So nice to finally meet in person – Jonha! Back in the “golden age” of social media (Facebook, Twitter, was it Google Wave?) back in 2010, 2011 days. Jonha and I were vibing a lot – just the good old days when social media was about connecting with people and not such a formal place as it is now. We …
EthMeetup on Future of Commerce
Hi all! I’m excited to share that I’ll be speaking at the EthMeetup on the Future of Commerce. This event will delve into the present and future of blockchain technology. Join us on January 31, 2025, at the 4seas Nimman Community Center in Chiang Mai, from 6:30 PM to 9:00 PM. Registration is mandatory due to limited seating. Register here …
Block Mountain – Crypto Conference & Hamza.market Fundraising Launch Event
Pushing limits – right off the Nomad Summit moving into the Block Mountain week. From digital nomads to cryptocurrency and web3. Yet this is the job that has been assigned to me – to take this web2 world and bridge to web3. To empower sellers, entrepreneurs, and the community at large to learn they can be set free from the …
BlockMountain MemeEconomy Event
🚀 Had an amazing time speaking at MemeConomy this past Thursday, Jan 23, at Block Mountain 2025 in Chiang Mai! It was great representing Hamza and diving into key topics like: Appreciate everyone who joined Yellow Coworking Space—great conversations and insights! Looking forward to more discussions ahead. Here’s a copy of my speech.
Speaking at Nomad Summit 2025! Topic Building Big Ideas
It is a pleasure to be invited to share about “building big ideas” at the Nomad Summit – here in Chiang Mai, Thailand this Saturday Jan 18, 2025. Hope to catch you there! Saturday Jan 18, 2025 – 14.45-15.20 Building big dreams without breaking yourself: Mental wellness for nomadic entrepreneurs Panel Moderator: Geleen Antonio, John Ho, Liisi Org, Michael Michelini …
Unboxing – Sticky Wallet for your travels
Don’t want to carry a wallet anymore? Just some cash and cards? Then the sticky wallet is a product for you. I just got my second one and am going to show you how I replace my current one – live. Place on the back of your phone – make sure the back is clean and you cover the glue …
Family Camping to Bring in the 2025 New Year
A family vlog. Taking you with me as a family of 4 takes an hour’s drive outside of Chiang Mai to go camping. We had a nice pit stop at an elephant cafe where we could enjoy some snacks and drinks and feed the elephants. This was high-end luxury camping though – 2 story house with a full bathroom and …
Family Christmas in Thailand 2024
A low key family Christmas. Kids are at an age to try to make the most of the time with them before they get bigger and forget about us ha! On Christmas eve went ice skating with a bunch of kids from school, and then a small dinner with us and Mina (as her dad John was sick). Luckily the …
Shadstone Ninja Retreat 2024 recap – Iloilo, Philippines
Two years ago was our last Ninja team retreat. The ninjas are the code name for our amazing team at Shadstone. Special forces team. This was the longest retreat by far – with 3 full days of activities and an arrival day and a departure day. This was to make sure the most time could be applied to having good …
Elephant Poo Poo Paper Family Trip in Chiang Mai, Thailand
Back with the entire family together, and with Shlomo my old friend from China days – brought our families together to experience some… Elephant Poo Poo… Paper! This is a place I have heard about a few times but is the first time for me to experience. About a 40 minutes drive from our home in Hang Dong – we …
Recap of the last few months (Roadshow, Canton Fair, Cross border Summit, Mastermind)
What a wild few months – and I definitely tested the relationship with my wife, kids, business partners, and many in my network. I consciously decided to push the limits and try to pull this off: And not even mentioning where I type this now – in Devcon With another trip – Ninja Retreat in Philippines with our amazing Shadstone …
Cross Border Mastermind 2024 (Phuket)
Thursday, Nov 7 Friday, Nov 8 Saturday, Nov 9
Web3 tokenomics design workshop (& spa) for Hamza Market
Still recovering from epic amount of business trips on the road the last few months, but we squeezed in a team meeting at Loopers in Chiang Mai to decompress about what we have learned – with a focus on the “web3 element” of Hamza decom market. Beau on the team lead the workshop day – discussing what kind of token …
Devcon Bangkok Intensity
What a year 2024 has been – getting towards the end now and just finished an amazing Devcon – side event edition! Straight after the Cross Border Mastermind in Phuket, we had a flight right to Bangkok and into the Devcon pre-event insanity. While the core Devcon event is Nov 12-15, there are pre-events , side events, morning events, afternoon …
Ice Bath: Wrapping Up Amazing Cross Border Mastermind in Phuket
What a wild ride – wrapping up a best-ever Cross Border Summit and first-ever Cross Border Mastermind. We have 400 gigabytes of footage that we are going through – so expect a recap video and much more. But while that is processing, want to highlight the ice bath we had on Saturday Nov 9, 2024 morning – a rather small …