup copies, 181–82 banking, 6–7, 10–11, 14, 33, 87, 90–92, 230 international businesses and, 69–70, 72, 74, 77–84 travel and, 181, 216 Becker, Joshua, 23, 184 Bidsketch, 70, 94, 96 Bitcoin, 41–42 Bizness Apps, 36 blogs, 38, 40 and best systems and tools, 88, 92–93, 96–97 building online businesses and, 48, 50–51, 56–58, 60, 62–66 of Sisson, xii–xiii, 8–9, 13–14, 51, 72, 88 social media and, 99, 102, 104, 106–10, 112–15 teams and, 119–21, 123, 125, 129 Buffer, 93, 97, 114, 120 building online businesses, xv, 4–5, 47–67, 87 automating grunt work in, 65–66 benefits of, 48–49 content creation and traffic-driving strategies in, 64–65 costs of, 49–50 and doing what you love, 50–53 products or services in, 63–65 steps in, 59–67 and ways to make money, 54–59 websites in, 61–66 business models and plans, xv, 42, 54, 59–62, 66, 86, 88, 96, 116, 127 Calendly, 95, 148 Cantwell, Marianne, 22, 102 CLYC, 32 ConnectionPoint Systems, 8, 129 ConvertKit, 35, 93, 97 Craigslist, 209, 213 credit cards, 40–41, 70, 74, 86, 93, 200–203 teams and, 120, 129, 131 travel and, 180–81, 200, 202–3 CrowdSPRING, 132 currencies, 1, 80 digital, 33, 39–42 travel and, 180–81, 188–90 customers, xv, 10–11, 44 and best systems and tools, 88, 91, 94–96 building online businesses and, 58, 60–64 international businesses and, 69, 78–80 social media and, 99, 101–4, 106–10, 112–13, 116 teams and, 120, 123–24, 128, 131–32 transformational trends and, 30–33, 36, 39–40 travel and, 143–46, 148–49 customer service department, 94, 111, 116 Cyprus, 78–79 daily work routines, 96–97 desktop, 90 Domino’s Pizza, 35–36 Doritos, 32–33 Dropbox, 181–82, 223 Durand, Kyle, 71, 77, 84 Elance, 119, 131 email, xvi, 35, 40, 42, 83 and best systems and tools, 88, 90, 92–97 building online businesses and, 48, 60, 62–63, 65 social media and, 101, 106–8, 110, 113–14 teams and, 117, 120–24, 128 travel and, 140, 146, 148–49, 152, 181, 204 Evernote, 95, 181–82 Expedia, 213 external hard drives, 20, 223 Ezvid, 38 Facebook, 8, 62, 64, 70, 99, 101, 110–12, 114, 149 and best systems and tools, 93–94 direct engagement on, 104–5 transformational trends and, 32, 35 travel and, 197, 200, 211 Ferriss, Timothy, 228–29 filing cabinets, 91 financial department, 91–92 fiverr.com, 50, 132 FlightAware Flight Tracker, 206 Flightfox, 205, 225 Forsyth, Tina, 126–27 freedom, xi-xii, xv, 1, 4, 6, 16–19, 79, 84, 88, 100, 134, 185, 227–29 and best systems and tools, 86, 91, 97 building online businesses and, 47–49, 59–61, 66 choosing, 24–25, 231 travel and, 137–38, 140–41, 145–46, 153, 196 FreshBooks, 92, 96 FundRazr, 8, 10 G Adventures, 162, 164 Garland, David Siteman, 43, 55–56 Google, 20, 25, 35, 37, 40, 75, 152 and best systems and tools, 86, 90–91, 93–96 building online businesses and, 58–59, 61, 64 social media and, 99, 102, 104, 112–16 teams and, 117, 122–25, 127 travel and, 176, 192–94, 206–7, 211, 219, 223, 225 Guillebeau, Chris, 66–67, 100, 137, 198–99, 203 Hamilton, Roger, 34, 42, 55 Hatton, Daryl, 7–9 HelloFax, 94 HelloSign, 70, 94 Hemmer, Kristi, 188–89 HireMyMom.com, 132 Hodgson, Kirsten, 106–7, 131 home exchanges, 163, 