While We Worked At Our Desks, He Worked On All 7 Continents – with Kareem Mayan

Kareem Mayan, digital nomad, Lifestyle Business, Outsourcing

In 12 months, Kareem Mayan traveled to all 7 continents and brought his laptop along so he could keep doing his job from the road. The whole trip cost him under $30,000, so he actually grew his savings while he lived the adventure of a lifetime.

I invited him to Mixergy to talk about how he did it and what he tells skeptics who are too afraid to try being digital nomads.

Kareem Mayan

digital nomad

Kareem Mayan is a freelance technical product developer and digital nomad. Previously, he co-founded eduFire. Earlier in his career he worked at ESPN and FOX Interactive Media.

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Andrew: Before we get started, I wanted to tell you about 3 great tools for online businesses. The first is Grasshopper. That’s where I went to get my phone number. And because of that, I can create extensions for each department in my business or each person in my business. I can decide what my greeting is and customize it. I can accept faxes on this number. I can decide what music gets put on hold. Even upload my own music on hold. And I can create enhanced extensions and so much more. Check out Grasshopper.com and you will be able to do this same thing. Second is Shopify. That’s where people are going right now to create stores for themselves that are robust in features, but also very easy to create so that you can create them quickly. And Timothy Ferriss likes this company so much that on his blog he announced a $100,000 jackpot for the best upcoming store from Shopify. So create a store. And...

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