Episode 392: TMBA392: Should You Move to Chiang Mai?
Tropical MBA: Entrepreneurship & Founder Lifestyle
Dan Andrews; Ian Schoen
4.9 • 527 Ratings
🗓️ 8 June 2017
⏱️ 40 minutes
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Summary
http://www.tropicalmba.com/liveinthailand/ This week's episode is another chapter in a long-running series on this podcast, where Dan and Ian have been exploring the locations around the globe that entrepreneurs are moving to.
Today, you will hear from two entrepreneurs who have made Thailand, and more specifically the northern capital of Chiang Mai, their home bases for the portion of a year.
Philippe Bordeau is the founder of HammockUniverse.com. He shares his story, including the details of a Visa that he has acquired that allows him to be a resident of Thailand for up to 6 years at a time.
Leanne Woodmass, along with her husband, runs an Amazon Fulfillment Brokerage. She has been living in Thailand for the past few years.
You'll hear how a community of expats and entrepreneurs enticed them both to stay in Chiang Mai.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey podcast listener, even if you are alone in your entrepreneurial journey, know that today, right now in your earbuds, you are joined by thousands of entrepreneurs from all around the globe seeking to grow better, more profitable, location independent businesses. |
| 0:17.8 | If you'd like to learn more about what we do and download our entire back catalog, check out |
| 0:23.5 | Tropical MBA.com. |
| 0:34.7 | Boss Man on today's pod, we are going to be talking about a place that we've spent a great deal of time in and have many fantastic memories of. |
| 0:42.2 | You want to take a guess? |
| 0:43.8 | I'm looking at the show notes. |
| 0:45.2 | I don't really have to guess. |
| 0:47.1 | Thailand. |
| 0:48.2 | Thailand. |
| 0:49.0 | Thailand. |
| 0:49.6 | This is part of a series of episodes that we've been doing here at the pod that follows entrepreneurs to the places that they've made their full-time or temporary homes for part of the year. |
| 1:01.4 | Anything specifically jump out to you about Thailand when you think about it? |
| 1:06.8 | I have a lot, yeah. |
| 1:08.2 | Probably number one, the food. |
| 1:13.5 | I'm in London right now looking for a cheap meal. |
| 1:19.7 | I'm like willing to do anything for a meal under like $10, you know. So Thailand definitely comes to mind there like a good, healthy, fresh meal for just a little bit of money. That's funny because I was in a |
| 1:25.2 | New York City grocery the other day, and I did the Thailand |
| 1:28.3 | lunchmath on my grocery bill. I was like, I can have 35 lunches that were amazing for what I just |
| 1:35.9 | spent on stuff that I'm going to have to make and clean up myself. That's the other thing here in London |
| 1:41.2 | is like I wouldn't revisit any of the places that I've eaten so far, |
| 1:44.4 | which is interesting to me. Whereas in Thailand, I'm like, I'm going to that lunch spot |
| 1:47.8 | every single day the whole time I'm here. I loved it. Shots fired. And one of the other |
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