@allancaeg

At the moment, my team is composed of contractors.

Now that the business is in growth mode, I’d like to start building a more permanent team.

By transitioning out of the contractual agreement,

• We can talk about career growth
• Be more incentivised by the success of the business
• Keep longer relationships

While I enjoy the liberty of being independent (both for myself and people I work with), there are times when building an actual team far outweighs the benefit of being “on your own.”

Nomad founders with a team, how did you start building the gang?

About to spend 20 days in Bali, mainly to work. Looking to mingle with fellow nomad entrepreneurs.

What’s a good combination of a place to stay and cowork? Hoping the lodging place is close to the work place. I hear that riding scooters is typical in Bali, but I’m not keen. Walking distance/affordable cab rides would be great.

Not yet familiar regarding cities in Bali, so I don’t have a strong preference between Ubud, Denpasar, and Canggu. I just want whatever works best for the purpose of meeting fellow nomads who are working on their stuff.

For businesses that involves B2B sales, how do you do it if you’re in the other side of the world (e.g. you’re in Thailand and your customers are enterprises in California)?

What are the top tips to thrive in this setup?

Hey!

I’m wondering how many developers travel with a MBP 13" vs 15"? I currently use a late-2012 13" for iOS development, but I’m pondering the 15" because Xcode is so resource hungry. On the downside, it is rather heavy…

Do you travel with a 15"? Do you wish you’d opted for the 13" instead?

Cheers

• Ian

P.S I’m asking developers specifically as system spec is more crucial than, say, for a copywriter.

I’d like to get into conversations with other agency owners with employees, or even create a mastermind group and share experiences around questions like:

• how you manage teams remotely
• how you keep them motivated without daily face-to-face discussions
• how you find and work with customers remotely
• whether your goal is growth and exit or just lifestyle entrepreneurship
• etc.

Anyone interested? Thanks!