We talked to Chris Cerra, founder of RemoteBase newsletter about handling a booking gone wrong scenario as a digital nomad. Chris has seen a lot of these issues as a digital nomad himself and through his business RemoteBase, which is a newsletter that gathers...
Interviews
How to Avoid and Overcome Burnout
We talked to Workforce Transformation Strategist, and Flexible Workforce Expert Mika Cross about burnout, its symptoms, how to avoid it and how to deal with it. Burnout is basically a long-term feeling of stress. The WHO categorized it as an occupational phenomenon,...
Meaningful experiences on the Mediterranean coast with Sun and Co.
Co-founder of award-winning co-living Sun and Co. describes the experience as “a summer camp for grownups” who are in this case digital nomads. Jon founded Sun and Co. with his friend Eduardo in 2015. He worked in the co-working field, while Eduardo ran a hostel, so...
Cabo Verde is Waiting to Be Discovered by Digital Nomads
We talked to Ed Cervantes-Watson, Founder at GoHub & GoRemote, about Cabo Verde, one of few African countries offering a digital nomad visa. Cabo Verde is an island nation on the same level as Senegal location-wise. It is part of the Macaronesia Island group in...
What is a Virtual Assistant? And How Can You Become One?
“A virtual assistant is someone who assists you from where they are, not where you are” Virtual assistant matchmaker, VA trainer and coach Melissa Smith said. Not only does she train VAs, Melissa also matches clients with VAs and works to help them be successful in...
You Can Live and Work Remotely From a French Castle!
Founder of Chateau Coliving Katia Dimova, has been a digital nomad for more than 10 years. She always felt that traveling and working remotely as a digital nomad can get a bit lonely, and when she tried co-living for the 1st time, she saw that it didn’t have to be...
One Year of the Digital Nomad Village in Madeira
“We were hoping for 500 registrations in total, we got 200 per day!!” Micaela Vieira, Project Manager in Startup Madeira tells us about the success of the Digital Nomad Village Project in Madeira. The project started in 2020 when Gonçalo Hall, a digital nomadism...
Cascais to Digital Nomads: Come for One Day or a Lifetime
Cascais, the Portuguese municipality known as “The land of kings and fishermen”, is only 30kms away from Lisbon. It was chosen to be the residence of King Luis I of Portugal and nobles, and since then, it was a favorite spot for kings and nobles on the Atlantic....
Q&A with Peter Thompson, Founder of Remote Work Barbados
Peter Thompson is the founder of Remote Work (Barbados) Inc. Their mission is to transform Barbados into a fully internet-enabled country with a strong workforce of skilled remote workers as well as a dynamic ecosystem of expat remote workers. Peter is the innovator...
Q&A with Daniel Heffernan, Madeira’s Digital Nomad Village Resident
Madeira's digital nomad village officially launched in February. Startup Madeira received more than 5000 applications and 70+ digital nomads are currently working remotely from Ponta do Sol. Daniel Heffernan is one of them. We asked him a few questions about his stay...