My guest today is Pieter Levels. Pieter is a serial founder of multiple products, such as NomadList.com, remoteOK.com and rebase.co.
In this episode, we discussed:
- How did Pieter start his digital nomad life and create 12 startups in 12 months?
- The original story of the birth of Nomadlist.com
- What are the common traits of digital nomads based on the 2022 State of Digital Nomads that might surprise people?
- Why do people need to switch their stereotypes about remote working and adapt to the new way of living?
- Why has Portugal becomes the indie hacker/nomad / remote worker/entrepreneur hub? What is so good about moving here?
- The story behind Immigration as a service product: Rebase.co
- How to overcome depression and anxiety as a serial founder?
- Why find a therapist speaking a language different from your native language that can work better in therapy sessions?
- Cliche question: how to balance time and energy as a serial founder?
- What does it feel like to be a niche famous, and why should people be unreachable?
- The story about Pieter’s early music career on YouTube channel.
- What are the future trends of remote working and nomad lifestyles?
- What’s the current dating market for digital nomads?
Books/links mentioned in this episode:
- Nomadlist.com
- 2022 State of Digital Nomads
- RemoteOk.com
- I'm Launching 12 Startups in 12 Months
- How is Making Friends Changing?
- Moving to Portugal with Rebase
- Cognitive behavioural therapy
- Why I'm unreachable and maybe you should be too
- The next frontier after remote work is async
- How to optimise your 24 hours?
- Fans and Haters
- 11 Reasons Not to Become Famous (or “A Few Lessons Learned Since 2007”)