Category Archives: Business Matters

How To Build Solid Foundations For Your Location Independent Business

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Ask any location independent professional (nomadic or not) whether business is steady as a rock at all times and you will likely be met with a resounding “NO!”.
Most small businesses are subject to fluctuations, boom times and downturns – sometimes even more so when the business owner running them is nomadic. [...]

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Interview With A Location Independent Writer In Barbados

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Today’s interview is with a hard-working and pretty successful freelance writer – Sharon Hurley Hall. Originally from the UK but now living in Barbados, Sharon has been a strong supporter of our Location Independent network for a while now.
She also happens to be one of the more successful freelance writers I know and [...]

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Three Common Tax Avoidance Schemes To Avoid As A Location Independent Professional

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When we first became location independent, I was advised by my UK accountant that we should set up a corporation in another country and we then wouldn’t be liable for tax in the UK. So as some of you may have read in the original ebook, we set up shop in Panama – [...]

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A Salutary And Sobering Tale About The Importance Of Financial Planning

Once upon a time – in the first few years of the 21st century – hidden in a quiet, unassuming suburb of Philadelphia, there lived a delightful “early 30s something” married couple of US citizens – Ken and Barbie O’Mara.
Ken had followed his father into the steel industry with the same Fortune 500 Company whilst [...]

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The Basics Of Planning & Strategising Your Location Independent Business

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In all my work with clients whose businesses are struggling and are not where they want them to be, one of the most common missing components is a solid business plan.
It seems that there’s something about business planning which  scares many people off. It’s almost as if having something written down makes [...]

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