Typing this up towards the end of this epic and intense Singapore trip. Story starts with one of my best friends from college, Ty, came to town from DC to speak at a legal / IP / lawyer conference and for months has been preparing me to come and hang out with him (as we haven’t seen each other in …
Snorkeling with Family in Pattaya, Thailand
Kids are always eager to make lasting memories, and this snorkeling trip will be one of them. Wendy and the kids wanted to escape the burning season in Chiang Mai, and were “bored” of the regular Hua Hin trip (where I did the mastermind) and picked Pattaya this time. Easy to get to with a 1 hour-ish ride from Bangkok …
Turning 44 Years Old, Decom Night Birthday Party Bangkok
The idea for this birthday party came when I was attending Hong Kong consensus and people were discussing the next round of crypto events – and Southeast Asia blockchain week was brought up. Looking at the dates, it fell right in the middle of my birthday – April 2. So in that moment at the side event afterparty on a …
Epic GFAVIP Mastermind in Hua Hin, Thailand (just before earthquake)
Pushing the limits as usual – and was able to have a great time with just under 10 amazing people at the second GFAVIP Villa mastermind – this time in the city of Hua Hin in Thailand. Kicking off on Wednesday March 26, we had introductions and sharing on what we are working on and where we want to go …
Hong Kong Consensus – Intense Hyper Networking
Headed out to Hong Kong for a bit of FOMO (fear of missing out) on the road to the next stage of our startup Hamza (decom / decentralized ecommerce marketplace). Many of the connections I have been talking to were attending so it seemed needed to make the 2 hour flight up and make the most of the networking. Headed …
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 …
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 …
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 …