208, 210 HopStop, 207–8 hostels, 167, 171–72, 178, 208 HostGator, 50, 92 housesitting, 163, 175, 209 human resources and legal department, 94–95 iBuildApp, 36 Icebreaker, 186–87 insurance, 75, 80, 179–82, 208 international businesses: administrative burdens of, 79–80 legal implications of, 69–78, 80–81, 84 planning of, 71, 74–77, 83–84 political and financial stability for, 78–80 setting up, 69–84 Sisson as case study on, 71–74, 79–80 where to set up, 76–77 Internet, xi-xii, xiv-xv, 4, 19, 21, 24, 37, 56, 88 international businesses and, 70, 76–77 travel and, 138, 141, 145, 147–48, 168, 190, 194, 215–17, 223 iZettle, 41 Kamb, Steve, 198–99 Kickstarter, 33, 104, 107, 109, 216–17 Kijiji, 209, 213 Klout, 114 laptops, xi, 4, 19–21, 24, 31, 55, 70, 87–88 travel and, 20–21, 137, 141, 143, 147, 168, 180–81, 218–21, 223, 231 LastPass, 95 leading learners, 30, 42–45, 55, 109 Leadpages, 31, 92 Lewis, Benny, 195–96, 225 liability protection, 74–75, 78, 80 LinkedIn, 93, 104, 106–7, 112, 114, 211 luggage scales, 224 MacNeil, Natalie, 13, 105, 110 Magzter, 36 MailChimp, 35, 93, 96, 113 mailing addresses, 90 marketing and social media department, 93 markets, marketing, 5–7, 12, 27, 42, 213 and best systems and tools, 86, 93, 95–96 building online businesses and, 50, 57, 59, 64–66 social media and, 99–100, 102, 104, 106, 110, 112, 115–16 teams and, 117, 128–29, 131 transformational trends and, 30–31, 33, 35, 38–39, 41 medical services and supplies, 78, 168–69, 180, 187 meeting rooms, 91 MindMyHouse.com, 209 mindsets, 17–19, 22–24, 230 minimalism, 23–24, 77, 137, 140–41, 183–85 Mytaxi, 208 Namecheap, 50, 86, 92 NeatDesk, 90 networking outreach, 108–9 Newsstand, 36 99designs, 132 online business managers (OBMs), 126–28 outsourcing, xii, 229 guide to, 128–30 teams and, 117–21, 124, 127–32, 134 travel and, 205–6 types of jobs for, 127–28 passports, 14, 16, 71, 83, 90, 146, 176–79, 181–82, 188, 221 Pausch, Randy, 18–19, 25 PayPal, 50 and best systems and tools, 86, 93–94, 96–97 international businesses and, 70, 72, 81 teams and, 124, 129, 131 transformational trends and, 31, 40–41 travel and, 208, 216 phone numbers, 89–90 power chargers, 222–23 Prey Project, 220 privacy, 73, 75–76, 78, 80, 83, 217–19 public transport, 171, 191–92, 207–8 Rapportive, 95–96 reception staff, 89 Russia, 169, 178, 208 sales, selling, 6, 11–12, 72, 179 and best systems and tools, 92–94 building online businesses and, 48–49, 55–59, 61, 63, 65 of other people’s stuff, 55–59 social media and, 99–100, 103–12, 116 teams and, 122, 128, 132 transformational trends and, 37, 42 of yourself, 55–56 SaneBox, 95–96 Shoeboxed, 91–92, 181–82 Shoutem, 36 SIM cards, 14, 191, 193 Singapore, 74, 77, 83 Skype, xiii, 56, 63, 90–91, 104 teams and, 127–28 travel and, 149, 152, 195, 217 Skyscanner.net, 173, 204–5 smartphones, xi-xii, 19–20, 29, 119 and best systems and tools, 87–88, 91–92, 94 transformational trends and, 31, 33–34, 39–40 travel and, 141, 145, 180–81, 191–94, 204, 207–8, 217–21, 223, 231 social media, xii, xiv, 10–11, 13, 42, 99–116 benefits of, 102–3 and best systems and tools, 88, 93–95, 