Boquete is a small mountain town located in the western province of Chiriquí, Panama. Known for its cool climate, lush landscapes, and rich cultural heritage, it is a popular destination for travelers from around the world.
We spent a week exploring Boquete while working remotely and this guide will tell you everything you need to know about whether Boquete is a suitable destination for remote workers.
Continue Reading “Working remotely from Boquete, Panama”Working remotely from Bocas del Toro, Panama can be a perfect escape from the daily grind: tropical island beaches, turquoise waters… and surf! It can all be combined with your work schedule.
We spent a few days in Bocas del Toro, balancing work and play. If you’re thinking of Bocas del Toro as your next remote work destination, read on!
Continue Reading “Working remotely from Bocas del Toro, Panama”Just like starting a company, switching from a day job to the freelance world can be difficult and scary at the beginning. Plus, there’s an added problem: The fact that you’re on your own. While startups are the result of a collaboration between two or three partners, usually with different skills and responsibilities, as a freelancer, it’s just you and your computer. You’re the person in charge of accounting, sales, marketing, making coffee, and actually delivering projects to your clients.
As soon as you start working with your first clients, you’ll notice one thing: Companies tend to undervalue freelancers because they look at them from a position of power. An organization versus an individual. David vs Goliath. They don’t usually see it as a business-to-business relationship, and payments will look more like a salary to them, rather than a client-company relationship. This usually happens because companies don’t tend to understand the costs of being a freelancer. In their minds, being a freelancer is free, therefore all the money you make from them is pure profit.
Continue Reading “Turn Your Freelance Business Into An Agency And Close Better Deals”
Medellin has become one of the top digital nomad destinations in recent years. It’s no surprise that more and more international remote workers, freelancers, and startup founders are choosing the capital of the Antioquia Department as their home base.
There are several reasons that make Medellin almost perfect for remote work:
That being said, finding a good cafe to work from is not an easy task. Many of them are traditional Colombian coffee shops where they don’t have WiFi and the tables aren’t made to be used with laptops. And that’s okay. That’s why I spent hours scouting out places with wifi, outlets, and coffee so you don’t have to. Continue Reading “Best Cafes in Medellin to Work From”
Running Remote Conference 2018: Build and Scale Your Remote Team to the Next Level
The world’s biggest ever remote work conference will be held in Bali, Indonesia in June 2018
Running Remote 2018 is the world’s biggest Remote Work conference. It is being organized by a HUBUD, one of Forbes’ top 10 co-working spaces on earth.
Continue Reading “Event: Running Remote Conference 2018 in Bali, Indonesia”
2018 is here. 2018 is the year you exit your cubicle and never look back again.
To help you do that, we have manually curated a list of 10 remote jobs you can apply for right now.
Don’t know how to apply for remote jobs? Learn more here.
Want to know where people with remote jobs travel to? Check this out.
Here’s our list. Go get’em! Continue Reading “10 Companies Hiring For Remote Jobs This Month”
Remember when you got back to your cubicle after last Christmas break? Depressing, right?
If you promised yourself you would not let that happen again next year, well, you only have a month to go.
But don’t worry, we have manually dug through AngelList’s remote jobs section and hand-picked 10 startups that are currently hiring for non-tech remote positions. Continue Reading “Get One Of These Remote Jobs And End 2017 Outside Of Your Cubicle”
The following is a guest article from our friends at Toptal.
You meet your friend Jeff for lunch. Jeff’s been managing development of a new product and it’s about to be released. He’s pumped.
But the product release isn’t the main thing that’s got Jeff so excited. Instead, Jeff can’t stop raving about his new hire, Luis.
Jeff says Luis is the best software engineer he’s ever had on his team. Luis doesn’t just hit targets others can’t, he creates and hits targets others don’t even see. He’s virtually always available, always accountable, and brings more to the table than anyone Jeff’s ever worked with. And Luis just ‘get’s it’. Continue Reading “Busting the Top 5 Myths About Remote Developers”
One of the main benefits of working remotely is that you can do it from anywhere. From an island in Greece to the plains of Mongolia, digital nomads are everywhere. However, there seems to be one place in the world that has a stronger freelance community than any other: Chiang Mai, Thailand. Let’s break down the reasons for this and why you might want to locate your business in the Thai city at some point as well. Continue Reading “Why Are Digital Nomads Flocking to Chiang Mai?”
Well, winter is almost here. You’re probably freezing to death while you scratch off the ice from your windshield so you can hit the road before rush hour starts.
Which never happens. You always end up stuck in traffic during rush hour.
But guess what? There’s a way out. Your next exit off of the cubicle freeway could be any of these remote jobs we have listed below. Continue Reading “8 Companies Hiring for Remote Jobs in November”
