A day behind schedule (you can blame the littlest LIP for that), for this second Location Independent podcast the hosts, Lea & Jonathan Woodward talk about…
Episode 2 Summary:
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Podcast Duration: 19 minutes
Location: Buenos Aires
We discuss why we chose to go to Buenos Aires, how suitable it is for location independent professionals and why we ended up leaving a month earlier than planned.
Business: Start-up Basics
We discuss 3 of the basic tasks you need to complete to set up your own location independent business – before you head out on the road or start servicing customers & clients.
Resources/Links Mentioned:
Online back-up service - Mozy.com
Blog post - The Ultimate Mobile Office Set Up For The Location Independent Professional
In The Next Episode…
We’ll be discussing Grenada (West Indies) as a location independent destination and talking more about what it takes to set up & run a location independent business successfully.
Really enjoyed this. The part about marketing and branding was especially interesting to me, I agree with the way you guys see that stuff. Looking forward to the next one!
Great podcast! I leave for Buenos Aires in a week, and it’s reassuring to hear that it’s LIP-friendly.
Nice one – excellent comments about keeping your business plan short (it will change anyway) and never forget about marketing !
Hi guys,
Good stuff. Just subscribed in iTunes and am looking forward to hearing this one.
If you’re ever looking to interview a travel publishing LIP or two, you know where to find us :)
Hi guys,
I’m glad that you took the plunge and started podcasting too :-). I really enjoyed this podcast, and particularly as I just got back to Spain after 2 months in and around Buenos Aires at the end of my trip through Latin America.
I thought I’d add a couple of things about BA…firstly, people should be really careful about being ripped off by unscrupulous property agents – especially advertising on sites like Craigslist, I heard several horror stories about this.
Regarding the Spanish, I leart my Spanish in Guatemala and Ecuador for 8 weeks, and when I arrived in Argentina I could hardly understand a word (as opposed to 90% in Peru & Bolivia). After about 5 weeks I understood lots more. It is however very different from Castillian Spanish. I’m in Madrid now, and I can tell you that Argentinian Spanish is like another language – it’s the Italian influence :-)
Couldn’t agree more about the dog s**t – it drove me mad, but all in all I thought Buenos Aires was an incredibly interesting city and I shall also be going back…
Thanks again and I’m looking forwards to the next podcast…
Tom
Thanks all for the positive feedback – have to admit, we did this at the last minute in between feeds, nappy changing and trying to settle babe who was having a meltdown so hope it didn’t show!!