October is an intense month here in Chiang Mai – and there is a ton of popup cities forming for the lead up the Devcon (devcon.org) in Bangkok in mid November. A village formed of like minded people who spend a fixed amount of time (in this case about 1 month) to have events / gatherings / team building / …
Last Preparations for Cross Border Summit (and Family Help!)
Mike, Wendy, Snook + the kids are doing some checking out for the upcoming Cross Border Summit! Back in Chiang Mai, and hit the ground running with hotel and after party venue checking for the sixth annual Cross Border Summit. Kids are on a week break from school so Wendy and I took them with us! Snook on our team …
The Final Asia Roadshow – Shenzhen, China
The end, the final one. Three weeks, six cities – and wrapping up the final one – in my “headquarters” of Shenzhen, China. Our biggest turnout as well – and the feeling of “hungry” to sell their business and make deals was palpable. Just an amazing hyperactive networking session again. Filling the wechat contact list and talking about cross promotions, …
Hong Kong, Networking & Prison Museum: Asia Roadshow 5
This is the third week of this trip – and has been a defining trip making quality relationships and strengthening of existing ones. In a quick 1 day Hong Kong stop over – spent time with Chris visiting his place and seeing his chameleon! Fed some crickets then off to the old Hong Kong prison which is now a mix …
Roadshow 4 – Hanoi, Vietnam! Quality Ecommerce Connections
Event number 4! This has been an intense amount of travel and networking from Thailand to Vietnam and then to Hong Kong and Shenzhen! Have to be honest – Hanoi’s had the lowest amount of pre-registrations – but a lot more came than expected. And not just numbers – quality, highly influential people from the ecommece industry. It was also …
Travels for Q4 2024
On the road, planning more on the road As we get towards the end of this “The Asia Roadshow” – the next wave of travel and events is up. Here’s the travel from the end of this The Asia Roadshow til mid November Friday October 11 – wrapping up “The Asia Roadshow” and heading from Hong Kong to Chiang Mai. …
Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam – The Asia Roadshow 3
Getting halfway through this six part, three week road show – The Asia Roadshow has now gone to Vietnam and this Tuesday evening Oct 1 we had our third meetup – this time inside the Amazon offices here on the 36th floor of a very downtown area. Have to say – Vietnam was one of the lower amount of registrants …
The Asia Roadshow 2: Bangkok, Jam Packed Networking
So time for our second road show “The Asia Roadshow” – a co-event with Flippa and our Global From Asia community – as we lead up to the sixth annual Cross Border Summit happening Nov 3-5, 2024 in Chiang Mai, Thailand. This one was the one where I started my travel, as the first was in my “home city” of …
First “The Asia Roadshow” in Chiang Mai, Leading to Cross Border Summit
Just can’t help myself- gotta do this hyper networking and hyper travel. This is the first in a 6 part roadshow – “The Asia Roadshow” we (our community at Global From Asia) is doing with Flippa. It started with connecting with Fiona at Flippa about podcasts and Cross Border Summit – which they came through and sponsored our summit (thank …
Mike’s Life Story Podcast – Dano Interviews Mike Michelini
Curious some of the early day encounters of Mike Michelini? Some key decisions made in his early life to get where he is today? Then check out this interview where Dano interviews Mike and starts when Mike was 10 years old. We hope you enjoy this one The full show notes of this podcast can be found at https://defdevice.com/michael-michelini-podcast.
Integrating Family and Business, Weekend Business Meetings
Family and business, you know I am a workaholic. Typing this up physically and mentally exhausted from intense creating and building. To have your own business is a blessing, yet is also a massive pressure. To add on top raising a family – and many of you know the thought process and challenges. For me, I am trying to integrate …
Business Development Grind – Ecomm Meetup, Encounters, Seller Dinners
Just taking the video camera with me on another “outside day” doing business development. Had our regular Chiang Mai ecommerce meetup – the format people like is going around the room introducing yourself quickly, highlighting who is doing what. Then this time we had a few people come up on stage and share for 5-10 minutes about some of their …
Outcalm Mindmap in Real Life & Big Board Meetings
A few days of intense sessions – both 1:1 and group board meetings. It is about pushing your boundaries, facing your fears and stress head on, and improving. Alex Avanthe, I’m blessed to be connected and working with him. He’s running his practice “Outcalm.com” to help business owners to use calmness as a strategic advantage. In addition, he’s also our …
Asia Roadshow! 6 cities, 3 weeks: Sept 24 – Oct 10 (See You There!?)
Just need to keep upping your game! One initiative I’ve always wanted to do since starting Cross Border Summit in 2016 was to have a road show leading up to it. We are doing it in 2024! Flippa is sponsoring Cross Border Summit, and part of the promotion plan is they are working with us at doing a road show …
Featured on Ecomcy Podcast – Cross Border Summit is Coming!
Cross Border Summit is coming up and getting more and more real! On the road to the summit – Kayleigh (we’re JV-ing together on an amazing first time Phuket villa mastermind after the summit) and I come on the podcast to share about why this will be the most epic experience for ecommerce sellers. Been a pleasure collaborating with Kayleigh. …