Saturday afternoon and the hustle and grind never stops – we have been preparing for a photo shoot for one of our main brands on Amazon – Esatto Products – and made it a fun little event at the same time. As we keep plowing through the ecommerce “gladiator” arena on Amazon, we realize we must go to multi-channels, and …
Oman Trip To Speak on Decentralized Domains & Community
First time to Oman or anywhere in the Middle East for that matter (not counting a layover in Dubai airport!) Have to say, this was not what I was expecting! Right on the Gulf, beautiful beaches, high-end hotels, malls, and shops. Yet I can imagine not the entire country is on the beach with high-end hotels and malls, but still …
Won Top Prize at Web3 Spring Ideaton
Been quiet lately on socials, just building and creating for the Loadpipe web3 ecommerce ecosystem – but felt it would be good to get out and network a bit so joined the pitch event at Spoke about the “Next Blue Ocean: Blockchain Ecommerce” and how Loadpipe and our first ecommerce marketplace on it, Hamza, will open the floodgates for a …
Speaking at the World Digital Mining Summit (WDMS) by Bitmain in Muscat, Oman
Excited to announce I was invited as a speaker and influencer at the upcoming Bitmain WDMS (World Digital Mining Summit) on March 28, and 29, 2024 at W Hotel Muscat, Oman Will be sharing about how community building in a decentralized environment has been and leveraging what you can to make the most! Maybe I can catch some of you …
Quick Taipei Trip For Handshake
On the road again, as I stamped out of Thai customs I realized I hadn’t left since October 2023! Half of me wanted to stay – saying goodbye to 8 and 9 year old children is really hard – every day with them is precious. Yet I am back on the road- this time typing up in Taipei, Taiwan for …
Welcoming 2024 for Handshake: HandyCon Pre-Event in Chiang Mai, Thailand
Was an intense time at the 2024 kickoff pre-event for HandyCon 2024 – grabbed some clips on my vlog camera An intense time doing it both ONLINE and OFFLINE with a great turnout on both channels. What a way to kick off 2024 than the bring a bunch of amazing innovative people for the future of the internet together. HandyCon …
2024: The Year Of Letting Go & Empowering
The screenshot in today’s blog choked me up. For years (I’d say since 2020 covid lockdown) been actively working to take our Shadstone agency and build leaders and managers that can grow and operate without my “pushing”. Our team members are code named “ninjas” – yes Shadstone ninjas. There is a whole story about it and even made custom hoodies …
Elephant Sanctuary Group Trip & Experience
Wrapping up the Cross Border Summit 2023 a few high level speakers and guests joined us for a Sunday morning trip to the Elephant sanctuary. Bright and early at 630am we met at the hotel lobby to take a 1 hour drive up into the mountains of Chiang Mai. Arriving approximately 8am, a welcome speech from the elephant sanctuary manager. …
Food & Gift Night Market Tour in Chiang Mai (after CBS2023)
We are almost 1 week into the Cross Border Summit lineup of events and happenings, and today we have a video blog showing you a fun tour we took at the Saturday night Market. Those still in town joined us for a fun and engaging time of street food, gifts, and a tour of the silver temple.
CBS2023, Cross Border Summit, As It Is Happening
Feels great typing this up because IT IS OVER! Ha, such a stressful and high-anxiety thing to do – put together a conference. The build-up to the event almost cracked me this time more than any other conference we have done and it made me doubt and question everything. But you know what – we made it, and in my …
EO Bangkok Breakfast – Meeting Entrepreneurs Organization at Museum Siam
Sometimes you need to seize the opportunity and I feel it was done this time – Raj who organizes EO in Bangkok – and someone I have worked with during the COVID lockdowns remotely – invited me down to Bangkok for an entrepreneur breakfast. Even with the Cross Border Summit next week (cannot believe it so quick), I felt I …
Pressure and Anxiety: 1 week Til Cross Border Summit 2023
The last few months have been learning a lot about myself – from the list of conferences I’ve attended and spoken at, to the build-up for the “open border, new beginnings” Cross Border Summit organizing – even at 42 years old I am learning about myself. In today’s vlog, I bring you with me to our “at least monthly” e-commerce …
DCBKK 2023 Bangkok, Lifestyle Business Owner Conference
Well now I feel completely “back” since covid – making a return trip to DCBKK (Dynamite Circle Bangkok) since 2019’s. They had one last year in 2022 but I missed as I was just “recovering” from getting out of China. As always, the event didn’t disappoint – arriving on Wednesday Oct 18 and intense meetups, workshops, and just informal mastermind …
Quick Copenhagen Business Trip
Wrapped up the speech and networking at HCPP in Prague, and back on the move. A couple days to squeeze in a quick trip to Copenhagen, Denmark. Why? For our new loadpipe ecommerce protocol, want to get some face time with a few of the people in the growing team. Rented a space at Rebel Coworking Space and dove deep …
Traveling to Prague, in the Midst of a Transition
On the road again. My late Uncle Bill always felt that when he read my blog and my travels, rest in peace Uncle Bill. Leaving the wife and kids (again) as the theme of “getting back on the road and business development” trend I set a couple months ago continues. This time it is Chiang Mai to Bangkok to Vienna, …