I lived in Chiang Mai for 9 months as a freelancer. These are some of my learnings, which I persented at the Freelancer Meet-up in Vienna.

1. SAME SAME
BUT DIFFERENT
What 9 months in Chiang Mai taught me
about life, love and business

2. Kathrin? Who are you? And why are you here?

3. Freelancer.
Marketer.
(Too) Many-things-doer.

4. It started with a YouTube video...

5. http://spartantraveler.com/why-
chiang-mai-is-ground-zero/
09/2014 - I ran off to join another circus.

6. Why Chiang Mai?
Lifestyle Overhead = 0
Sou

7. Why Chiang Mai?
Lifestyle Overhead?
“just dealing with the day-to-day”
Sou

8. Startup vs Online Entrepreneurship
innovation
big risk
slow monetization
existing biz model
small risk
quick monetization

9. Passion vs Profit

10. Business Models
Dropshipping

11. Business Models
Dropshipping
Affiliate Marketing

12. Business Models
Dropshipping
Affiliate Marketing
(Kindle) Publishing

13. Business Models
Dropshipping
Affiliate Marketing
(Kindle) Publishing
Blogging

14. Business Models
Dropshipping
Affiliate Marketing
(Kindle) Publishing
Blogging
Amazon FBA

15. Business Models
Dropshipping
Affiliate Marketing
(Kindle) Publishing
Blogging
Amazon FBA
Freelance / Remote

16. Trade-off:
Job satisfaction
for time

17. Personal Highlights
People
Culture
Travel
#7startupsin7days
Nomad Summit

18. Personal Lowlights
Thai Administration
Being far away from home when something
shitty happens (at home)

19. “Would you do it again?”
HELL
YEAH!

20. THANK YOU!
kathrin@folkendt.com