97 building online businesses and, 50, 56–57, 65 for more business and sales, 103–10 point of, 100–102 setting up your strategy for, 110–13 teams and, 120, 123 tracking mentions on, 113–15 as transformational trend, 32–33 travel and, 146, 152, 172, 175, 211 SpareOne, 193 special sauce, 7–8 Square, 41 sweet spot, 11–12, 52–54, 61 taxes, 69, 71–73, 76–84 team management and productivity department, 95 teams, xv, 6–8, 29, 31 and best systems and tools, 89, 94–97 building of, 117–34 building online businesses and, 57, 66 gaps in, 125–26, 134 growing your, 123–24 hiring strategically and, 124–25 OBMs in, 126–28 reasons you don’t delegate and, 118–19 sexy operating procedures (SOPs) and, 121–23, 125, 128, 130 and what to hand over and when, 120–21 Time Doctor, 95 travel, xv, 16, 20–21, 24, 32, 44, 47, 135, 137–59, 161–225, 229–31 accessories in, 220–25 accommodations in, 193–94, 203–4, 208–14, 225 balance and routine in, 146–47 before you go, 175–76 daily success plan for, 145–47 emergencies and, 192–94 essentials in, 176–82, 185, 187–90 fitness and health in, 144, 149–50 flight booking and, 204–5 global relationships and, 155–59 hacking tips on, 198–205, 225 how it changes you, 152–53 international businesses and, 70, 84 keeping clients and, 148–49 languages and, 194–95, 224–25, 230–31 lessons learned in, 140–43, 170–72 minimalism and, 137, 140–41, 184–85 nutrition and, 150–51, 169, 214, 230 packing for, 138, 140, 171, 182–90, 196 pros and cons of, 140–41, 158–59 protecting valuables in, 218–20 reward miles and points in, 198–203, 206, 212–13, 225 services and amenities in, 168–69 of Sisson, xii, 3–6, 12–15, 169–74, 177 solo, 156–57, 159, 162, 169–71 strangers and, 153–56 styles and modes of, 143–44, 162–63, 169–73, 179, 183, 185, 188, 190–92, 197, 225, 230 teams and, 120, 123, 125, 128 tools for, 203–8, 225 unplanned, 173–75, 182 travel tickets, 179 TripAdvisor, 32, 165, 172, 193, 203–4 TripIt, 204 TrustGo Antivirus & Mobile Security, 219 Twitter, 88, 93–94, 99, 104–6, 110, 112, 114–16, 149, 211 Uber, 208 universities, 208 Upwork, 50, 89, 120–21, 124, 129, 131, 134 Venmo, 41 videos, 18, 29, 42, 45 and best systems and tools, 88, 91, 93, 97 building online businesses and, 56, 60, 62–63, 65 power of, 37–38 social media and, 99, 106, 108–10, 115 teams and, 121–23, 125, 127, 131, 134 tools to get started with, 38–39 transformational trends and, 33, 37–40 travel and, 147, 150, 156, 216, 219 Viewsy, 30 Viralheat, 114 virtual assistants (VAs), 88, 90, 105, 117, 119–20, 123–24, 128, 131–32, 205 virtual office setup, 86, 89–95 visas, 72, 177–79, 182 weather updates, 207 website design and e-commerce department, 92 WhatsApp, 217 Wi-Fi, 21, 193–94, 197, 214–18, 220 WordPress, 31, 50, 62, 86, 88, 92, 97, 104, 123–24 WP Engine, 86, 92 Wright, Colin, 24, 49, 66–67, 153 Wufoo, 94, 96 Xero, 80, 92 Yelp, 32, 214 Young, Trevor, 100–101 YouTube, xiii, 18, 32, 35, 37–38, 45, 93, 99, 104, 110, 112, 114–15, 123 Zendesk, 94, 96, 132 Zoom, 91, 94, 97, 123–25, 127 North Star Way An Imprint of Simon & Schuster, 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