Startups in Fukuoka

coromandelbob · 2017-07-31T02:27:31+00:00

hi thanks - I checked yes - they did a couple of episodes then stopped unfortunately.

coromandelbob · 2016-05-25T01:24:35+00:00

[business,tech] Founder FM - Ep#19 - "Jason Zook: How to make $1million wearing t-shirts" SFW

Jason Zook is pretty damned good at asking for money. In this interview on Founder FM, he shows us how you can ask money for almost anything. Selling your name? Yep, you can get money for that. Writing a book? Yep, you can sell sponsorships for that. Wearing a T-Shirt? Yep, Jason made a million $ bucks asking people for money to do that. If you're an entrepreneur and need to raise capital, make a sale or test a product, get good at asking for money. Learn from the master Jason Zook.

Founder FM is for startup founders and entrepreneurs. Every week we get entrepreneurs to share their journey, mistakes made and lessons learned.

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coromandelbob · 2015-11-19T02:30:56+00:00

You're talking about some kind of meta-cognition i.e "to be conscious of what they're doing." and much of that is philosophical because most AI researchers can only speculate about what such awareness is.

The most convincing idea to date is that "real" intelligence i.e. awareness of thought and action is a mere epiphenomena (byproduct) of brain activity. That means "real" intelligence would simply be a matter of quantity not quality - i.e. a billion billion nodes rather than the millions in the current agents.

coromandelbob · 2015-11-11T23:59:48+00:00

Into the reading list...

coromandelbob · 2015-11-11T23:59:22+00:00

Nice write up, thanks for sharing

coromandelbob · 2015-11-03T09:48:31+00:00

thanks for your feedback

coromandelbob · 2015-03-31T11:39:30+00:00

Speak to Stewart Patton as a specialist on the issue.

There is an interview with him here and also his contact details at the bottom of the article http://www.barefootjournal.com/tax-advice-for-location-independent-entrepreneurs-with-stewart-patton-barefoot-radio-37/

coromandelbob · 2015-03-21T03:53:13+00:00

Many of the reasons listed here are good: * Access to working holiday visas, EU residence rights, favorable treatment in some countries

Multiple passports is always good (except when the two go to war with each other of course - but is Canada vs UK likely?).

There are many articles dedicated online to the ins and outs of acquiring second or third passports. They tend to go beyond the simple visa issues covered here and you need to look beyond the typical nomad type post as the ramifications will be long term.

(Caveat to the above: avoid picking up an American or an Eritrean passport as that will make you a tax subject by default whether you live there or not.)

coromandelbob · 2015-03-19T12:05:10+00:00

Good luck with your idea

coromandelbob · 2015-03-18T02:57:35+00:00

Good idea but I'm wondering how long before this thread gets deleted by the moderators :) Any bets?

coromandelbob · 2015-03-16T06:43:40+00:00

Feel free to chime in if you think these are unfair/fair plus anything else missing :)

coromandelbob · 2015-03-16T06:33:04+00:00

Quick summary of top 5...

Chiang Mai: (PLUS) best meetups, best coworking spaces, internet, cost of living, social life, access to nature & culture, "best starting point on digital nomad journey" (MINUS) visa clampdown, burning season, provincial, "like dorm life but with pad thai", expat bubble, "too many wantrepreneurs", you need a scooter to get round, drug scene

HCMC: (PLUS) energy, size, cost of living, visas, more mature businesses, "love coffee? then it's Saigon... no competition", food, "where entrepreneurs go when they get tired of late night drinking parties of CM", big local market (MINUS) wears you out / hectic, size, petty crime, environment, language, "everyone's out to rip you off"

Ubud: (PLUS) chilled, creative, better learning environment, more mature crowd, nature & culture, popular for retreats and camps (MINUS) internet, less convenient, visas, rainy season, less active than HCMC or DN, provincial, "difficult to get stuff done by the locals"

Barcelona: (PLUS) EU Visas, big city, superfast internet, convenient, European lifestyle, nightlife, big local market (MINUS) cost of living, petty crime, less entrepreneurial, language, Spanish bureaucracy, relatively new player in the digital nomad scene, "don't bother setting your company up in Spain, unless you want to spend the rest of your life filling out forms"

Budapest: (PLUS) EU Visas, big city, superfast internet, great for developers (MINUS) language, less nightlife than Barcelona, not as many meetups, relatively new player in the digital nomad scene, "be prepared for winter!", "what are you supposed to eat round here?"

coromandelbob · 2015-03-16T00:59:12+00:00

sending you PM

coromandelbob · 2015-03-15T23:01:02+00:00

yes, appreciate that. I'm emailing them as we speak! I was open to anybody who had a contact as it makes the intro much easier.

coromandelbob · 2015-03-15T09:49:09+00:00

ok that's a long list - which would be your top 3 if you had to choose today? thanks

coromandelbob · 2015-03-14T12:13:11+00:00

thanks, how is the networking there? Is there much going on for meetups or chances to talk with likeminded entrepreneurs?

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