CYLS 155: Digital Nomad 101 - How to Run Your Company From Abroad with Brandon Inniss

Episode summary:

Brandon shares his experience and knowledge as an American businessman who has been running his business abroad for five years. He talks about the biggest challenges and the biggest things he has gained from his travels.

 

About our Guest:

Brandon Inniss is the founder and owner of Construction Clean Partners, a national business that connects construction cleaning companies with highly profitable jobs. For the last five years, Brandon has been running his company while traveling abroad, making him quite the digital nomad and someone whose brain we wanted to pick.

 

Insights from this episode:

• How to handle your taxes while living abroad
• Strategies for managing your time while running a business abroad
• The secret to quickly picking up new languages
• Strategies for vetting cities around the globe before you settle there
• The real secret to networking: go global

 

Quotes from the show:

• On the number one thing Brandon has learned abroad: “How brainwashed Americans are. We all really think the same, because we are all engulfed in the same energy frequency.” - Brandon Inniss, Episode #155
• On building a global network of friends: “I can go stay with friends in many countries. When you’re abroad and you’re doing similar things, you create bonds with people quicker.” - Brandon Inniss, Episode #155
• “You learn the most when you are in a new environment and when you’re around new culture.” - Brandon Inniss, Episode #155
• “I used to think that money was everything. I still think it’s important to have money to be comfortable and have less stress in our society, so I still think it’s important but I don’t think I should be doing things I don’t like.” - Brandon Inniss, Episode #155
• “I let fear and comfortability hold me back, so I’m happy to be out of that.” - Kevin Y Brown, Episode #155

 

Resources mentioned:

• Salesforce
• Dynamite circle
• The Topical MBA

 

Favorite book:

• The 4-hour workweek by Timothy Ferriss

 

Favorite quote:

• Brandon’s motto: “Find a way or make one.”

 

3 keys to Create Your Best Life:

1.     Time freedom
2.     Location freedom
3.     Financial freedom

 

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Brandon Innis:

www.facebook.com/brandon.inniss

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