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 …
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 …
We Did It – Amazing Cross Border Summit 2024 (Sixth Annual)
Amazing we are able to level up each and every year – our sixth annual Cross Border Summit was epic – and even while the event was happening was able to record this vlog – from leaving Canton Fair in China to the after party, enjoy!
Keeping China Connections: Reconnecting with Slan
Here in Guangzhou for a 10 day Canton Fair trip and had to make a trip out to see Slan. Slan is a friend I met at a Xiamen SEO conference in 2009! We have various blogs with him over the years here And had to reconnect – talk business, talk Amazon, ecommerce – Temu, all of them. He had …
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 …
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. …
Speaking to Thai Sellers & Manufacturers at CMU Step Amazon Event
Another day, another sharing. This is what it is about, “hitting the pavement” and making relationships. I was invited by the Amazon Global Selling team in Thailand to share about the seller community and events we are doing (Cross Border Summit + others). During the 20 minute slot, I decided to make it a bit more interactive. Asking questions, seeing …
Pitching Hamza decom marketplace at web3 ICP startup day
Starting the journey of going live on our 1+ year of building a decom (decentralized ecommerce) marketplace – called Hamza. Was invited to pitch at an offchain ICP startup event on Thursday August 15, 2024 at the Yellow Coworking space in Chiang Mai, Thailand. Gotta get yourself out there and have fun with it! Like we said in the last …
Put Yourself Out There – Early “Alpha” Of Decom Hamza Marketplace
The common question – what is the latest on our web3 ecommerce marketplace (decom) Hamza Over a year now in the making, we are pushing out an MVP (minimum viable product) – alpha – code name called “Alpha Ship” – to stop building in the dark and to build in the public. Reid Hoffman at Linkedin has the famous quote …
Featured on Dropship Unlocked Podcast – Cross Border Summit + Blockchain Ecommerce
I got featured on a top UK podcast. The full episode just went live! I’ve had to keep this under wraps for a little while, but now I can finally reveal that… I was a featured guest on the Dropship Unlocked Podcast! This is one of the UK’s top e-commerce podcasts, hosted by e-commerce experts Lewis Smith and James Eardley, …
Passion: Meetups and Community Building, the Chiang Mai Ecommerce Sellers
Typing this up the day after the regular Chiang Mai ecommerce meetup we do. Was going to leave my vlog camera home but my smart and amazing wife Wendy said I should take it with me. And glad I did. One of our favorite meetups to date – 25ish people from all over the world, all different levels of ecommerce …
Brussels for EthCC! Path to bridging web2 + web3 ecommerce
Feels like a couple of early chapters in this book – the stage where we have been working so hard and long on a demo for our Hamza ecommerce multi-vendor marketplace on web3 – and are ready to showcase it to all the early adopters and users in the world. And realizing – either we are too early or they …